The 2023 high school graduation exam is the year with the most controversies and exam problems in history since this exam was renamed and combined with the university entrance exam.
Pass the Literature test
On the first morning of the 2023 high school graduation exam, the Literature exam for the high school graduation exam was posted on social media at 8:00 a.m., just 25 minutes after the exam started.
The photo of the Literature exam paper circulating on social media shows that the exam paper was taken in the exam room, next to the answer sheet is the exam admission notice. Upon receiving the information, the Ministry of Education and Training immediately notified the Internal Political Security Department (A03) of the Ministry of Public Security to verify the information.
The Internal Political Security Department discovered that a candidate at the Cao Bang Provincial Examination Council used an iPhone 11 to take a photo of the Literature exam at around 7:50 a.m. and then sent the exam to a relative to ask for help solving it. The image of the Literature exam was then spread on social media sites. The Ministry of Public Security found the candidate at 1:30 p.m.
The official Literature test of the Ministry of Education and Training (left) and the test taken by the candidate and sent outside (right).
Math test
While public opinion was still abuzz about the leaking of the Literature exam, in the afternoon of the same day, there was another suspicion of a leaked Math exam. After the Math exam ended on the afternoon of June 28, readers reported to the press that a part of the Math exam, from questions 41 to 45 of the exam code 113, was sent out while the candidates were taking the exam. The results of the comparison with the official exam showed that the leaked exam image matched the second half of page 4 of the exam code 113.
Immediately after receiving information from the Ministry of Education and Training, the press, the Internal Political Security Department verified and investigated. As a result, A03 identified that the candidate involved from the Yen Bai Provincial Examination Council used his phone to take pictures and send the questions outside.
The Ministry of Education and Training determined that the two incidents did not affect the exam. "These were violations by individuals. There was no record of any information about solving questions or instructions for solving questions sent from outside into the exam room," said a representative of the Ministry. The Ministry of Education and Training suspended two candidates and suspended the invigilation duties of six officers and supervisors involved in the two incidents.
The math exam was photographed by a candidate and spread outside the exam room.
Duplicate Literature
After finishing the Literature subject, some teachers pointed out that the graduation mock exam of Nghe An Department of Education and Training was similar to the official exam of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Accordingly, the content of the text in the Writing section of these two exams is taken from the short story "The Beggar's Wife" by writer Kim Lan and the content of the questions is somewhat similar.
The Literature subject of the 2nd mock high school graduation exam in 2023 organized by the Nghe An Department of Education and Training on April 15-16 required: "Please analyze the above excerpt. From there, comment on the novelty of writer Kim Lan when writing about the topic of farmers before the August Revolution".
The official essay topic requires: "Please analyze the above excerpt, from which you can comment on the writer Kim Lan's perspective on life as expressed in the excerpt."
Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Head of the High School Graduation Exam Committee, dismissed the concerns and said that the materials are the same but the questions are different. "This is normal because the program has 17 literary works, of which only 15 are used due to load reduction," Mr. Ha shared.
The language in the official exam of the Ministry of Education and Training (left) and the mock exam of Nghe An (right) are the same.
Geography test has strange question
Many teachers said that the Geography exam in this year's Social Science exam had a strange question that was not in the textbooks for grades 10, 11, and 12. Question 79 in test code 324 presented a table of data on the volume of goods transported by air domestically and internationally to Vietnam in the period 2015 - 2020. The question required candidates to choose the appropriate chart type to represent this data.
The question gives four answers: A. Column, line, region. B. Circle, line, region. C. Region, column, circle. D. Line, column, circle.
However, many candidates were confused by the question's requirements, finding it difficult to choose the most appropriate chart type for the above data. "All four answers provided by the Ministry of Education and Training in the exam did not satisfy all the requirements of the question," a teacher commented.
Regarding this information, Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Head of the High School Graduation Exam Committee, said that he will discuss with the exam department and send a written response to the press later.
Strange question in the 2023 high school graduation Geography exam.
Chemistry exam is not strict
Teachers said that the Chemistry exam code 201 had some questions that used loose sentences, inaccurate information, and lacked logic.
In question 54: The questioner's implication is that the reactions taking place in a blast furnace with CO convert Fe₂O₃ into Fe (answer C. heat treatment). However, "heat treatment" is only a common method for producing iron in industry.
"If the essay topic is "In industry, Fe metal is often produced directly from Fe₂O₃ by the method..." then option C is correct. In the case of question 54, both C and D are acceptable," the group of teachers commented.
Mr. Huynh Van Chuong, Director of the Department of Quality Management, said that he will discuss with the test-making department and will have an answer later. "The council and experts in the national test-making committee will review and officially have an answer later," he said.
English answer debate
This year's English graduation exam has confused many candidates and teachers because there are two correct answers to the same question. Teachers pointed out that question 31 of test code 401 of English subject has two correct answers.
The question requires candidates to find the word that needs to be corrected in the sentence: "Their emerging (A) research showed that the learning motivation of the two groups of learners was quite distinctive (B) from each other, and the compared ( C) group whose learning motivation was stronger performed better than the control (D) group".
However, as required, candidates can only choose one correct answer, which makes it difficult for students and teachers to determine the most correct answer. If you choose B or C, both are correct in this sentence. Because the word "distinctive from" (B) does not have a meaning in the Cambridge and Oxford dictionaries. The dictionary explains "distinctive" as characteristic, typical, often combined with nouns and not with "from". The correct usage is "distinct from".
If you choose answer C from "comparative group" it will also be accepted because this word uses the wrong term, more suitable should be "comparison group".
Similarly, question 18 of test 401 also caused controversy, with the requirement to fill in the blank: The journalist is talking about having a new______ published in the local newspaper next week.
The four suggested answers are: A. editor; B. documentary; C. cartoon; D. article. The teachers said that candidates choosing C or D are both correct.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Head of the High School Graduation Exam Committee, said that they have received the feedback. For question 18, Mr. Ha said that the English exam committee confirmed that D - article is the correct answer. For question 31, Mr. Ha said that the exam committee is reviewing and will respond later.
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