Liberia: An Admission Exam That No One Passed
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Officials at Liberia’s largest university say that every one of the nearly 25,000 students who took an entrance exam failed, casting a harsh spotlight on the country’s educational system. The official explanation was that for the first time the test was graded using raw scores; in the past, applicants had been graded on a curve. Students have expressed outrage at the results, accusing university officials of pocketing exam fees and then denying them admission. University officials offered a plan to relax admission standards to enroll 1,626 students.
Toyin Falola
Department of History
The University of Texas at Austin
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