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A first-come, first-served application for the college entrance examination may be in conflict with the Higher Education Ordinance. Stock Photography.
It is assigned on a first-come, first-served basis when registration for this fall’s college entrance exam opens on Friday. Due to the prevailing pandemic, the number of places is very limited, but allowing only those who are the fastest on the record ball to write the exam may be contrary to the Higher Education Ordinance, reports Swedish Radio.
– This benefits certain groups. It benefits those with fast connections, often perhaps in urban areas, in the big city, it benefits those who have their own computer, and it benefits those who can spare their time at this specific moment, says Olle Lundin, professor of administrative law at the University from Uppsala, to the radio.
According to Lundin, the first-come, first-serve principle may be contrary to the Higher Education Ordinance, which states that selection must be made on “objective grounds.” But that disproves college exam coordinator Peter Honeth.
– Nobody sits down and chooses that one or the other is allowed to write, but they are the same conditions for everyone, and in that way it is an objective basis, says Peter Honeth.
For infection control reasons, places for the fall are limited to 27,600, a modest number given that more than 50,000 signed up for the test last fall.
Only people without a valid test result can register on Friday.
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