The real story was shared by Professor Do Duc Thai at the training program to improve the capacity to implement the 2018 General Education Program for lecturers of higher education institutions that train teachers, organized by Hanoi National University of Education on the morning of April 10.

Professor Do Duc Thai said that the Mathematics - Information Technology Department of Hanoi National University of Education has 3 professors of complex geometry, including him. But the leading professors had difficulty with a question in the 2024 high school graduation exam in Mathematics. Specifically, question 44 in test code 109. It was even impossible to solve within the limited time frame.

“I asked the other two professors that question and gave them an entire afternoon to sit in front of me and try to do it. But by the end of the afternoon, they still couldn’t do it. They couldn’t do it,” Professor Thai said.

“So why do we force students to learn such things? Therefore, we must definitely train people who can apply the knowledge they have learned to solve practical problems,” said Professor Thai.

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Professor Do Duc Thai, lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Information Technology, Hanoi National University of Education. Photo: Thanh Hung

Professor Thai said that during training sessions for teachers, he often mentioned the issue of “studying for what purpose”. “That is to ultimately support yourself, your small family and contribute to the development of society”, Professor Thai said.

Mr. Thai said that recently, the high school graduation exam has changed in terms of format, testing methods and exam format. "It can be seen clearly in the sample high school graduation exam questions that the Ministry of Education and Training has announced, especially for the Math subject," Mr. Thai said, adding that this is also the spirit that the new general education program is aiming for.

“The previous general education program focused on imparting knowledge, focusing on what students would know after completing the program. What that knowledge was for was not given much attention, such as being able to pass university entrance exams and get high scores on exams. For math, there were many types of exercises, and what types of exercises could be solved.

As for the 2018 education program, which is oriented towards developing students' qualities and abilities, it must answer the question of what students can do and how to do it after completing the program," said Mr. Thai.

According to Mr. Thai, the general education in Mathematics that people want their children to enjoy is not just Math knowledge. “There are only a few people who use it as a career in the future like me or Math teachers. What people need more in general Mathematics education is to form the potential Mathematical ability in people to help them solve practical problems,” said Professor Thai.

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