Officials fired for English exam mistake

Students and teachers challenged weighting given to parts of test

Several senior officials with the education and examination management authorities in Zhejiang province were punished on Wednesday after the weighting of scores in the college entrance examination's English test sparked widespread discontent and challenges from examinees and teachers.

Chen Guangsheng, deputy secretary-general of Zhejiang's provincial government, told a news conference that Guo Huawei, Party secretary and head of the provincial Education Department, and Wang Yuqing, Party secretary of the Zhejiang Education Examinations Authority, had both been removed from their posts.