Level Tests Banned at Toddler Academies... Including Oral, Practical, and Interview Assessments

Level tests that academies have conducted for the purpose of recruiting and sorting young children will be completely banned starting next month.

The Ministry of Education announced that a partial amendment to the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Teaching Institutes and Extra-lessons was deliberated and resolved upon during the Cabinet meeting held today (22nd).

With this amendment to the enforcement decree, specific criteria for tests and evaluations banned for young children at academies have been established.

The banned practices include not only written, oral, practical, and interview tests, but also "evaluations utilizing test results related to the verification of specific abilities" and "tests or evaluations that rank the levels of specific abilities."

A legal basis has also been established to provide rewards to individuals who report acts of conducting tests or evaluations that violate the law.

In addition, new sanctions for legal violations have been introduced, imposing fines of 1 million won for the first violation, 2 million won for the second, and 3 million won for the third, depending on the number of violations.

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