Stupid app that hits DSE exam centers 2024

Stupid app that hits DSE exam centers 2024

As we all know DSE starts in early April every year. The Exam Authority introduced

the "i-Invigilator" app this year. The app allows teachers to verify candidates

check in with the "Check-in Smart" app. However, schools reported that a number

of invigilators failed to log into the system for the exams of the core subjects of

Chinese and English over the past two exam days (Thu & Fri). Some students also

said they couldn’t log into the self-check-in app “Check-in Smart.” 

As a result, some invigilators had to take attendance manually at certain exam venues.

The Exam Authority explained the cause of the problem: the app saw "unsatisfactory

performance when handling a huge data traffic." Is this explanation ridiculous?

What a stupid app it is! It cannot handle only around 50000 users at the same time ?

How shameful!

Despite an updated version being released before the English language examinations

last Friday, the problem persisted, leading to a decision to suspend the use of i-Invigilation,

and invigilators will revert to manually verifying student identities and entering data.

I feel sorry for all the candidates taking the DSE this year. They must have been worried

by the stupid app and as a result their exam result might be affected. Poor them!

They cannot condemn the Exam Authority, can they?