GPA Oriented University Admission Just Won’t Revitalize Public Education

Korea’s 2008 university entrance policies are turning into a mirage, failing to take a definite turn. Heads of the nationwide university admission office recently gathered to rebuff the Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development’s (MOE) GPA oriented admission policiy, each refusing to change their school’s admission guidelines which had been announced earlier this year. Presidents of private universities had also repeatedly expressed their oppositions against MOE’s admission guideline. The prolonged tangle between MOE and universities surrounding the admission policy, compounded by Korea’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) only four months prior, students and parents are the only victims in this terribly unfunny farce......Consequently, using weighted GPA evaluation in university admission as means to normalize public education is not logical. [View Full Article]