Overview
- Director Oh Seung-geol stepped down after KICE said he took responsibility for an English section that did not match the purpose of absolute grading.
- The Education Ministry said it will carry out a detailed investigation this month into how CSAT questions were developed and reviewed, with responses to follow the findings.
- KICE pledged to review the full question-setting process and prepare changes to ensure more stable exam development.
- Only 3.11 percent of test-takers earned the highest English grade on the Nov. 13 exam, the lowest since absolute grading began in 2018 and below the 4 percent share typical of relatively graded subjects.
- Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik criticized the difficulty and recurring answer errors and called for an objective, system-wide probe under the Office for Government Policy Coordination.