The Seoul Western District Courtroom on Friday accepted an injunction filed by college students and fogeys to droop the validity of Yonsei College’s early admissions entrance examination in October, following allegations that examination questions have been leaked previous to the take a look at.
The court docket dominated to “droop the continuation of subsequent procedures” associated to the early admissions examination till a ruling is made in a lawsuit demanding the examination be readministered.
The choice successfully halts the announcement of profitable candidates, scheduled for Dec. 13, together with another ensuing processes.
The court docket discovered that Yonsei College’s failure to correctly handle and supervise the examination proctors created an surroundings conducive to dishonest, and it dominated that the breach in equity couldn’t be blamed solely on the actions of some test-takers.
“This case essentially started with an error made by the proctors, the place examination questions have been distributed then collected at only one take a look at website, forward of the others,” the panel of judges mentioned in a press release.
“Even after recalling the papers, the proctors didn’t take further applicable measures to stop the potential exterior leakage of the questions or another data associated to the take a look at.”
In response to the court docket’s resolution, the Ministry of Training on Friday urged Yonsei College to “current another which aligns with the court docket’s ruling” to ensure there “is not any impression on this 12 months’s admissions schedule.”
“At present, Yonsei College is reportedly contemplating countermeasures, and it has been confirmed (to the Training Ministry) that an official discover might be issued as soon as the measures are able to be put in place,” acknowledged the Training Ministry.
“The Ministry of Training will present steerage and supervision to make sure that Yonsei College operates the admissions course of in a lawful and honest method.”
On Oct. 12, Yonsei College carried out its early admissions entrance exams, during which questions for the college’s pure science monitor have been leaked an hour earlier than the examination because the proctor by chance distributed the take a look at papers earlier than the scheduled take a look at time.
Although the examination papers have been recalled after quarter-hour, some college students reportedly posted the questions on-line for potential test-takers, whereas one other test-taker additionally shared three take a look at questions with a peer at a unique location by means of the messaging operate on Instagram.
To this point, round 50 candidates who took the take a look at that day have filed a joint lawsuit in opposition to Yonsei College, requesting the examination be readministered.
