Answers to the Test of Proficiency in Korean, or Topik, were leaked on Chinese social media, according to sources on Thursday,
The Ministry of Education will spend 6 billion won to introduce mandatory AI courses at 20 universities, marking the first nationwide push to ensure college students gain basic AI skills regardless of their major.
The Ministry of Education has launched an audit into allegations that professors colluded during an early admissions interview at Incheon National University.
The Ministry of Education said Monday it would review how questions are set and vetted for Korea’s college entrance exam after a sharp drop in top scores in the English section drew public outcry over its difficulty.
President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday nominated six minister-level officials for posts including Minister of Education and Minister of Gender Equality and Family.
The Education Ministry on Wednesday announced that it would unveil a plan this week to accommodate the mass return of boycotting medical students, but abruptly canceled it, citing the need for more time for consulting among medical schools.
President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday withdrew the nomination of Education Minister Lee Jin-sook.
A total of 12,767 out of 19,457 students — or 65.6 percent — across 40 medical schools had not returned to class as of Wednesday, with punishments ranging from warnings to repeating a year or even expulsion.
Education Minister Lee Ju-ho is set to meet with medical students next week in an effort to encourage them to return to school and to explain the government's recent decision to revert the 2026 medical school enrollment quota to its previous level.
Medical schools across Korea decided to issue failure notices to students who have boycotted classes since the start of the spring semester, pushing the standoff between the medical community and the government into a new phase.
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