2025 College Scholastic Ability Test, Gyeonggi-do Absentee Rate Slightly Lower Than Last Year

Provisional Absence Rates: 12.39% in Korean History Section and 12.01% in Inquiry Section

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Tae-hee) has tentatively compiled the main statistics for the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) in Gyeonggi Province.

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education building. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

As of 6 p.m. on the 14th, the tentative absentee rates for each session of the 2025 CSAT in Gyeonggi Province are as follows: △1st session Korean language 11.12%, △2nd session Mathematics 10.53%, △3rd session English 11.35%, △4th session Korean history 12.39%, and the inquiry subjects 12.01%.

Compared to the absentee rates by session for the 2024 CSAT (1st session 11.78%, 2nd session 11.22%, 3rd session 12.34%, 4th session Korean history 13.00%, inquiry subjects 12.73%), these figures are generally slightly lower.

The number of reported cheating incidents during the CSAT in the province is tentatively estimated at around 23 cases (5th session not yet counted). These include △9 cases of possession of prohibited items or unauthorized materials during the exam, △6 cases of marking answers after the end signal, and △8 cases of violations of procedures during the 4th session inquiry subjects. If confirmed as cheating, the individual's scores for the year will be invalidated.

Meanwhile, the objection period for the 2025 CSAT exam questions and answers is five days, from the 14th to the 18th. Once the answers are finalized and announced on the 26th, score notifications and distributions are scheduled to begin on December 6.

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