Taichung Wen-Hua High School Abruptly Cancels Sports Teacher Recruitment Exam and Refunds Fees; Councilors Demand Investigation
Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua High School abruptly canceled its sports teacher recruitment preliminary exam and refunded fees, leading to accusations of a 'black box' operation from Democratic Progressive Party Taichung City Councilors. They demanded an investigation from the Education Bureau, which stated the cancellation was for fairness. Councilors criticized the school's independent recruitment process as prone to irregularities and urged the Education Bureau to guide high schools to join national joint recruitment exams.
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Central News Agency (Taichung, April 17th) - Regarding Taichung Municipal Wen-Hua High School's recent cancellation of its sports teacher recruitment preliminary exam and subsequent refund of fees, Democratic Progressive Party Taichung City Councilors Chang Fen-yu and others today questioned whether there was a 'black box' operation. The Education Bureau stated that the preliminary exam was canceled based on examination fairness.
During today's education and culture business inquiry session at the Taichung City Council, Democratic Progressive Party City Councilors Chang Fen-yu, Chen Shu-hua, Chen Ya-hui, Hsieh Chia-yi, and Chen Yu-jung jointly questioned that the Education Bureau should investigate the truth and explain it to the public.
Chang Fen-yu stated that schools across Taiwan are currently holding teacher recruitment exams. Wen-Hua High School, after conducting the preliminary exam for sports teachers, suddenly announced the cancellation of the exam and refunded fees due to 'concerns about the fairness of the written test.' This angered candidates and parents. The Education Bureau should investigate the truth and explain it to the public. She also questioned that independent recruitment exams are prone to 'black box' operations, and the Education Bureau should urge high schools to join the national joint recruitment exams.
Chang Fen-yu pointed out that Wen-Hua High School conducted independent recruitment preliminary exams for mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and sports on April 10th. For the one sports teacher vacancy, 36 people applied. The physical fitness test was held during the day, and the written test in the evening. On the 13th, the school announced: 'Considering concerns about the fairness of the preliminary written test for this sports teacher recruitment, the sports teacher recruitment process is temporarily suspended, and all preliminary registration fees for sports teacher applicants will be fully refunded.'
Chang Fen-yu believes that the school did not explain the 'concerns about the fairness of the written test' or adopt remedial measures such as re-taking the written test, leaving many doubts among the public. She questioned whether such incidents only happen in Taichung City. While the school's courage to admit mistakes might be commendable, it must explain the truth instead of letting it slide. She demanded that the Education Bureau provide an investigation report within one month and review similar situations to prevent them from happening again.
Education Bureau Director-General Chiang Wei-min stated that problems occurred in the exam, including incorrect questions and incorrect answer announcements. Due to questions raised about the question setting and review for this subject, the school consulted legal affairs and canceled the preliminary exam for fairness. The school is the organizer and can decide whether to conduct independent or joint recruitment. For this incident, the Education Bureau will send a letter to the school for correction.
Wen-Hua High School also responded that 36 people applied for the sports teacher recruitment exam, 32 attended the written test, and 4 were absent. On the evening of the 12th, an anonymous complaint email was received alleging abnormal scores and unfairness in the exam. After the school activated its crisis response mode for examination affairs, on the first working day, the 13th, it immediately requested the examination affairs unit to review the sealed archived examination materials.
Wen-Hua High School stated that due to phenomena such as abnormally high correct answer rates for some questions among certain candidates, to protect the rights of candidates and the fairness of the exam, the Teacher Recruitment Committee resolved on the 13th to temporarily suspend the sports teacher recruitment process and proceed with full refunds for all sports teacher applicants. As of today, 31 candidates have registered for refunds. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150417
During today's education and culture business inquiry session at the Taichung City Council, Democratic Progressive Party City Councilors Chang Fen-yu, Chen Shu-hua, Chen Ya-hui, Hsieh Chia-yi, and Chen Yu-jung jointly questioned that the Education Bureau should investigate the truth and explain it to the public.
Chang Fen-yu stated that schools across Taiwan are currently holding teacher recruitment exams. Wen-Hua High School, after conducting the preliminary exam for sports teachers, suddenly announced the cancellation of the exam and refunded fees due to 'concerns about the fairness of the written test.' This angered candidates and parents. The Education Bureau should investigate the truth and explain it to the public. She also questioned that independent recruitment exams are prone to 'black box' operations, and the Education Bureau should urge high schools to join the national joint recruitment exams.
Chang Fen-yu pointed out that Wen-Hua High School conducted independent recruitment preliminary exams for mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and sports on April 10th. For the one sports teacher vacancy, 36 people applied. The physical fitness test was held during the day, and the written test in the evening. On the 13th, the school announced: 'Considering concerns about the fairness of the preliminary written test for this sports teacher recruitment, the sports teacher recruitment process is temporarily suspended, and all preliminary registration fees for sports teacher applicants will be fully refunded.'
Chang Fen-yu believes that the school did not explain the 'concerns about the fairness of the written test' or adopt remedial measures such as re-taking the written test, leaving many doubts among the public. She questioned whether such incidents only happen in Taichung City. While the school's courage to admit mistakes might be commendable, it must explain the truth instead of letting it slide. She demanded that the Education Bureau provide an investigation report within one month and review similar situations to prevent them from happening again.
Education Bureau Director-General Chiang Wei-min stated that problems occurred in the exam, including incorrect questions and incorrect answer announcements. Due to questions raised about the question setting and review for this subject, the school consulted legal affairs and canceled the preliminary exam for fairness. The school is the organizer and can decide whether to conduct independent or joint recruitment. For this incident, the Education Bureau will send a letter to the school for correction.
Wen-Hua High School also responded that 36 people applied for the sports teacher recruitment exam, 32 attended the written test, and 4 were absent. On the evening of the 12th, an anonymous complaint email was received alleging abnormal scores and unfairness in the exam. After the school activated its crisis response mode for examination affairs, on the first working day, the 13th, it immediately requested the examination affairs unit to review the sealed archived examination materials.
Wen-Hua High School stated that due to phenomena such as abnormally high correct answer rates for some questions among certain candidates, to protect the rights of candidates and the fairness of the exam, the Teacher Recruitment Committee resolved on the 13th to temporarily suspend the sports teacher recruitment process and proceed with full refunds for all sports teacher applicants. As of today, 31 candidates have registered for refunds. (Editor: Chen Jen-hua) 1150417