Summarized from TODAY Online
15 May 2015
SINGAPORE — One missing table of statistics was all it took for more than 2,000 students to have to retake an examination held last week.
TODAY understands that most of the students affected by the administrative blunder in the Statistics 1 exam on May 7, offered by the University of London (UOL), are from SIM University.
The announcement was all the more a surprise to many of them because invigilators had said the missing table was not an issue.
The shocker from the UOL came via email early yesterday: The students must retake the exam during their semester break, as the first will not be counted and will not appear in their records.
In the email, to which TODAY obtained access, the university said the examiners had met for a review and it regretted that “it will not be possible to accurately and appropriately assess the Statistics 1 examination”.
Students were offered the retake on May 28 or June 3. If they are unable to make it on either date, they can take it next May.
The UOL has promised to do a “thorough review” of procedures for the production of exam papers to ensure such an incident will not be repeated.