‘Private Education Corruption Report Center’ Receives 119 Reports in One Week

32 Reports Targeting Large Hagwons... "Difficult to Disclose Specific Hagwon Names"

The Ministry of Education announced that a total of 119 reports were received from 2 p.m. on the 22nd, when the 'Private Education Cartel and Corruption Reporting Center' was opened, until 3 p.m. on the 28th.

By type, there were ▲ 20 cases suspected of collusion between private education companies and the CSAT (College Scholastic Ability Test) question-setting system ▲ 10 cases of forced purchases such as bundled textbooks ▲ 11 cases of overcharging for tuition fees ▲ 23 cases of false or exaggerated advertising ▲ and 74 other cases.

Among these, reports related to large entrance exam academies totaled 32 cases, the Ministry of Education said. A ministry official stated, "We cannot disclose the specific names of the academies reported."

On the 26th, Oh Seung-geol, Director of the Responsible Education Policy Office at the Ministry of Education, is presenting examples of killer questions from the College Scholastic Ability Test at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

On the same day, the government intensified pressure on the 'private education interest cartel' by launching simultaneous irregular (special) tax investigations targeting Megastudy, Sidae Injae Academy, Jongno Academy, and Uway.

Separately from the tax investigations, the Ministry of Education also plans to conduct joint on-site inspections of large academies in Seoul together with the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. The concentrated reporting period for the private education cartel and corruption runs until the 6th of next month, and the reporting center will continue to operate thereafter.

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