Yonsei University distributes questionnaires an hour before the essay exam begins...controversy over the leak

[Anchor]
At Yonsei University's entrance essay test site, a supervisor handed out questionnaires an hour earlier than scheduled.

At that time, students were able to use mobile phones, but there was also a situation in which problems were leaked to the online community, so the school began discussing countermeasures.

Reporter Shin Gwi-hye reports.

[Reporter]
This is an article posted on the community of test takers preparing for the essay examination for college entrance.There are also comments specifically mentioning the test questions, saying,

The supervisor handed out the questionnaire and then rolled it back.

Several similar articles were posted ahead of Yonsei University's occasional essay examination on the 12th, all of which say that the questionnaire was distributed earlier than scheduled.

[Mr. A / Yonsei University Natural Science Essay No. 72 Exam participant: I had to take the test from 2 p.m. and get the test papers distributed at 1:55 p.m. Based on the test site I took, it was distributed at around 12:50 p.m.]

Candidates who were in other high schools were also able to use their cell phones, but there are also articles in the test-taker community that may have been leaked at this time.

[A / Yonsei University natural science essay No. 72: It's not like distributing test papers and preventing them from collecting cell phones while walking.... (On the Internet) There were words like 'I'm solving it using vectors', 'No, I have to use conditional probabilities'.]

Yonsei University said that at a test site, the supervisor mistook the test time and handed out the questionnaire an hour earlier than scheduled before collecting it, but it was found that no students accurately checked or took pictures of the problem at the time and leaked it.

He added that he will review ways to ask the police to investigate to find out the exact facts and quickly discuss follow-up countermeasures such as measures for negligent management of supervisors.

Yonsei University even extended the test time by 20 minutes after checking errors in questions during the same test.

Although the university has been rapidly evolving, there are opinions among students that re-examination is necessary, so the controversy is unlikely to subside easily.

I'm YTN's Shin Gwihye.

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