Yoon Criticizes Ministry of Education on 'Medical School Admission After Self-Directed Major'... "Not Reviewed and No Plan"

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The Presidential Office clarified on the 19th that reports suggesting students admitted through the Self-Directed Major Department would be allowed to enter medical school are "not at all under consideration by our government, nor are there any plans to do so."

Lee Do-woon, spokesperson, stated during a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office, "Under the Yoon Seok-yeol administration, university admissions will be conducted in the fairest manner acceptable to students and parents." He added, "President Yoon reprimanded the Ministry of Education for causing confusion with unnecessary remarks."

A Presidential Office official told reporters, "Admissions are an issue of great public interest, so education policies, especially admissions policies, should not be introduced as mere ideas." He emphasized, "Policies should be established through sufficient consultation and discussion within the government; it is inappropriate for ideas to be presented prematurely."

On the same day, a media outlet reported that Lee Ju-ho, Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and Minister of Education, stated in an interview on the 17th that they are reviewing the possibility of granting some university freshmen the freedom to choose their majors and allowing them to select medical school if medical school quotas are created.

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