Even if you get everything right, you still won't get a perfect score of 10.

This afternoon, June 12th, candidates taking the entrance exam for specialized Physics classes at specialized high schools and schools with specialized classes under the Hanoi Department of Education and Training took the Physics exam, which lasted 150 minutes.

Everything would be fine until you look at the scoring system for each question. Specifically, the exam consists of 5 questions. According to the structure, question 1 is worth 1.5 points; question 2 is worth 2 points; question 3 is worth 2.5 points; question 4 is worth 2.5 points; and question 5 is worth 1 point.

Therefore, with this scoring system, even if a candidate answers all the questions correctly, they cannot achieve a perfect score of 10, as the maximum total score is only 9.5 points.

Speaking to VietNamNet, a teacher in Hanoi said he was also very surprised and found it difficult to explain when students messaged him with questions.

"The students were a little surprised, although this didn't affect their test results. They understand this was an oversight by the exam committee, but it's certainly quite unusual. Hopefully, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training will come up with a reasonable solution so that all students feel comfortable," the teacher said.

This story continues to relate to the organization and preparation of exam questions by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training this year, although it is not related to the quality of the questions themselves.

Following the 2023 Hanoi public non-specialized high school entrance exam in Mathematics, many parents and students reported printing errors in the system of equations question, leading to misunderstandings and incorrect answers.

Specifically, in the Math exam, part 1 of question III asks candidates to solve a system of equations.

However, in some exam papers, due to unclear printing, the hyphen was broken and not continuous, causing many students to mistakenly think there was a minus sign (-) in front. Consequently, instead of 2/(x-3), many students misread it as -2/(x-3), leading to an incorrect result.

Recently, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training held a meeting to agree on a solution to the problem of some Grade 10 Math exam papers being printed in blurry font, causing misunderstandings among students and leading to incorrect results.

Accordingly, representatives from the Department of Education and Training acknowledged that the exam questions were not flawed in content, but during the printing process, some exam papers had blurry, discontinuous, or disjointed fraction dashes, leading students to mistakenly believe them to be minus signs (-).

To ensure the rights of candidates, the Department of Education and Training has added an answer key for cases where candidates made mistakes, with a hyphen (-) in front of the answer. Therefore, candidates who misunderstood the question will still have their answer accepted if they arrive at the correct solution.

Therefore, in this situation, during the grading process, the Department of Education and Training will recognize two answers for part 1 of question 3 regarding the system of equations.

The first answer is for candidates taking the exam normally. The second answer is for candidates who interpret the faint, broken line on the exam paper as a minus sign. Therefore, if a candidate answers correctly in either case, they will receive points.

(Source: Vietnamnet)

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