South Korean education authorities have decided to root out so-called “killer questions” from the country’s annual college entrance exam to rein in the private education industry.
 　The high-level questions require knowledge at the university level, forcing many exam-takers to enroll in after-school cram schools. Now the education officials want to make the exams slightly easier by cutting these “killer questions.” These questions are worth the most points as they are almost impossible to get right. The average correctanswer rate is 5-10%.
 　“We will cut the vicious cycle of killer questions in exams, which leads to excessive competition among students and parents in private education,” said education minister Lee Ju-ho.
 　Despite the decline in student population, Koreans spent a record 26 trillion won (NT$61 billion) on private education last year. In fact, nearly eight in 10 students enroll in private tutoring institutions, such as after-school cram schools. This heavy reliance on private education has led to the highest cost of raising a child and the lowest birth rate in the world.

　南韓教育當局決定根除國家年度大學入學考試中所謂的「殺手級考題」，希望藉以約束民營補教業。
　這些高難度的考題要求具備大學水平的知識，迫使許多考生不得不參加課後補習班。現在，教育官員希望刪除這些「殺手級考題」，讓考試變得稍微容易一些。這些問題的得分最高，因為它們幾乎不可能被答對。平均答對率僅5-10%。
　教育部長李周浩表示：「我們將根除殺手級考題造成的惡性循環，因為其導致學生和家長在課後補習中過度競爭的現象。」
　儘管學生人數下降，南韓去年在補教的支出仍創下新高，高達26 兆韓元（610 億新臺幣）。實際上，將近8 成的南韓學生在課後補習班等私立補教機構補習。對補教的嚴重依賴，導致南韓扶養子女的成本為全世界最高，出生率則是全世界最低。