Extra marks for students over Chinese audio glitch

14-07-2015

Report by Candice WongOfficials of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority explain their move. RTHK photo: Candice WongThe Examinations Authority has given extra marks to about 2,500 candidates who attended a Chinese-language listening test during this year's Diploma of Secondary Education exams.

This comes after the candidates complained about interferences in the audio broadcast which was relayed by RTHK.

The Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority confirmed that some "overlapping" noises did occur during a listening exam in March.

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