Officials will remove so-called 'killer questions' from the Suneung, also known as the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), Education Minister Lee Ju-ho said in a news briefing Monday.
These notoriously difficult questions sometimes include material that isn’t covered in public school curricula, Lee said, lending an unfair advantage to students with access to private tutoring. He added that while it was “a personal choice” for parents and children to seek tutoring, many feel forced to do so due to the intense competition to do well in the exam.
They have good reason to be anxious; the “killer questions” range from headache-inducing advanced calculus to obscure literary excerpts. One question, combining math concepts such as the differentiation of composite functions, was deemed “more complicated than those covered in public schools, which can cause psychological burden on test takers,” the ministry wrote. Another sample question asked test takers to analyze a lengthy passage about the philosophy of consciousness.
As a result, the hagwon industry in South Korea is massive, and profitable. In 2022, South Koreans spent a total of 26 trillion won on private education, according to theLast year, the average student across elementary, middle and high schools spent 410,000 Korean won per month on private education, said Lee – the highest figure since the education ministry began tracking figures in 2007.Hagwons have become so prevalent in South Korea that last year 78.
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