From now on, high school students will be able to receive college admissions counseling by phone or online from current teachers with extensive guidance experience.
The Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education said on Apr. 7 that they "appointed 500 current teachers with extensive guidance experience as an admissions counseling teacher corps in cooperation with provincial and metropolitan education offices." The move aims to reduce the growing demand for private counseling driven by complex admissions tracks.
The 500 current teachers will provide one-on-one admissions counseling for students preparing for college and their parents from April this year through March next year. Anyone who wants counseling can use it through various methods, including online and by phone.
Counseling related to the student record comprehensive screening track, which has high private-education demand, will be offered online through the college admissions information portal starting in July. Students can receive counseling on the student record comprehensive screening track based on their own school records.
The college admissions information portal will also introduce a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbot service that makes it easy to check admissions information. Through the chatbot, students and parents can use conversational queries to check complex admissions information such as comparing and analyzing each university's admissions guidelines and comparing individual grades with past cutoffs.
The Ministry of Education and KCUE will also strengthen support for college admission and career planning for high school students living in child care facilities. Admissions counseling teachers will visit the facilities in person to conduct counseling that boosts academic motivation and helps with career planning.
In addition, a booklet will be provided containing information needed to prepare for college admissions and analysis of each university's implementation plan for the 2028 academic year admissions tracks. The materials will be available on the college admissions information portal starting in November.