Miscast of level 6 hearing: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province said the custodian’s mistake caused the misbroadcast of level 4 and level 6 hearing

What's the reason for such an oolong? ——Investigation on the misbroadcasting of English test listening test questions in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi

In the School of Science and Technology and Art of the Institute of Ceramics, more than 2,000 English level 4 candidates poured out of a Yifu Building. The exam, which was supposed to end at 11:20 a.m. that day, was delayed by more than 4 hours.

According to a Weibo post on Sina Weibo at 19:15 on the 16th, in the National College English Test Band 4 held at Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute at 9:00 on the 16th, the listening test that started at 10 o'clock was incorrect. The Level 6 test questions were played. In order to prevent the test questions from being leaked, the school asked the invigilator to seize the students’ ID cards and mobile phones and did not allow them to leave until the end of the CET-6 listening test in the afternoon. Subsequently, the leaked content on this Weibo made the headlines on Sina Weibo and was forwarded and commented by thousands of people.

The "large-scale English exam" caused a shocking oolong incident

It is understood that the CET-4 and CET-6 exams are the largest English exams in my country and were implemented in 1987 under the auspices of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education. A large-scale standardized examination, divided into Level 4 and Level 6. Level 4 is the basic requirement and Level 6 is the higher requirement.

In recent years, as most colleges and universities have linked CET-4 and CET-6 with the acquisition of graduation degrees, and recruitment units have linked CET-4 and CET-6 scores with job evaluations, more and more students have been starting from the first year of college. Passing CET-4 and CET-6 is regarded as the ultimate goal of English learning, so the number of people applying for CET-4 and CET-6 is increasing year by year. In 1987, only 100,000 people took the exam for the first time, and by 2012, the number of candidates reached 9.09 million.

Therefore, when an incident occurred in Jingdezhen Ceramics College where the listening test of the Level 4 exam was mistakenly broadcast, the popularity of online public opinion continued to rise. At first, most netizens expressed surprise: "This is the first time I have heard of this kind of thing", "This can be wrong, it's really crazy", etc. During the interview, the reporter learned that many candidates were not aware of the misbroadcast incident at the time, but thought that this year's test questions were more difficult or that their abilities were still insufficient.

A sophomore girl named "Guo'er" from the Ceramic Design Department of the college said, "I didn't think anything when I heard the first question. When I heard the fifth question, it became more and more blurry. I felt that no matter what choice I made, it was wrong. At that time, I thought, it’s over, I can’t pass CET-4 this time.” “Guo’er” told reporters that this was the second time she took CET-4, and she usually studied English very hard, but her grades were mediocre. She wasn't completely sure she could pass this time, but what happened completely disrupted her rhythm of answering the questions.

According to the official website of Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, on the morning of June 16, at the English CET-4 and CET-6 test center on the Xinchang campus of Jingdezhen Ceramics Institute, during the CET-4 test, the CET-6 listening test was mistaken for English The Level 4 listening test was miscast, which delayed the exam for about 10 minutes.

? There were deficiencies in the school's emergency response to the incident, and five responsible persons have been dealt with.

The CET-4 exam that was supposed to end at 11:20 was extended by 10 minutes. After that, a series of practices adopted by the school aroused doubts and confusion among many netizens.

After the exam, the school took measures to prohibit entry and exit to the entire building on the grounds of "preventing the leakage of test questions." Students were not released from the teaching building until the end of the CET-6 listening exam.

Some netizens said, “The school’s own negligence has caused the candidates to be detained. It’s unreasonable!” You can’t leave until you have completed Grade 6. This school has gone too far.”

Zeng Desheng, director of the Propaganda Department of Jingdezhen Ceramics College, said that the accident caused a lot of inconvenience to the students, so the students who missed the train. Explain the situation to the school and register, and you can get ticket reimbursement from the school. During the more than 4 hours of stay in the examination room, the college arranged for teachers and school principals to go to each examination room to apologize to the candidates, explain the situation, and provide lunch and drinking water for teachers and students.

On the 17th, the school announced the results of the investigation into the incident and determined that the relevant staff had serious dereliction of duty and poor organization and management of the examination center. Five of the relevant responsible persons were punished.

It was decided to give Huang Hong, the chief examiner of the examination center, an administrative demerit; the deputy examiner of the examination center, Korean, an administrative demerit; Zhang Xiang, the head of the examination center's examination team, was administratively dismissed; Zhou Jinyan, the examination paper custodian of the examination center, was demoted two levels and transferred from his original position; Listening broadcaster Yu Gaofeng was administratively demoted one level and transferred from his original job.

On the 18th, the reporter asked to interview relevant staff of the Academic Affairs Office, but no one was willing to be interviewed. According to Zeng Desheng: "Due to a moment of negligence, the custodian of the test paper at the examination center mistook the 'Level 6' on the sealed bag of the Class 6 tape as 'June' when taking the Level 4 tape from the confidentiality room. The custodian of the test paper handed over the test paper." When listening to the broadcaster, the broadcaster did not watch carefully, causing the accident. ”

? How to prevent mistakes in important exams?

The discussion on the Internet did not subside with the announcement of the results of the incident. Some netizens said, "There have been several major mistakes in national unified examinations such as the college entrance examination and CET-4 and CET-6 exams this year. Should we reflect on this?"

Some netizens lamented, " My sense of responsibility has flown away like a bird!” Some netizens said that the English proficiency test for CET-4 and CET-6 is very popular every year, as if facing a formidable enemy, so what? Is it okay to change it to a computer-based test? Avoid tricks and human errors.

Yin Xiaojian, an expert from the Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences, believes that taking the civil service recruitment exam as an example, similar incidents such as mistakes and question changes in papers A and B occur from time to time. This highlights the loopholes in the management of examination organizations in recent years. Examination units lack work skills, have a weak sense of responsibility, and have insufficient supervision.

To this end, Yin Xiaojian suggested that relevant staff who often participate in examinations should be provided with long-term training, and professional ethics, work quality and ideological level should be strengthened through training. Even some time before the exam started, random inspections were conducted on the staff, "They should be made to be as accurate as machines."

As for the school's post-event handling, Yin Xiaojian believes that there are also problems, Level 4 Although the exam is organized by the school, it is a national proficiency exam. It is not that students are detained without authorization, but that they should be reported to the relevant higher-level departments in a timely manner before deciding how to take appropriate measures. In the future, examination organizing units should establish awareness of prevention beforehand instead of being forced to deal with it afterward.