Starting with the 2029 academic year college admissions that current first-year high school students will take, admission will not be revoked under the special admissions track for rural and fishing villages even if a student transfers residence after being accepted but before high school graduation.
Korean Council for University Education (KCUE) on the 27th announced the "Basic guidelines for college admissions for the 2029 academic year."
The current special admissions track for rural and fishing villages requires students to complete all (elementary) middle and high school curricula at schools located in the relevant area and to live with their parents in that area until high school graduation.
As a result, admission cancellations have continued to occur when some students change residence before their high school graduation date after being accepted to a university. Among students and parents, there have been calls to supplement the system to prevent expense losses and wasted administrative effort due to disputes between schools and students.
KCUE said, "To provide relief for students' rights and minimize confusion in the college admissions field, we decided to exceptionally recognize residence requirements only for accepted applicants who are expected to graduate."
A new measure was also established to prevent test-takers from being harmed when documents required at application are not issued or provided due to system disruptions such as transcription errors. Starting with the 2029 academic year, universities will be allowed to autonomously prepare relief measures, such as post-submission of documents, through their own admissions management committees and committees related to fairness.
Measures will also be implemented to prevent relative disadvantages for students at small schools and schools in agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages under the high school credit system.
Students at schools in agricultural, mountain, and fishing villages are taking some subjects that are difficult for their schools to offer through online schools or joint curricula.
KCUE noted, "So that students can complete their curricula with peace of mind without concerns about receiving unreasonable discrimination in the college admissions process depending on how they complete subjects, we decided to recommend that universities consider applicants' efforts to take subjects in line with the organization of the curricula of their feeder high schools."