Teacher who sold university entrance exam questions to cram school receives up to 500 million won = South Korea

On the 19th, the Ministry of Education revealed that 24 teachers who were involved in writing questions for the University Scholastic Aptitude Test (Scholastic Aptitude Test) and mock evaluations, which are South Korean university entrance exams, had sold the questions to 21 private prep schools.
. Some teachers received nearly 500 million won (approximately 55 million yen) in return for selling their questions. The Ministry of Education charged four of them with obstruction of business, and the remaining 22 (2
The company plans to request an investigation into the case (the number of duplicates). In August, the Ministry of Education called on current teachers involved in profit-making activities with private preparatory schools to voluntarily report their charges. As a result, 322 people reported. child
An investigation into the question committee members for skill assessment and mock evaluations from 2017 onwards revealed that 24 people had sold their questions to private prep schools.
The Ministry of Education has concealed the fact that even after selling the questions to a private preparatory school, the four people who continued to act as question-taking committee members.
I decided to sue. Test committee members are required to swear that they have not been involved in writing commercial exam forms in the past three years, but these four people reportedly submitted false declarations. This way
Three of them served as committee members for both the training and mock evaluations, and one for only the mock evaluations. On the other hand, the 22 people who sold the questions to a private prep school after serving as committee members were accused of violating the Prohibition of Soliciting Act and maintaining confidentiality.
It is expected that an investigation will be requested on suspicion of violating the duty of ownership. The test committee members are obligated to keep information learned during the test period confidential. Two of them were subject to charges and requests for investigation.
A Ministry of Education official said, ``Some of the 24 people received nearly 500 million won.Many received more than 100 million won.There were also people who served on the examination committee five or six times and received money and goods.''
There were," he explained. The Ministry of Education plans to request investigations into the 21 private preparatory schools involved in the scandal on similar charges. It is said that famous entrance examination companies are also included.
The Ministry of Education has decided to exclude teachers who have a history of selling questions to private preparatory schools when selecting committee members to give questions for the 2024 academic year. Also, in the future
Plans to improve the system regarding the selection and management of question-taking committee members are scheduled to be formulated by the end of the year.