Lee Ki-jeong, president of the Korea University Academic Association, apologizes for the failure of the university admission system. “Providing fair relief”

Announcement of statement… “Improvement of the overall application submission system in consultation with the Ministry of Education”

The CEO of Uway Apply also said, “We will do our best to prevent recurrence.”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Noh Jae-hyun = Lee Ki-jeong, president of the Korean Council for University Education, apologized on the 14th regarding the system failure in the application submission for the 2027 college entrance exam, saying, "I feel very heavy and sorry when I think of the great anxiety and confusion experienced by test-takers and parents who have prepared for a long time for university admission at the last moment of application submission."

In a statement issued on this day, Chairman Lee emphasized, "For test takers who were unable to properly submit their applications, we will establish reasonable and fair relief procedures in consultation with the relevant universities based on objective facts and verifiable data."

He added, “We will carefully look into the process of preparing and implementing relief procedures to ensure that equity among test-takers and fairness in college admissions are not damaged.”

He said, “Above all, our top priority will be to ensure that no test taker is unfairly disadvantaged due to this system failure.”

He also pledged to closely inspect the stable operation of the application reception system and the overall response system in the event of a failure, and pledged, "We will work closely with the Ministry of Education to improve the overall application reception system regarding matters requiring institutional and structural improvement."

He continued, “We will prepare effective recurrence prevention measures to prevent something like this from happening again.”

Seong Yun-seok, CEO of Uway Apply, an application reception agency, also said on the day, "We sincerely apologize to the test takers, parents, and university officials."

He added, "We are taking this incident very seriously and will do our best to prevent recurrence, including thoroughly investigating the cause and upgrading our emergency response system."