NTU Dept. of Dentristry Sparks Admissions Row|台大牙醫繁星增額爭議 指考將增4-7名


National Taiwan University's Department of Dentistry affected the distribution system by increasing its number of Star Program spots to seven. Ministry of Education said it would evaluate its possibility from four to seven. Meanwhile, parents' groups call for the college entrance examination admission placement ratio to be raised to over 50 percent. Deputy Education Minister Lio Mon-chi responded and said there would be only 25 percent of spots left for students applying directly for admissions and this would have an extremely huge impact on examinees and parents.


Under the new "four out of five subjects" college entrance exam system, the number of applicants meeting admissions thresholds at popular university departments has soared. A total of 506 students made it past the first round at National Tsing Hua University's Department of Electrical Engineering and 467 past the second. In the end, the department filled all 40 spaces available and wait-listed 392 applicants.

Deputy Minister, what is a reasonable admissions amplification factor? It is currently three (times). If you look at the actual admissions amplification factor this year, however -- we have already asked the Joint Board of College Recruitment Commission to discuss the issue and explore the feasibility of a factor of 4.

Popular university departments are getting 72 percent more applicants than they can accommodate and students applying to college through the entrance exam say there are too few spots available. In response to criticism from lawmakers that the amplification factor for different admissions channels has become unbalanced, Deputy Education Minister Lio Mon-chi says this year's factor of 3.42 is only slightly lower than last year. Lio also responded to calls from parents' groups to raise the entrance exam placement ratio to above 50 percent, saying this would have a huge impact on examinees and parents.

If this happens, it would be a step backwards. It would reduce the existing (number of spots) universities have. This means the ratio of unavailable spots and rejected students would go back up again for individual applicants. This is an admissions channel that all examinees participate in.

Lio says entrance exam placement is the only admissions channel without an upper limit and the ministry respects the autonomy of university departments to set their own ratios. In addition, National Taiwan University Department of Dentistry will reassess its resources and demand after accepting seven Star Program applicants and explore the possibility of increasing the number of exam placement spots by four to seven. Lio said the department would send a proposal to the Ministry of Education for "appropriate" subsidization.



學測首度五選四,熱門校系增額嚴重!清大電機招40名,一篩506名、二階467名、最後正取40名,備取392人,國民黨立委柯志恩說,和考生的期望值落差太大。

國民黨立委 柯志恩 vs. 教育部次長 劉孟奇表示:「 (到底多少的篩選倍率才是合理的,次長?) 目前是三(倍)費率,不過如果以今年的實質篩選倍率來看的話,那我們已經請招聯會去討論,是不是有可能以一個四倍率來考慮的可行性。」

熱門校系超篩人次達72%,學生拚指考卻發現有校系名額太少,立委質問理想的篩選倍率,各管道比例是否失衡。教育部次長劉孟奇回應,今年篩選倍率3.42倍,只比去年小幅增加,至於有家長團體提出,考試分發比例提高到五成以上,他擔心,可能對考生和家長造成鉅大衝擊。

教育部次長 劉孟奇表示:「這樣做的話會變成說我們要回頭了,再跟大學把他們既有的,已經的這個(名額)再砍回去,意思就是說包含我們的包含說缺額率,包含說這個落榜率,都會再次的提高回來,在個人申請,而這是所有的考生,都會參加的升學管道。」

劉孟奇強調,大學多元入學各管道,只有考試分發沒設定上限,尊重大學校系自主決定比例,此外,台大牙醫系繁星增額錄取七人,將由該系評估教學量能與需求,以外加方式增加考試分發名額4-7名,等評估案送到教育部,將予以適當補助。