Osaka University announced measures to strengthen prevention of recurrence in the 2017 general entrance examination in response to the mistakes in the questions and scoring of the 2018 general entrance examination.

 Osaka University found that there was an error in the questions and scoring in the science (physics) of the 2018 general entrance examination (first semester schedule) held on February 2, 20.Thirty new successful applicants were accepted.It was also found that among the students who have passed the 2017nd choice departments of the Faculty of Science, Engineering, and Basic Engineering and are enrolled in Osaka University, there are 30 new students who have passed the 2st choice department. 1 Successful applicants for the desired department.

 At Osaka University, in order to prevent such mistakes in the future, the problem recurrence prevention measures review committee for entrance examinations established on January 2018, 1 will consider. In order to prevent mistakes in questions and scoring in the selection of new students in 15, there are many exam questions as a recurrence prevention measure for the 2018 general entrance examination (first semester schedule) to be held on February 2018 and 2, 25. Strengthen the system for inspecting in multiple layers.

 As a concrete measure, in order to prevent inappropriate questions in advance before the test, in addition to the multiple inspections conducted by the question creation / proofreading committee members, 41 people other than the question creation / proofreading committee members An emergency inspection will be carried out by the peer review committee.

 On the day of the exam, in order to detect inappropriate questions at an early stage, in addition to the question preparation and proofreading committee members so far, the examination question monitor review by the review committee will be conducted from 1 hour before the start of the exam.

 From the end of the exam to the pass / fail judgment, students from Osaka University will conduct an exam question monitor survey.By actually solving the exam questions from a perspective close to that of the examinee, we will recheck whether there are any unclear points or deficiencies in the questions.In addition, the answer scoring committee will confirm doubts based on the answer status of the examinees at the time of scoring (appearance of answers that were not initially expected, etc.), and collate the answer examples of Osaka University with the answer bulletins of the preparatory school etc. in all subjects. Confirm the doubts, etc.

 After announcing the results, the exam questions, answer examples, or the intentions of the questions will be announced on the Osaka University website in addition to being viewed at the university counter where the exam questions have been implemented.

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