Nagakute, Feb 22 (News On Japan) –
Aichi Medical University has introduced that because of a pc error in the course of the admissions course of utilizing the outcomes of the unified college entrance examination, 80 candidates who ought to have progressed to the second stage of the medical faculty entrance examination have been mistakenly deemed ineligible.
The college has knowledgeable all 80 people that they’re certified to take the second-stage examination scheduled for the twenty second, and is contemplating offering another date, such because the twenty fifth of this month, for individuals who are unable to take the examination on the designated day.
According to Aichi Medical University, situated in Nagakute City, Aichi Prefecture, a pc operation error occurred in the course of the medical faculty admissions course of, which makes use of the unified college entrance examination outcomes. The error led to the mistaken willpower that 80 candidates, who have been really eligible for the second-stage examination, didn’t qualify. The eligible candidates for the second-stage examination have been introduced on the eighth of this month, however subsequent posts on social media raised questions, with some college students stating, “According to my self-scoring, I had a higher score than a friend who passed, so why was I deemed ineligible?”
Upon investigation prompted by these issues, the college found on the nineteenth that there had been an error when inputting candidates’ scores, offered by the National Center for University Entrance Examinations, into the college’s designated format. The college contacted the affected college students on the twentieth to tell them of the error.
The college has conveyed to the affected college students that they’re eligible to take the second-stage examination on the twenty second and is contemplating choices for individuals who can’t take the examination on that date, together with the potential for taking it on the twenty fifth of this month. Aichi Medical University has issued an apology to the examinees for the inconvenience brought on and has acknowledged its intention to assessment and enhance its checking system to forestall such errors from occurring once more sooner or later.
Source: NHK