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May 04, 2007
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| Three Koreans who passed a U.S. test to become a registered nurse there had their scores canceled for leaking questions from the test to cram schools, according to the Education Ministry. The three took the test here in March. They said they recently received a letter from the U.S. National Council of State Boards of Nursing canceling their scores because they violated test regulations. In the letter, the council said it had confirmed that the test-takers leaked questions to a cram school, which used them on its Web site. Test-takers are required to make a pledge that they won’t reveal the test questions. “After the test, I met and talked with the president of the cram school at a coffee shop because I had gotten to know him very well while taking a course there,” said one test-taker who refused to be named. “But I never told him the test questions. It is not fair for the council to cancel the score without providing any evidence.” The three test-takers said they would send a letter to the council denying the charges and would file a legal suit if necessary. The council has not accepted test registrations in Korea since April 16, according to the ministry, because cram schools have allegedly been providing the test questions to their students. Last year, 2,145 people took the U.S. test here, up from 1,342 in 2003. By Kim Young-hoon JoongAng Ilbo/ Kim Soe-jung Staff Writer [soejung@joongang.co.kr] |
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