{"id":185608,"date":"2019-02-07T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/?p=185608"},"modified":"2019-02-07T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:15:15","slug":"dherst-admits-700-students-affected-by-online-selection-mishap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/dherst-admits-700-students-affected-by-online-selection-mishap\/","title":{"rendered":"DHERST admits 700 students affected by online selection mishap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Adelaide Sirox Kari &#8211; EMTV News, Port Moresby<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>700 Grade 12 School leavers from 2018 have been affected due to a mishap found during the online selection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMTV News had received numerous reports of students receiving an alert that they had been selected and then being advised they were no longer eligible for the institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month EMTV News met Ishmael <g class=\"gr_ gr_10 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"10\" data-gr-id=\"10\">Alopea<\/g> at the DHERST office who was there to file his complaint, as he was one of the students affected by this mishap. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ishmael, a former De La Salle student had applied to the Pacific Adventist University to study Bachelor in Secondary Education as his second choice, he had received an SMS alert that he had been selected. However, after PAU had posted their final list of selected students, his name was nowhere to be found. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/EMAIL-FROM-ENOS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185617\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another student&#8217;s father had reached out to EMTV News as his daughter had faced a similar situation. Enos <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">Penea<\/g> had <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">enquried<\/g> to DHERST and received a letter back from DHERST explaining a there had been \u201cdata discrepancies\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/emtv.com.pg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/DHERST-on-Online-Selection.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-185648\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>EMTV News spoke to DHERST Secretary Father Jan Czuba, who said it was caused by institutions changing their criteria after selections were made. Selection&#8217;s done by students in the lead, up to the 48hr grace period some Universities, Colleges and insitutions changed their criteria for different courses they offered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farther Jan <g class=\"gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"22\" data-gr-id=\"22\">sa<\/g>id they will fix the issues going forward. But for those 700 students affected, Farther Jan said some students have found <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">a space<\/g> at an institution while most are in admission pools. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">Other<\/g> issues DHERST will be looking at, is whether <g class=\"gr_ gr_6 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"6\" data-gr-id=\"6\">institution<\/g> had given correct quota as some <g class=\"gr_ gr_3 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"3\" data-gr-id=\"3\">insitutions<\/g> are <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">regestering<\/g> more students than the initial <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">qutoa<\/g> given for selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An\ninvestigation is currently taking place and Seretary Fr. 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