Education Minister: Around 250 Provisionally Identified for Relief Following College Admissions System Glitch

Minister of Education Choi Kyo-jin announced that an estimated 250 applicants have been provisionally identified as eligible for relief following a system failure during the application process for early admissions for the 2027 academic year.

Attending a meeting of the National Assembly's Education Committee today (September 16), Minister Choi explained the scale of relief applications and the current status of provisional relief targets.

Minister Choi stated, "We have received a total of about 1,200 relief applications as of 10:00 a.m. today, and among them, we provisionally view about 250 cases as eligible for relief."

Previously, at around 5:50 p.m. on September 11, an error occurred in the Uwayapply submission system just 10 minutes before the deadline for early admissions applications.

This caused significant confusion as some applicants were unable to properly submit their applications or complete payments.

The Ministry of Education has decided to determine eligibility for relief based on digital records of logins, application writing, saving, and payment attempts.

Relief applications close at 6:00 p.m. today, and the ministry plans to announce the final scale after tallying the results.

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