SEOUL - A Seoul university professor forced students to write her daughter's thesis to gain entry to an elite dental school, a government report revealed Tuesday , the latest scandal to hit South Korea's hyper-competitive education system.
The daughter then included the thesis in an application to Seoul National University's dental school - the top institution of its kind in the country - and earned admission last year. Many parents feel pressured to send their children to the nation's top schools and frequently make headlines for cheating the system - including the case of a high-school teacher arrested last year on charges of stealing exam papers for his daughters.
Yoo last year admitted falsifying her home address to enrol her daughter in a prestigious elementary school in central Seoul.