Suneung examinees’ parents pray at the Jogyesa temple in Seoul for their children to pass the test. Photo: EPA-EFE
Coronavirus: South Korean students face double dread in Suneung college entrance exam and pandemic
- About 490,000 Koreans will sit for the annual college entrance exam this year in the hope that their high scores will allow them to enter top universities
- But students are fearful that the infamous Suneung – the Korean abbreviation for the College Scholastic Ability Test – could become a super-spreading event
Suneung examinees’ parents pray at the Jogyesa temple in Seoul for their children to pass the test. Photo: EPA-EFE