Gwangju City Prepares Comprehensive Support Measures in Five Areas Including Traffic for CSAT Preparation

16,089 Candidates Took the Exam at 38 Test Centers

Operation of On-the-Day Comprehensive Situation Room, Traffic Situation Room, and Safety Accident Prevention Team

Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Kang Ki-jung) has prepared a comprehensive support plan in anticipation of the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT).

On the 6th, ten days before the CSAT, Gwangju City announced that it held the ‘2024 CSAT Examinee Comprehensive Support Plan Report Meeting’ together with the Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education and the Fire Safety Headquarters.

This year’s CSAT will be held on the 16th at 38 test sites in the Gwangju area from 8:40 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. (for general examinees). A total of 16,089 examinees in the Gwangju area are expected to take the test.

Gwangju City has established detailed implementation plans in five areas?smooth vehicle traffic, 119 emergency response, noise prevention around test sites, preparation for natural disasters, and prevention of safety accidents?to actively support examinees so they can take the exam without inconvenience.

To conduct a preliminary inspection of the test sites, the Gwangju Fire Safety Headquarters has been conducting fire safety inspections at 38 test locations for four weeks from the 16th of last month to the 10th of this month to remove fire hazards in advance.

Additionally, to ensure examinees can take the test in a comfortable environment, from the 6th to the 15th, the city is identifying construction sites around the test locations and sending guidance letters to suppress dust generation. To prepare for natural disasters such as severe weather, an emergency communication system is maintained among the city, the Office of Education, autonomous districts, and related organizations. A 24-hour situation management system is operated, and earthquake accelerometers and early warning systems are inspected.

On the day of the CSAT, a CSAT Traffic Countermeasures Situation Room (with 19 city and district employees) will be operated. From 6:30 a.m. to 8:10 a.m., the test entrance time, city buses will be concentrated on test site routes (43 routes, 99 additional runs) to facilitate examinee movement and smooth traffic flow.

Furthermore, Gwangju City, autonomous districts, and the Model Drivers Association will deploy 505 personnel to guide traffic around test sites. Free transportation will be provided for disabled examinees using taxis dedicated to transportation-vulnerable persons (reservation required at 1688-2222, Transportation Vulnerable Mobility Support Center). The Fire Safety Headquarters will also provide transportation convenience (119 comprehensive situation room and prior reservation) for disabled and mobility-impaired examinees.

The Gwangju Police Agency will support emergency transport for examinees using 69 patrol cars and 6 motorcycles (112 situation room).

The Fire Safety Headquarters will assign professional paramedics at each test site to respond quickly and efficiently to emergencies or safety incidents within the test venues.

During the English listening evaluation time (1:10 p.m. to 1:35 p.m., 25 minutes), noise control will be enforced to minimize noise around the test sites by controlling traffic noise such as car horns and construction and market-related ambient noise.

After the CSAT ends, an emergency response system will be established jointly with related organizations to prevent crowd congestion accidents, focusing on major downtown areas such as Chungjang-ro and Sangmu District. Police and youth-related organizations will conduct the ‘National Youth Shelter Union Outreach (Crisis Youth Relief) Activities’ to strengthen safety management.

Kim Kwang-jin, Head of the Culture and Economy Department, said, “Gwangju City will make every effort to ensure examinees can take the exam in a stable environment through systematic support. We hope that all examinees achieve good results reflecting their hard work.”

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