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미국대학입학자격시험(SAT) 문제 유출 의혹이 물의를 빚는 가운데, 규정을 위반한 서울 강남지역의 SAT 학원 중 8곳이 폐원조치되었다.
교육당국에 따르면 서울시 교육청은 지난 5월 8일부터 6월 14일까지 두 차례에 걸쳐 강남일대 SAT학원 61곳을 특별점검한 결과 전체의 64%에 해당하는 39곳에서 88건의 규정위반 사실을 적발했다. 당국은 이 중 8곳을 등록말소(폐원), 2곳을 고발조치, 4곳을 교습정치했다고 밝혔다.
적발사유는 교습비 관련(30건), 강사채용•해임관련(15건), 서류 미비치나 부실 기재(11건), 신고외 교습과정운영(6건), 시설변경관련(6건), 기타(20건)이었다.
당국은 또한 학원을 폐원시킬 수 있는 사유에 시험유출 등 부정행위로 사회적 문제를 일으킨 경우를 추가하는 등 재발방지 대책을 내놓았다
이번 특별 점검은 지난달, 일부 학원에서 SAT문제를 유출했다는 의혹으로 인해 SAT 국내시험 전체와 6월 생물시험이 최소된 이후 시작되었다.
점검 결과 일부 학원에서 강사 자격이 없는 외국인들을 별다른 검정과정 없이 강사로 채용했다는 의혹 외에도 탈세 의혹 등이 있는 것으로 드러났다.
서울교육청은 벌점 66점 이상인 학원 모두 8곳을 폐원할 방침이다. 폐원은 이의신청과 청문 절차를 거쳐 7월 말께 확정된다.
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8 hagwon ordered to close over SAT leaks
Seoul education authorities on Wednesday ordered the closure of eight private institutions accused of leaking U.S. Scholastic Aptitude Test questions.
Another four cram schools were suspended and 12 were fined over the scandal, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
The authorities are widening a crackdown on hagwons providing SAT preparation classes.
The education office has been conducting on-site inspections at 61 SAT hagwons, mostly located in Gangnam in Seoul.
The authorities said they had so far identified 39 hagwons involved in the leaks.
The eight schools facing shutdown were operating without registration or offering classes at unauthorized premises. Some of them also hired unqualified teachers, the office said.
The education office said it would continue to crackdown on private hagwons that lure students with hopes of admission to prestigious U.S. universities through unethical practices.
It will also restrict new SAT hagwon from registering while the investigation is ongoing, and introduce stronger punishments for hagwon operators involved in illegal activities.
The investigation first began after the College Board, which organizes the U.S. college-entrance examination, canceled the test scheduled to take place in Korea in May due to an alleged exam questions leak.
The organization later also withdrew the biology section from the June 1 session.
The prosecution has already investigated more than eight private institutes since February over the allegations that they leaked exam questions to students.
By Oh Kyu-wook (596story@heraldcorp.com)
