The Supreme Court has ruled that the national liability for compensation for the students who received incorrect answers in the 2014 University Scholastic Ability Test in the world geography question is not recognized.



The first part of the Supreme Court revealed that 94 people including A, who took the entrance exam for the 2014 academic year, reversed the original judgment in favor of part of the plaintiffs in the appeals court for damages claim against the Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation and the Republic of Korea and returned the case to the Busan High Court.



After the 2014 Scholastic Ability Test (conducted in November 2013), it was pointed out that there were errors in the question 8 of World Geography.



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When the evaluator decided that "there was nothing wrong with the correct answer," some of the test takers filed a lawsuit against the evaluator to cancel the decision on the correct answer.



The Evaluator and the Ministry of Education answered all 8 questions correctly and took remedies such as recalculation of grades and additional admission to the university for the victimized test takers.



However, 94 test takers said, "The evaluator neglected his duty of care and made an error in answering questions and determining the correct answer, and committed illegal acts such as delaying the relief procedure by not acknowledging it immediately." A lawsuit was filed for damages of Rs.



The first trial rejected the applicants' claims, but the second trial judged that the cost of evaluation should be partially compensated by the state.



The purpose is that if the evaluator had taken prompt and appropriate action in the process of handling the problem immediately after making the mistake in questioning, the greater damage to the test takers could not have occurred.



Although relief measures such as additional admissions were taken after a year, the judge pointed out that the students suffered mental pain from failing to enter the university and that the economic loss would not have been small.



However, the Supreme Court judged that the actions of the evaluation board and the state did not lose objective justification enough to recognize the state's liability for compensation.



The Supreme Court said, "In order to recognize the responsibility for national compensation for errors in questions and answers in tests implemented and managed by the state, whether the procedures were properly carried out, whether errors in determining the questions and answers were corrected ex post, and appropriate remedies were taken. It should be judged that there is a substantial reason for the state to bear the liability for compensation for damages.”



Then, the Supreme Court held that the evaluator submitted question 8 according to the due process after reviewing several times at the time, that when there was an objection, it was consulted by the society and referred to the objection review committee, He added that the actions of the Evaluator and the State were not worthy of recognition of the State's liability for compensation.



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