Chaea Park of Gyeongbuk Provincial Council Calls for Comprehensive Inspection of Test Paper Management at All General High Schools... Emergency Meeting on Andong Test Paper Leak Incident

"We Will Accept Resident Reports for Two Weeks"
Urges the Office of Education to Establish a Reporting Channel

The Education Committee of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council (Chairperson: Chaea Park) held an emergency meeting on July 17 to assess the current situation regarding the Andong test paper leak incident and to urge the Gyeongbuk Office of Education to swiftly establish countermeasures.

During the meeting, the committee received a report from the executive branch on the status of the incident. For about an hour, various questions and answers were exchanged to discuss prompt countermeasures. In a separate meeting with parents, the committee listened to their demands and provided responses.

Chaea Park, Gyeongbuk Provincial Assembly Member

Chaea Park (People Power Party, Gyeongsan 3), Chairperson of the Education Committee, pointed out the weaknesses in the school’s test paper management system, stating, “When a test paper leak occurs, public trust in education inevitably declines. Strict management and supervision are necessary to prevent similar incidents from recurring.” She also called on the executive branch to ensure severe punishment for those responsible and to establish measures to prevent recurrence.

Yongjin Cho (People Power Party, Gimcheon 3), Vice Chairperson, addressed the executive branch during the following meeting with parents, urging them to focus on helping students heal emotionally from the shock caused by this incident, as requested by the parents.

Daeil Kim (People Power Party, Andong 3) emphasized, “What matters more than the results of the investigation is restoring the broken trust in public education. The Gyeongbuk Office of Education must take this situation seriously and proactively announce its position to restore trust, which will help alleviate the anxiety of students and parents.”

Chairperson Chaea Park (Gyeongsan 3) reiterated the need to use this incident as an opportunity to conduct a comprehensive inspection of student assessment and test paper security management at all general high schools, and to establish a thorough management system and institutional improvements based on the findings.

Gyeongbuk Provincial Council's Education Committee is holding an emergency meeting regarding the Andong test paper leak incident.

The Education Committee of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Council will accept reports from residents regarding increasingly sophisticated and intelligent entrance exam-related irregularities for two weeks at the committee level. The committee also requested the Gyeongbuk Office of Education to set up a separate channel for such reports. Based on this, the committee plans to conduct a fact-finding investigation in the future.