November 23, 2001

South Korea Comes to a Standstill for Test-Takers; Nigerian Colleges Win Autonomy

This month, South Korea just about turned the country upside down to accommodate students taking the national university entrance examination.

On November 6, 720,000 test-takers jammed 978 sites to take an examination that lasted 10 hours.

Banks, government offices, and most businesses throughout the country pushed back their opening time from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. to allow test-takers easy commuting to the test sites. Horn-honking was banned for the day; airline landings and