Lee Taegyu: "President Yoon Never Said to Eliminate the Killer Issue"

"Killer Question Removal Is Democratic Party's Presidential Pledge"
"Appropriate Difficulty Level Will Be Set" in Response to Criticism of Lack of Discrimination

Lee Tae-gyu, the ruling party whip of the National Assembly's Education Committee and a member of the People Power Party, said on the 21st, "The president never said to eliminate or keep killer questions," adding, "He pointed out that the triangular relationship linking public and private education through the college scholastic ability test (CSAT) admission system must be broken."

On the same day, Lee appeared on YTN Radio's 'News King Park Ji-hoon' and said, "The president never instructed how to conduct or set the difficulty level of this year's CSAT," and added, "I cannot understand what exactly has shaken the foundation of the CSAT or caused confusion."

Lee stated, "The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) also announced that the basic policy is to create CSAT questions based on the public education curriculum," and said, "The president's remarks reaffirm the basic policy for next year's CSAT that KICE announced last March."

Lee explained, "In the 2024 CSAT implementation basic plan, KICE announced that 'questions will be designed with an appropriate difficulty level so that students who faithfully follow school education and supplement it with EBS-linked textbooks and lectures can solve the problems,'” adding, "This exactly matches the president's statement that CSAT questions with discriminative power should be created within public education."

Lee Tae-gyu, member of the People Power Party. [Image source=Yonhap News]

He also said, "There are people whose positions and economic interests would be threatened if the private education market shrinks, and these people find the president's remarks very displeasing."

Regarding the opposition party's stance against the policy to exclude killer questions, he criticized, "The opposition party is opposing for political purposes and just opposing for the sake of opposition. Those who even made this part a campaign pledge during the presidential election and keep making statements that cause confusion are engaging in truly wrong politics."

In response to reports that private academies have shifted their policies to prepare for semi-killer questions in line with the exclusion of killer questions, Lee replied, "I don't think this is a matter of killer or semi-killer questions." He said, "If students complete the basic curriculum within public education, they can move on to advanced and applied parts," adding, "It is possible to measure discriminative power in that area."

He continued, "If difficulty adjustments for measuring discriminative power are well made, students can take the exam normally without relying on killer questions from large private academies in Gangnam or similar," and added, "I believe it is right for the state and society to make efforts in that regard."

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