South Korea has arrested a highschool trainer and a pupil’s father who allegedly broke into a faculty late at evening to steal examination papers.
Their try occurred at 01:20 native time on 4 July (18:20 GMT) at a faculty in Andong, a metropolis southeast of Seoul, however was foiled when the varsity’s safety alarm went off.
The trainer is going through prices for accepting bribes and trespassing, whereas the daddy has been accused of trespassing.
A services supervisor on the faculty, who allegedly conspired with the duo, has additionally been arrested for permitting theft and illegal entry into the varsity.
Authorities say the trainer had privately tutored the kid of the arrested father – which academics actively employed by faculties in South Korea should not allowed to do.
The coed had “persistently maintained prime grades”, in line with public broadcaster KBS, however it’s unclear if their educational document is expounded to earlier circumstances of exam-paper theft.
Police additionally suspect that cash had modified palms between the daddy and trainer, and that this was not their first intrusion try, KBS reported.
This incident is the newest in a collection of exam-related scandals in South Korea, a rustic infamous for its hyper-competitive schooling system.
In June, police introduced they had been investigating the leak of solutions to a nationwide English examination through a web-based chatroom.
In February, 249 individuals had been detained – dozens of college academics amongst them – for promoting mock questions for the high-stakes Suneung examination to personal academies.
And in late 2023, dozens of scholars sued the federal government after academics by accident lower their check quick by 90 seconds.
South Korea persistently ranks amongst industrialised international locations with the very best ranges of stress for younger individuals aged 11 to fifteen.
