Who is responsible?

Mr. Pham Quoc Toan, Head of the Examination Quality Management Department of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, affirmed that all procedures for printing and preparing exam questions in the quarantine area complied with regulations. However, during the printing of over 100,000 exam papers, some questions had discontinuous or incomplete fraction dashes, leading students to mistakenly believe them to be minus signs (-).

Therefore, the examination board and the Department of Education and Training agreed to accept the correct answers of candidates who misunderstood the question with a hyphen (-) in order to protect their rights.

Mr. Ha Xuan Nham, Head of the Secondary Education Department of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, also acknowledged that the exam questions were not flawed in content, but some questions were blurry due to unclear printing ink, and the dashes were broken, causing misunderstandings among candidates.

Regarding responsibility for the error, the representative from the Department of Education and Training stated , "The Department is not allowed to disclose the procedures in the exam paper printing area. The Department will learn from this experience for the upcoming high school graduation exam and the 10th grade exam next year, including the transportation of exam papers and communication with candidates."

Candidates taking the entrance exam for 10th grade in Hanoi. (Illustrative image)

Regarding the complaint from a candidate in room 11, exam center number 5, Cao Ba Quat High School (Gia Lam, Hanoi) that the invigilator responded with a "minus sign" when the candidate questioned the faded score on the exam paper, Mr. Toan said, "It is possible that the teacher in that exam room did not teach Mathematics and therefore did not detect the mistake."

The Department will conduct further verification to identify the invigilator in order to issue a warning and take appropriate action in accordance with the examination regulations.

Regarding the above issue, according to Mr. Tran Manh Tung, a math teacher in Hanoi, the exam printing department should be held responsible for any errors that occur. Typically, for the Hanoi 10th grade entrance exam, the exam papers are printed in clusters of 5-10 schools in the area.

According to regulations, after printing the sample, the person in charge of copying must check and compare it with the original exam paper to see if there are any misalignments, incorrect sentences, or faded ink, in order to avoid errors, before pressing the mass printing button. "Clearly, this step was not done well, leading to errors and mistakes," Mr. Tung said.

Considering the printing error in the 10th-grade math exam as a rare incident, Mr. Vo Quoc Ba Can, a teacher at Archimedes Academy in Hanoi, believes that "it is difficult to blame the Hanoi Department of Education and Training or the candidates."

“For the candidates, when they enter the exam room, they may lose their composure and not look carefully at the questions. Furthermore, they may misunderstand the instruction that ‘the invigilator will not provide any further explanation’ and therefore dare not ask questions. This is a big lesson for the students and also an experience for future candidates,” Mr. Can said.

Previously, on June 11th, after students completed the Math exam – the final subject for admission to public high schools – many parents and students expressed their frustration regarding the blurry and poorly printed Math exam paper, which caused misunderstandings and led to incorrect answers and lost points.

In question 3, part 1 asks students to solve an equation. Due to unclear printing, the dashed line was broken, causing students to mistakenly interpret it as -2.

Many exam centers reported blurry printing of the Math exam paper, including: Cao Ba Quat High School, Yen Vien High School, Nguyen Van Cu High School, Duong Xa High School (Gia Lam District); Phu Thi Secondary School, Yen Thuong Secondary School, Dinh Xuyen Secondary School (Gia Lam District); Nguyen Phong Sac Secondary School (Hai Ba Trung District); Quang Trung High School, Tran Dang Ninh Secondary School, Phu La Secondary School (Ha Dong District); Thai Thinh Secondary School, Quang Trung High School (Dong Da District)... Notably, most of the exam centers experiencing blurry printing issues belong to the same cluster or area.

The information was quickly shared on many education forums. Soon after, many parents went to the Department of Education and Training to petition about the incident.

Over the two days of June 10-11, 104,000 students in Hanoi completed the three entrance exams for 10th grade in public high schools (general programs): Literature, Foreign Language, and Mathematics. With an enrollment quota of approximately 72,000, the acceptance rate is 66.5%. The admission score is the sum of the Literature and Mathematics scores multiplied by a factor of two, along with the Foreign Language score and any priority points (if applicable).

The exam scores and admission standards for Hanoi's public high schools this year will be announced on July 4th and July 8th-9th. Successful candidates will enroll online. From July 18th, schools that have not yet met their enrollment quotas will begin supplementary admissions.

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