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College admission application ‘failure’ situation… It is estimated that up to 1,200 test takers were affected.
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College admission application ‘failure’ situation… It is estimated that up to 1,200 test takers were affected.

Relief applications accepted until the 16th... Ministry of Education "If necessary, we will ask for legal responsibility, including requesting an investigation."

Ministry of EducationKorea University Education CouncilYouwayApply

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  • It was estimated that up to 1,200 test takers were unable to complete their applications due to problems in the college admission application system.
  • The Ministry of Education and the Korea University Education Association decided to accept applications for relief through the Uway Apply website from the 14th to the 16th.

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On the 11th, an error occurred in the Uway Apply application application system, preventing some test takers from completing application and payment.

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Relief applications accepted until the 16th... Ministry of Education "If necessary, we will ask for legal responsibility, including requesting an investigation."

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Noh Jae-hyeon = It is estimated that up to 1,200 test takers were unable to complete their applications due to a 'failure' in the application system for rolling admissions to college.

The Ministry of Education and the Korea Council for University Education decided to accept applications for relief from the 14th to the 16th.

On the 13th, the Ministry of Education announced in relation to the 'failure' of the application system for rolling admissions to college, saying, "Out of the 2.61 million applications received for rolling admissions, it is estimated that up to 1,200 students were unable to complete the application due to system failure."

The Ministry of Education explained on this day that it has prepared a relief plan related to the malfunction of the college admission application system together with the Korean Council for University Education (Korea University Education Association).

Applications for relief can be made through the relief application bulletin board opened on the application reception agency 'Uway Apply' website (www.uwayapply.com) from 9 a.m. on the 14th to 6 p.m. on the 16th.

The Ministry of Education and the Korea University Education Association announced that they will conduct a thorough investigation into the overall application submission system, including the cause and actual status of the failure of the Uway Apply application submission system, and, if necessary, request legal responsibility, including requesting an investigation.

Earlier, at around 5:50 p.m. on the 11th, an error appeared in Uway Apply's application system, and some test takers were unable to properly submit applications and complete payments.

Accordingly, the Korea University Education Association postponed the application deadline from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., but test-takers experienced great confusion.

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  • From the 14th to the 16th, we accept applications for relief through the Uway Apply website.

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