Problem in Shanxi High School Entrance Examination English Listening Test; Backup Test Arranged

TapTechNews June 22nd news, today the Shanxi Provincial Admissions and Examinations Center released an announcement:

On the morning of June 22nd, during the English listening test of the junior high school academic proficiency test (high school entrance examination) across the province, due to technical reasons at our center, the English listening content at some test areas and test sites could not be played normally, and the test was not completed normally. Our center deeply feels guilty about the occurrence of this accident and expresses deep apologies to candidates, parents, and society.

After research, our center has decided to启用 the backup test questions for the English listening test with the same difficulty coefficient and re-organize a test for the test areas (county as the unit) that have not completed the listening test. Candidates who need to re-take the English listening test please participate in the English listening test at 5:30 p.m. on June 23rd at the original test site and original examination room, and complete admission before 5 p.m. on June 23rd with the original admission ticket.

At present, the relevant investigation and handling work has been initiated, and the relevant situation will be timely publicized to society.

TapTechNews query learned that the start time of the 2024 Shanxi high school entrance examination English listening test is 8:30 a.m. today (June 22nd), and the CD is only played once. This afternoon, some netizens reported that there seemed to be an accident in the Shanxi high school entrance examination English listening part. There were netizens' feedback in test rooms in cities including Taiyuan, Datong, Shuozhou, Xinzhou, Lvliang, Linfen, and Yuncheng that the English listening CD could not be read and there was no sound, resulting in situations where the examination time in some test rooms was extended and still failed after the extension.