93 people undergo a retest due to trouble of listening equipment

ByHiroyuki Tsuruno

Center tests are being conducted nationwide from 18th January 2014, but in the English exam conducted on the 1st day, trouble of the listening equipment occurred at some universities, so we received a test after the exam We have taken measures such as fixing.

Center examination trouble secondary listening listening, 93 people Redo: Asahi Shimbun Digital
http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASG1L6HDRG1LTIPE01T.html

In Kyushu, Kyushu University (Fukuoka city) 2 people in Kyushu ▽ Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kitakyushu city) 1 person ▽ Kurume Industrial University (Kurume-shi, Fukuoka prefecture) 1 person ▽ Nagasaki University (Nagasaki City) 4 people ▽ Oita Univ. (Oita-shi) 3 people ▽ Miyazaki University (Miyazaki city) 1 person ▽ Kagoshima University (Kagoshima-shi) 1 person - received the time staggered. In Saga Prefecture, one player dropped the IC player on the floor just before the start, and the voice memory popped out, so I received it after the exam.

Center exam 1st day Trouble in listening Start delay with part (Sankei Shimbun) - Yahoo! News
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20140119-00000072-san-soci

In English listening, 93 people got tested at 79 venues nationwide including Yokohama National University and Niigata University due to equipment malfunctions. Also, at the venue of Ibaraki university, there was a problem that the staff mistook the guidance of one student who was late, and took the examination in a separate room with a delay of 100 minutes.

Equipment fault in 2 venues ... Center test: Niigata: Region: YOMIURI ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/niigata/news/20140118-OYT8T01087.htm

In the afternoon listening test on August 18, 4 people in Niigata univ. Offered trouble etc of equipment, etc. again and took the exam again. Also, at one of the 2 venues, it took time to distribute the equipment and delayed the start time by 5 minutes.

Although troubles of these listening devices are occurring each year, 93 people (about 0.016%) among the 566 672 applicants nationwide are rechecked. It is a difficult part to make the failure rate zero, but in 2013 it was 76 people (0.014%) out of 536,672 people, so it is the same rate for the second consecutive year. Due to the delay of the train due to bad weather,177 people in Shizuoka retested on the first dayOther than that, it seems that no major problems have occurred so far.