All flights in South Korea were grounded Thursday, with no takeoffs or landings permitted for an hour. Around the country, parents were praying and packing lunch, and everyone would avoid words like “fail” or “fall” to avoid causing bad luck for the hundreds of thousands students taking the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), South Korea’s university entrance exam.
The temporary no-fly order was issued by the Ministry of Interior to avoid airplane noise and give test takers a fair shot, but in this year’s exam, attention has focused on the opposite of fair play. This month, a cheating news spread in a private school. Officers showed yellow notes and a small notepad filled with numbers. Jin Jeom-ok explained how police had found a potential cheating at the school, which has more than 100 years of history.
In late July exam, twin girls ranked from 59th and 121st to the very top. “My daughter came home crying and told me about what happened in school. They were shocked,” a parent named Lee Shin-woo said. “Those students who were in low positions in the freshman year all of a sudden rose to the top.”
Some parents demanded an investigation and began protests in front of the school. Protesting parents accused Hyun of taking the answer papers and copying or photographing them before providing to his daughters. By August, there were enough complaints from parents that the school requested education authorities carry out an investigation.
In a statement, the Office of Education said the case “damages the absolute value of academic achievement, which is fairness. It is a serious incident which affects the people’s trust in public education.” Officials promised to install security cameras in all school offices which stored exam papers.
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