Yoon's Remarks on CSAT Difficulty, Democratic Student Committee Proposes "CSAT Explanation Introduction" Alternative

"Evaluation Institute Only Releases CSAT Answers... Explanations and Lectures Rely on Private Education"
"Making It Mandatory to Publish Explanations for June and September Mock Exams Would Reduce Student Burden"

Amid ongoing disputes within and outside the political sphere following President Yoon Suk-yeol's remarks on 'adjusting the difficulty level of the CSAT,' the Democratic Party's University Student Committee proposed an alternative, stating that mandating the introduction of CSAT explanations is more necessary than excluding killer questions to reduce private education.

Photo by The Democratic Party of Korea Seoul Metropolitan City Committee University Student Committee

On the 22nd, the Democratic Party's Seoul City University Student Committee held a press conference at the National Assembly in the afternoon and stated, "Instead of forcibly adjusting the difficulty of questions, the introduction of CSAT explanations should be made mandatory."

They said, "For the past 30 years, the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation has only disclosed the correct answers for the CSAT but has never provided official explanations."

The committee explained, "Students who need to study past exam questions have had no choice but to listen to explanations and lectures provided by the private education industry, which has led to a vicious cycle of increased dependence on private education," adding, "If the publication of explanations for the CSAT and the June and September mock exams is made mandatory, trust in the CSAT will be enhanced, dependence on private education will be reduced, and the burden on frontline students and parents will be substantially alleviated."

They further stated, "We hope that the Presidential Office, Ministry of Education, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, and related departments will closely review and promote the publication of official explanations for past exam questions by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation."

Regarding President Yoon's directive to exclude questions outside the public education curriculum from the CSAT, they said, "The void left by this irresponsibly shouted impulsive order is filled only with confusion among our children facing entrance exams and a 'Yun-bi-eo-cheon-ga' (excessive praise of Yoon)," and questioned, "Is this repeated state governance behavior of irresponsible orders and shifting responsibility to the relevant ministries truly the best of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration?"

They continued, "If this is the best effort, it is the height of incompetence; if not the best, it is a model of negligence," and criticized, "The confusion and suffering caused by the Yoon administration's irresponsible governance and incompetent alternative proposals have become entirely the burden of our people."

The committee urged, "Do not shake students, parents, and the education community facing entrance exams with impulsive and irresponsible orders," and called for, "Stopping the implementation of education policies without countermeasures and first presenting measures against the closure of local universities due to declining school-age populations and the trend of tuition fee increases."

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