Wrong answers

Students taking standardized university entrance tests in Japan would find it hard to cheat as the proctors are very vigilant.

In a test conducted by the Osaka Metropolitan University in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture on 18 January, a proctor even escorted an examinee who took a toilet break due to a bad stomach.

University officials learned that the proctor accompanied the male student inside the restroom cubicle instead of waiting outside the door.

According to a source connected to the student, the incident did not directly affect his exam performance, but he said he felt “embarrassed and scared,” the Asahi Shimbun reports.

The student reportedly refrained from protesting, fearing that it might affect his test results, according to the report.

When questioned by university officials about his conduct, the proctor said he entered the restroom to prevent cheating. His action was also in accordance with entrance examination guidelines, which require proctors to accompany students to the restroom during exams to prevent cheating.

Meanwhile, Class 10 students took a challenging Social Studies exam in Jammu and Kashmir in India that earned the region’s school board ridicule and complaints.

The controversy centered on a multiple choice question that asked students to identify the first president of the Indian National Congress (INC). The answers to choose from were A.O. Hume, Mahatma Gandhi, S.N. Banerjee, and Lala Lajpat Rai, Kashmir News Service (KNS) reports.

However, none of the choices were the correct answer. Womesh Chandra Banerjee was the first president of the INC in 1885, according to KNS.

Previously, the school board reportedly committed errors in textbooks, out-of-syllabus questions, and answer keys.