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College students who have not properly received classes due to Corona 19 are suing their school for tuition refund. In the midst of this, Kyungpook National University decided to return some of the tuition fees to students in the form of scholarships, but decided not to pay money to the students who participated in the lawsuit. Criticism is emerging as to whether it is a trick to drop the lawsuit.

Reporter Ahn Hee-jae covered it.

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is the'Corona 19 Special Scholarship Guide' released by Kyungpook National University two days ago.

I wrote that 10% of the tuition for the last semester will be returned in the form of a scholarship, but I will not give it to the participants in the tuition refund lawsuit.

He added that if you drop the lawsuit by today (14th), you can get a scholarship.

I am concerned about the redundant benefits.

[Jungtae Lee/Dean of Student Affairs at Kyungpook National University: Regardless of the scholarship, if you win, you must give the money as it is. Eventually, double payments create an unfair problem. I asked for the opinions of the students, at the time. The next issue should be discussed with the students(.)] The fact

that it takes time to finalize and that students may not be able to receive both tuition and scholarships refunded upon graduation, put pressure on the students. I gave up.

[Kook Dong-Hyun/Gyeongbuk National University Vice-General Student Council President: There may be a feeling of pressure not to receive a scholarship... Wasn't it kind of tricky, hoping that the students would drop the lawsuit.]

With 85% of national universities confirming partial refund of tuition fees, the Gyeongbuk University's response may spread to other universities.

It is also argued that the list of participants in the lawsuit has been handed over to each university, leading to consensus and pressure.

[A private university official: Is this a student who participated in the tuition refund lawsuit? At least 1-2 years, if you go to the Supreme Court, you can go up to about 3 years... .]

[Kim Cheol-min / Member of the National Assembly Education Committee: It is incomprehensible to pressure a student with a special scholarship. (Ministry of Education) It is also necessary to clearly examine the process of consultation between school and students... .]

Students will hold a press conference on the 17th to criticize the university's pressure to drop lawsuits and urge the Ministry of Education to actively intervene.

(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang and Kim Tae-hoon, Video editing: Jang Hyun-ki, Source: Kim Cheol-min's office)