The University of Ghent (UGent) has apologised to a large group of its students for incorrectly telling them they would have to resit an exam after their copies ended up in the bin.
The university's administration sent an email to 190 students stating one of their exams had ended up in the paper recycling bin. The message noted that many of the affected students would therefore have to retake their exams.
However, it has now been confirmed that the information included in the email turned out to be incorrect, VRT NWS responded. The exams had indeed gone missing, but they have since been returned.
Results expected
The affected students had taken exams in molecular cell biology, neurobiology and molecular pathophysiology. "Yesterday they were told that the exam papers for some of their exams had been lost," the response from the Flemish university read. Students were expecting their grades at 14:00 on Thursday.
"At that moment, it was thought that the exams had been irrevocably lost," the university noted. "For those two reasons, communication was necessary yesterday. When we found the exams late on Thursday evening, we informed the students involved as quickly as possible."
UGent stressed that it apologises for upsetting students with the false news. "We regret the unnecessary unrest that this has caused. But the most important thing now is that the exams are valid and that new exams are not necessary."
