[2024 CSAT] 1st Period Absence Rate 10.6%... 448,228 Candidates Took the Exam

Similar Absenteeism Rate as Last Year
Chungnam Has Highest Absenteeism Rate at 15.12%
Busan Has Lowest Absenteeism Rate at 7.48%

The absentee rate for the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) held on the 16th (based on the first period) was in the mid-10% range, similar to last year’s level.

The Ministry of Education and the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation announced that out of 501,321 applicants for the first period of the CSAT, 448,228 took the exam. The number of absentees was 53,093, resulting in an absentee rate of 10.6%.

This is similar to last year’s first period absentee rate of 10.8%.

On the 16th, the day of the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test, a test taker is waiting for the exam to start at Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Joint Press Corps

By region, Chungnam had the highest absentee rate at 15.12%, followed by Chungbuk (13.29%), Incheon (12.96%), Daejeon (12.72%), and Gangwon (12.33%).

Busan had the lowest absentee rate at 7.48%, followed by Gwangju (7.91%) and Daegu (7.95%).

This year’s CSAT was conducted at 84 test districts nationwide and 1,279 test centers. The total number of test takers was 504,588, of which 326,646 were current students and 177,942 were graduates or others.

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