SEOUL, December 4 (AJP) - This year's university entrance exam was tougher than last year's, with only five students achieving perfect scores, down from 11 the previous year.
According to test results released by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) on Thursday, five students including one retaker who took the test last month, scored perfectly across all sections.
With English being the most challenging section, the number of perfect scorers in math dropped from 1,522 to 780, down 48.8 percent from a year ago.
Kim Seung-geol, a researcher at KICE, said that while math, social studies, and science met anticipated difficulty levels, Korean language and English proved more challenging than expected.
Lee Man-gi, an education expert, predicted that English scores would be a decisive factor in college admissions.
Over 550,000 students took the annual exam at about 1,300 venues across the country on Nov. 13.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
According to test results released by the Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE) on Thursday, five students including one retaker who took the test last month, scored perfectly across all sections.
With English being the most challenging section, the number of perfect scorers in math dropped from 1,522 to 780, down 48.8 percent from a year ago.
Kim Seung-geol, a researcher at KICE, said that while math, social studies, and science met anticipated difficulty levels, Korean language and English proved more challenging than expected.
Lee Man-gi, an education expert, predicted that English scores would be a decisive factor in college admissions.
Over 550,000 students took the annual exam at about 1,300 venues across the country on Nov. 13.
* This article, published by Aju Business Daily, was translated by AI and edited by AJP.
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