Controversy Over 'Bulsunung': Lee Ju-ho Says "Excluding Killer Questions Does Not Solve All Private Education Issues"

"No major issues so far"

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Lee Ju-ho addressed concerns that the 2024 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) was a 'difficult exam' despite the exclusion of killer questions, stating, "So far, I believe the exam has proceeded without major issues. If problems are pointed out after seeing the results, we will respond accordingly."

On the 21st, after attending the 'Innovative City Education Enhancement Meeting' held at Bonghwang High School in Naju, Jeollanam-do, Deputy Prime Minister Lee told reporters, "We need to wait and see the (CSAT) results."

In response to reporters' questions about whether the effect of reducing private education was weakened due to the difficult exam, he said, "The key point is that killer questions require students to attend private education institutions to get help with solving them, so removing those questions is the starting point for addressing private education. Since excluding killer questions does not solve all private education issues at once, continuous will and effort are important."

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He added, "The Ministry of Education will make strong efforts to reduce private education."

Although the government's policy to exclude killer questions was applied in this year's CSAT, the exam was evaluated as having a high level of difficulty. In particular, question number 22 in the mathematics section is estimated to have a correct answer rate of less than 10%. According to a survey conducted by EBS on the high school lecture website on the 17th regarding the perceived difficulty of the 2024 CSAT Korean, Mathematics, English, and Korean History sections, 85.9% of the 2,764 respondents answered that the exam was "difficult."

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