Green-collar exam sees pass rate hit 60% in second test
By Esme Yeh / Staff reporter
The National Environmental Research Academy on Friday announced results of the Ministry of Environment’s green-collar training exam, saying the exam had a 60 percent pass rate, with an average score of 60.
The course’s second exam of the year was held earlier this month with more than 900 people taking the exam after they completed the 48-hour training course, the academy said.
The average score of all test-takers was 60 points, and the highest score was 90 points, it said.
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Data from the academy showed that of the examinees, 52 percent were women, with an average score of 61, slightly higher than their male counterparts’ average score of 59.
In terms of age, examinees aged from 31 to 45 scored the highest at an average of 62 points, followed in order by those aged 46 or older (60 points) and the others aged 30 or younger (58 points), it showed.
Working people scored an average of 62, higher than students’ average score of 57, the data showed.
That reflected that course trainees with work experience had better learning outcomes, likely because they could integrate net zero course content into real-world work contexts, the academy said.
The second exam tested memory and required examinees to make decisions based on knowledge of carbon emission calculation, carbon inventory, carbon reduction regulations and product carbon footprints, it said.
Examinees must integrate concepts across different course modules to answer correctly, the academy said.
Such an exam was more challenging but better assessed examinees’ understanding of carbon management, it said.
Academy director-general Chang Shun-chin (張順欽) encouraged course trainees who failed the exam to keep studying, as each trainee has up to two retest opportunities.
They can sign up directly with their original training school for this year’s last exam, scheduled for Nov. 21, he said.
Those who pass the exam can download their digital certificate from the academy’s green-collar talent information platform, Chang said.
The certificate demonstrates its holder’s carbon management knowledge, he said, adding that no paper copies of the certificate would be provided given the digital certification policy.
The academy said college students aged 30 or younger and the approximately 12,000 environmental educators nationwide are eligible for a 50 percent discount on the NT$12,000 tuition.
People with disabilities or of low-income households are eligible to fully waive the tuition, it said.
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