The ruling and opposition parties unanimously criticize Yu Wei and the Korea University Education Association for the ‘non-stop operation’ of the Education Committee.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yullip Lee = The ruling and opposition parties strongly criticized the application reception agency Uway Apply, the Korean Council for University Education, and the Ministry of Education regarding the so-called 'rolling failure' incident at the government audit of affiliated and related organizations of the Education Committee held at the National Assembly on the 12th.

Kim Hee-jeong, chairman of the Education Committee of the People Power Party, inquired about the discrepancy between the answers of the Ministry of Education and Yuwei regarding the cause of the failure in accepting applications for regular admissions.

While the Ministry of Education pointed out that the cause was 'failure to check system compatibility and failure to conduct load tests after changing the operating system of the Uway Apply server,' Uway responded to the National Assembly by saying, 'We are analyzing and verifying whether compatibility issues with the connection pool after the operating system (OS) upgrade contributed to the failure.'

Chairman Kim raised his voice, asking, “Is it time for the Ministry of Education, which is in charge of the cause of disability, and the company in charge to be ‘at odds with each other’?”

Based on data from the Fair Trade Commission, Kim Jun-hyuk, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea, pointed out that 182 out of 190 schools have a single contract with U-way or Advancement App, and only 8 schools have multiple contracts with the two agencies, saying, "If the two universities work together, it is possible to defend against the current U-way incident, but continuing to use only one school feels like a kind of collusion."

He said, "Although Yu Wei has clearly made a mistake, the Ministry of Education is also putting it off to the Korean Council of Education, and the Korean Council of Education is putting it off to You Wei." He added, "Is Yu Wei the only one at fault? That's not true. The Korean Council of Education also clearly knew that this would happen, but they neglected it."

The ruling and opposition party members also put strong pressure on Yu Wei to submit the data.

Rep. Go Min-jeong of the Democratic Party of Korea, a secretary of the ruling party, said, "We can't just rely on Yu Wei's goodwill (to submit data)," and added, "If we don't actively cooperate this time, it will eventually lead to a complaint and a search and seizure. Before that, I ask you to resolve the issue amicably with the government."

Kang Kyung-sook, a member of the Korea Reform Party, mentioned that the government's push to publicize application reception in 2013 was stranded due to lack of cooperation from agencies, and pointed out, "It can only be seen that private agencies were trying to protect their own interests by taking students hostage during the entrance exam process."

Members of the ruling and opposition parties also raised questions about the special investigation being conducted jointly by the Ministry of Education, the Korea University Association, and the Korea Foundation for the Promotion of Historical Studies.

Rep. Seo Beom-soo responded to the Ministry of Education's response that the special investigation team consists of a total of six people, two from each institution, saying, "There are only six people. “How can we do everything here?” he pointed out, “is the Ministry of Education responding so complacently?”

Rep. Lee In-seon, a member of the opposition party, proposed forming a fact-finding team at the National Assembly level involving public and private organizations such as the Ministry of Science and ICT, the National Intelligence Service, and Naver.

At the same time, he asked, "You Wei, the Korean Council for Education, and the Ministry of Education, who have been in the special investigation team, are currently unable to properly answer any questions. Would you agree to the formation of a fact-finding team at the National Assembly?"

In response to this, Lee Ki-jeong, president of the Korean University Education Association, responded, “We will cooperate actively,” and CEO Seong responded, “If a decision is made, we will follow it.”