"Restriction on Restroom Use During Licensed Real Estate Agent Exam"... Korea Industrial Manpower Corporation Rejects Human Rights Commission Recommendation

The Human Resources Development Service of Korea has decided not to accept the recommendation of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) to improve the restriction on restroom use during the Licensed Real Estate Agent national qualification exam.

On the 14th, the NHRCK announced that it judged the Director of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea to have rejected the commission's recommendation to "allow examinees to use the restroom regardless of exam time to prevent infringement of their human rights due to restroom use restrictions during the Licensed Real Estate Agent exam." The Human Resources Development Service of Korea responded to the NHRCK's recommendation by stating, "We will make a comprehensive decision after collecting examinees' opinions through surveys on restroom use."

On February 16, the NHRCK pointed out in its previous recommendation decision that "the benefits of controlling restroom use during exams, such as fairness of the exam, protection of examinees, prevention of cheating, and maintaining a quiet exam environment, are vague and limited," and that "the harm suffered by examinees who experience urgent physiological issues beyond their control is serious and specific."

Furthermore, the commission stated, "In similar exams with many examinees that require strict management to prevent cheating, such as the College Scholastic Ability Test, restroom use is permitted," and expressed regret that "the Director of the Human Resources Development Service of Korea did not notify a specific implementation plan to guarantee the execution of the recommendation, thereby rejecting the recommendation."

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