Solidarity test taker's lawsuit for 'nullity of test'..."Damage of impartiality" Key Issues

[Anchor]
Some test takers have filed a lawsuit against the controversy over the leakage of natural essay questions for Yonsei University's early admission for the 2025 academic year, asking them to invalidate the essay exam.

The examinee asked for the results before the announcement of the successful candidates, and the court's judgment is drawing attention.

Reporter facial expression, the test takers and parents filed a lawsuit?

[Journalist]
Yes, that's right.

Eighteen test takers who took the Yonsei University essay test filed a lawsuit yesterday (21st) with the Seoul Western District Court to confirm the invalidity of Yonsei University's natural essay test and a provisional injunction to suspend its effectiveness.

They are asking for a lawsuit to invalidate the test as they are suspected of cheating, and to stop the entrance examination process by citing provisional disposition before announcing the successful candidates for essay writing.

The test takers claimed that Yonsei University's sloppy management and supervision undermined the fairness of the test, including the leakage of test information.

In addition, he pointed out that if this case is ignored as it is, nothing will happen even if the test is conducted unfairly.

[Kim Jeong-sun / Yonsei University's essay class action agent: As the (private college entrance exam) is directly related to students' college entrance, it is true that it has been operated negligently taking advantage of the weaknesses of the test takers who cannot protest to their heart's content even if there is unfairness.]

The litigants said they hoped for a quick and accurate judgment from the court so that the results of the essay test can be concluded before Nov. 15, when they expect it to be published.

[Anchor]
What will be the issue in the future litigation?

[Reporter]
Yes. The key issue of the lawsuit is expected to be whether fairness has been undermined to the extent that the essay test has already been invalidated.

Test takers and parents who participated in the lawsuit claim that fairness has been violated.

It was found that a student at a test site where the test papers were distributed in advance delivered information about the problem to the examinee at another test site.

Point out that you had enough time to ask other friends or prepare your answers in advance using ChatGPT for the rest of the time before the test started.

He also explained that he was confused because the school's process of handling the problem was different for each test site due to the incorrect marking of the problem among the natural essay tests.

On the other hand, Yonsei University maintains that there is no problem with the fairness of the entrance examination.

They say that the questionnaire has never been leaked directly, and they are confronting that no objective facts have been found that violate the fairness of entrance examinations.

However, he explained that he asked the law enforcement authorities to investigate and investigate without any suspicion because he thought it was the university's duty to resolve all suspicious situations.

I'm YTN's Choi Sang-woo from the social studies department.