ds for servicemen who wish to remain in the military. The MND raised the bar from in the IQ test from 90 to 100, which military servicemen must meet once every year in order to remain in the military.
Legislators, however, attacked the MND policy by saying that over one thousand servicemen will potentially lose their positions this year, for not meeting the new MND standard.
DPP legislator Hsueh Ling said she has received numerous complaints from members of the military who are worried about losing their jobs for failing the IQ test.
Hsueh asked MND deputy minister Chu Kai-shen during yesterday's National Defense committee meeting at the Legislative Yuan to take the IQ test himself.
Hsueh even produced a sample question from the IQ test and asked Chu to answer, but Chu refused, saying that he would rather be tested on 'The Art of War' by Sun Tzu.
Kuomintang legislator Lin Yu-fang attacked Chu during yesterday's meeting and said it is a joke that the MND is even administering IQ tests on its servicemen.
Lin said that private companies do not administer IQ tests on their employees so there is no reason the MND should administer the tests, either.
Chu responded by saying that the purpose of raising the standard for servicemen's IQ test scores is to improve the quality of military personnel.
Kuomintang legislator Lai Shyh-bao joined in the fray and said the true purpose of the MND policy is to cut down the number of servicemen in the military.
Chu denied the charges, and said there would be make-up tests for those military servicemen who fail the IQ test on their first try.
The MND would not confirm that over one thousand servicemen have failed the IQ test this year and said the military will have preparatory measures if the situation does occur.
According to the results of this year's military IQ test released by Hsueh, 80 percent of servicemen in the navy and military police passed the test with a minimum score of 100, while less than seventy percent of the air force and military reserves passed, with the rest scoring less than 90.
The army rounded out the bottom with less than fifty percent of its servicemen passing the test.
The IQ test does not apply to high-ranking officers in the military.
