Publicity of scholarship lists in colleges and universities in many places reveals students’ privacy: including ID number.
The Paper noted that Hohai University, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Xi ‘an Conservatory of Music and other universities have all disclosed students’ complete national ID numbers in recent years when publicizing the list of candidates or winners of national scholarships.
Among them, Hohai University publicized the preliminary list of winners of the 2013 National Scholarship and the list of candidates for the 2014 and 2015 National Scholarships for undergraduates. Besides the students’ names, departments, majors, student numbers, gender, nationalities and years of enrollment, it also announced the students’ complete citizen ID numbers.
A partial list of winners of national scholarships in Hohai University in 2012-2013. The picture is coded by The Paper for privacy protection, but the original page is not coded.
Part of the list of candidates for national scholarships for undergraduates in Hohai University in 2013-2014 academic year. The picture is coded by The Paper for privacy protection, but the original page is not coded.
Part of the list of candidates for national scholarships for undergraduates in Hohai University in 2014-2015 academic year. The picture is coded by The Paper for privacy protection, but the original page is not coded.
In 2013 and 2014, Guangxi University for Nationalities announced the list of candidates for the annual postgraduate national scholarship, in addition to the student’s name, gender, nationality, department, student number and year of admission, it also announced the student’s complete citizen ID number.
Part of the list of candidates for the 2013 National Scholarship for Postgraduates in Guangxi University for Nationalities. The picture is coded by The Paper for privacy protection, but the original page is not coded.
In 2012, when Xi ‘an Conservatory of Music publicized the preliminary list of national scholarship winners in this academic year, in addition to the students’ names, departments, student numbers, gender, nationalities, and enrollment years, it also announced the students’ complete citizen ID numbers.
Xi ‘an Conservatory of Music 2011-2012 academic year national scholarship winners list. The picture is coded by The Paper for privacy protection, but the original page is not coded.
In this regard, a responsible teacher of Xi ‘an Conservatory of Music responded to The Paper on the afternoon of November 17, saying, "To give each award-winning student a bonus, it is necessary to publicize the ID number for list verification."
A teacher from the Graduate Department of Guangxi University for Nationalities said in an interview that the school "has always done this, and you can not put it down after reminding it. At present, the higher authorities have not said this requirement."
On the afternoon of the same day, a teacher in charge of the student affairs office of Hohai University told The Paper that he had considered whether it was necessary to put the complete ID number on it. "But it is necessary to publicize and let students check their personal information clearly, and I didn’t think of a better solution to protect students’ privacy to the maximum extent."
Is there really no other way to publicize it?
The Paper found that the list of winners of national scholarships was also publicized. Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics published the names and departments of students in the "List of Winners of National Scholarships for Postgraduates in 2017" published in official website, its graduate school on October 13th this year, and there was no ID number.
The list of winners of the 2017 National Scholarship for Postgraduates of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics is partially publicized, and there is no ID number.
In addition, Donghua University did not announce the ID number except the name, gender, nationality, department, student number, and year of admission when the winners of the national scholarship for doctoral students were publicized in 2016.
In September 2016, when the School of Accounting of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics publicized the candidates for national scholarships, only the names of the students in the department were announced, and there was no ID number.
The list of winners of the 2017 National Scholarship for Postgraduates of Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics is partially publicized, and there is no ID number.
"Maybe we can change the way the national prize is publicized later." The above-mentioned teacher in charge of the student affairs office of Hohai University said in an interview with The Paper on the afternoon of the 17th that "the ID number can be removed when it is publicized, and students will see if they have filled in the wrong ID number when they sign it in person."