South Korea's government unveiled plans on Monday aimed at curbing the country's burgeoning spending on private education, which has been blamed for being a major factor behind the country's declining fertility rate.
The move comes as President Yoon Suk Yeol this month criticised college entrance tests that incorporate questions not in the curriculum at public schools, including some that have been dubbed "killer questions" because of their complexity.
Local media have reported on alleged connections between the private education industry and government education officials in drawing up college entrance exams that require private tutoring to master. This heavy reliance on private education has helped result in South Korea's having the world's highest cost of raising a child, according to aKiller questions are typically drawn from material not covered in public school curriculum, opening the door for "hagwons" to promote their ability to teach students how to solve them.
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