The government has placed a year-long ban on 13 colleges from accepting new students from overseas for poor management and illegality in admissions.

The schools ― four two-year colleges and nine universities including Seoul Women’s University, the University of Suwon and Hansei University in Gyeonggi Province ― will be barred from issuing student visas from the second semester of this year, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on Sunday.

The restriction does not apply to exchange students, graduate students and those who are already enrolled.

The ministry said the banned schools either had poor curriculum support and management systems, showed a high dropout rate or accepted students without a proper qualification process. Some students were seen to stay illegally in Korea, the ministry said.

The Korea Herald reports:

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