The Seoul College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) is also 'Shocked'..."The bell rang 2 minutes earlier".

the appearance of test takers / ⓒ Yonhap News

During the 2025 College Scholastic Ability Test, which was held yesterday (14th), a high school examination center in Seoul rang two minutes early.

According to the education community today (15th), the end bell rang two minutes early during the examination of the fourth period of the CSAT at Sungsil High School in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul yesterday.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, the school immediately recognized the mistake of the bell and gave the students two more minutes of test time after announcing it a minute later.

There are automatic and manual methods of ringing the end bell at the SAT examination center.

The school manually rang the end bell, and it was confirmed that the person in charge accidentally rang early.

Last year, a test-takers filed a lawsuit against the state to compensate 20 million won per person at a test site in Seoul, as the end of the test rang 1 minute and 30 seconds early.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team