just a matter of time 'til ETS(educational testing services- the monopoly behind all kinds of standardized tests) finds the market and sells an internet based exam to appease their needs.
the gov’t can make all the laws it wants. ain’t gonna stop people from ignoring them.
The question is not whether this is good news, very good news, or even great news.
The question is whether it is true news.
Credible, unnamed sources within the Language Training and Testing Center deny that any changes were made regarding the minimum age of test candidates for the GEPT.
The newspaper articles I cited said that it was a recommendation that had been made to the MOE. A series of public hearings were mentioned and it seems clear from related coverage that the Buxiban industry is going to push back. So this is far from being a done deal.
Oddly enough the reason for this, so given, has nothing to do with concern over forcing young kids to jump through another of the mindless hoops they present children with here, but that it’s difficult to manage such young kids because of their frequent need to go to the toilet during tests.