1. Reason for Revision

The current law stipulates that the student’s admission should be canceled in “cases of cheating” defined by schools’ academic regulations as acts that unfairly affect the fair implementation and management of the entrance examination, such as candidates’ attempts to view the answer sheets of other candidates or to show their answer sheets to other applicants.

However, since a student's admission cannot be canceled even if that student is admitted fraudulently due to his or her conspiring with an evaluator prior to an entrance examination, as long as the school regulations do not define it as “cheating.” This limitation fails to meet the public demand for fairness in college admissions.

Therefore, the proposed revision aims to strictly respond to admission irregularities and fraudulent acts by clearly stipulating that admission may be canceled in the event of a candidate’s prior contact with an evaluator, and defining it as a fraudulent act under the school's academic rules.

2. Main Contents

“Prior contact with an evaluator for the purpose of gaining an advantage in an evaluation” is included in the cases of cheating as defined by the academic rules as an act that unfairly affects the fair implementation and management of the entrance examination (Subparagraph 3 of Article 42-4 of the draft).