Wyndham College: HSC supervisor gives wrong exam end time to students
Almost 50 students had to be granted extra time for their first HSC exam after a test supervisor wrote the wrong finishing time on the board.
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Dozens of Higher School Certificate students were given extra time in their English exam on Tuesday after examiners bungled the test’s finish time.
A total of 46 students at Wyndham College in Quakers Hill were told the exam finished at 12.30pm instead of the correct time of 11.30am.
The instructions were botched by an exam supervisor who incorrectly wrote 12.30pm as the finish time on the board at the front of the room, a NSW Standards Authority spokeswoman said.
“The correct finish time was 11.30am. The Supervisor realised the error at 11.35am and immediately stopped the exam,” she said.
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“This understandably caused distress for the students impacted when they were informed of the error.”
Exam supervisors were spoken to about the incident and across the state have been warned to ensure they are following correct procedures.
“The school has reached out to students and parents to apologise and a group misadventure application will be made on behalf of these students,” the NESA spokeswoman said.
“All Presiding Officers have been reminded this morning to follow the pre exam checking protocols which are designed to avoid errors.