Minister Hall claims no responsibility for exam mistakes

Education Minister Katarzyna Hall does not feel responsible for the mistakes in this year's Matura high school examination papers. "Today's exams are a result of what was going on in the education sector in the previous years. The works on the exam questions were carried out over a year ago," declared Hall.

The responsibility was taken by Marek Legutko, the acting head of the Central Examination Commission (CKE), who resigned from the post. Hall accepted the resignation yesterday claiming that Legutko, in fact, did not deal with the issues properly.

"The management in the Ministry of Giertych disturbed the procedures in CKE. The previous years and the nervous atmosphere did not favorably influence the preparation of the exams," said Hall.

Other PO representatives declared that Legutko's resignation was the right decision. In reply, Roman Giertych announced that he had no influence over this year's Matura exams and that the current Education Minister should be held responsible. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) A.K.