PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform automatic marking and aggregating of entry contents of correct/wrong answer determinations while saving the labor and time such as an information input of teaching materials for education which are used in educational facilities. SOLUTION: A teaching materials processing apparatus comprises: a read means 2 for obtaining image data from teaching materials 20 for education; an additionally written information extraction means 6 for extracting a difference between image data obtained from teaching materials for education having answer columns filled with answers and having correct/wrong answer determinations written for the answers and image data obtained from teaching materials 20 for education having unfilled the answer columns; correct/wrong answer determination recognition means 8 to 11 for recognizing entry contents of the correct/wrong answer determinations by the difference extraction result; an additional entry sequence calculation means 11 for determining a sequence of entry contents of the correct/wrong answer determinations being the recognition results to make the recognition results and a plurality of questions correspond to each other; and a marking and aggregating means 12 for marking and aggregating the correct/wrong answer determinations written in the teaching materials for education on the basis of the result of correspondence. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
