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Multiple critics of IELTS have uploaded a copy of their Test Report Form online. This act increases
the likelihood that their contribution is authentic.
If I extend this definition of IELTS critics to include online posts that are authored by anonymous
and semi-anonymous (e.g. face picture and online screen name) persons, I estimate that these
posts total in the hundreds of thousands over the past two decades. An example of a source that
contains anonymous, semi-anonymous and identifiable criticism of the IELTS exam is a petition
uploaded on Change.org coordinated by ‘Dhanush’ from India (2018). Figure 25 shows an extract
of this petition, which has been signed by more than 4,000 people in recent months.
Global Petition: IELTS Secrecy Figure 25Figure 26, overleaf, is an example of a public testimony that is critical of the IELTS. These images
are extracts from a Table of Contents which registered Migration Agent (Australia) Michael Suss
submitted to the Parliament of Australia’s “Inquiry into Registration Processes and Support for
Overseas Trained Doctors” in 2011. This sample evidence illustrates how serious allegations of
IELTS profiteering and corrupt business practices have persisted among professionals in the
business community for several years. Moreover, they have been made by citizens of OECD
member nations such as Australia who are not required to take an IELTS test for any purpose.