Hong Kong exams authority says test centres now required to return all unused university entrance papers
- Measure takes effect starting with mathematics examinations on Saturday, and educators can access test material at later date for teaching purposes
- Arrangement will allow for ‘more effective management’ of exam material, lowers risk of copyright infringement, spokesman says
The measure had taken effect starting with the Mathematics Extended Part Modules 1 and 2 examinations on Saturday.
Moving forward, all schools used as test centres would need to return all unused papers and question and answer booklets to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority (HKEAA) on the same day of the exams.
“This arrangement will allow for more effective management of examination materials, lowering the risk of someone publishing materials online or committing behaviour that will infringe copyright,” the authority’s spokesman said.
The HKEAA said that a digital copy of the test papers would be returned to schools that acted as test centres on a separate occasion, so that teachers could use the material for educational and reference purposes.
It said that no individual or schools used as test centres were allowed to keep the unused test papers or question and answer booklets.
The authority added that information such as test papers and their marking schemes would also be made available publicly every November per usual practice. But users would need to pay a fee to access these documents.