The education ministry will freeze its plan to allow graduates of international schools taught in English to take entrance exams at government-funded universities without having to take "daiken" pre-admission tests, according to ministry sources.
The move follows a wave of public criticism and protests from non-English international schools for being excluded from the plan.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry will reconsider granting the same rights to students from schools that are taught in Korean, Chinese and other languages, the sources said.