Mr. Pham Quoc Toan - Head of the Examination Quality Management Department, Hanoi Department of Education and Training affirmed that all processes of printing and issuing exam papers in the quarantine area were in accordance with regulations. However, during the printing of more than 100,000 papers, some exam papers were broken and not continuous at the fractional hyphen, causing students to misunderstand it as a minus sign (-).
Therefore, the exam board and the Department of Education and Training agreed to accept the correct answers of candidates who misunderstood the question with the minus sign (-) to ensure their rights.
Mr. Ha Xuan Nham, Head of the Secondary Education Department, Hanoi Department of Education and Training, also admitted that the test questions had no errors in content, but some questions were blurred due to unclear ink and broken hyphens, causing candidates to misunderstand.
Regarding the responsibility for the above error, the representative of the Department of Education and Training said, "The Department is not allowed to disclose the process in the area where the exam papers are printed. The Department will learn from experience in the upcoming high school graduation exam and the 10th grade exam next year, including the process of transporting exam papers and providing information to candidates."
Candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam in Hanoi. (Illustration photo)
Regarding the complaint of a candidate in room 11, test site number 5, Cao Ba Quat High School (Gia Lam, Hanoi) saying that the supervisor answered with a "minus sign" when the candidate questioned about the faintly printed score on the test, Mr. Toan said "maybe the teacher in that test room did not teach Math so he could not detect the mistake".
The Department will further verify and clarify which supervisor to remind and handle according to exam regulations.
Regarding the above issue, according to Mr. Tran Manh Tung, a Math teacher in Hanoi, the exam printing department needs to take responsibility when errors occur. Normally, in the 10th grade entrance exam in Hanoi, the exam is printed in groups 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 to see if there are any misaligned sentences, incorrect sentences, or blurred ink, to avoid errors, before pressing the print button in bulk. "Obviously, this step was not done well, leading to errors and confusion," said Mr. Tung.
Considering that the misprinted math exam for grade 10 was a rare incident, teacher Vo Quoc Ba Can, a teacher at Archimedes Academy Hanoi, said that "it is difficult to blame the Hanoi Department of Education and Training or the candidates."
“For candidates, when entering the room, they may lose their composure and not look carefully at the questions. Furthermore, they may misunderstand the request that the supervisor does not explain anything further, so they do not dare to ask. This is a great lesson for students and also an experience for future candidates,” said Mr. Can.
Previously, on June 11, after candidates completed the Math exam - the final exam for admission to public grade 10, many parents and candidates were upset and complained that the grade 10 Math exam was blurred and printed in poor quality, causing students to misunderstand, resulting in incorrect answers and losing points.
In question 3, part 1 requires candidates to solve the equation. Because the ink is not clear, the dash is broken, causing students to mistakenly see it as - 2.
Many exam sites reported by candidates to have blurred math questions printed on them include: Cao Ba Quat High School, Yen Vien High School, Nguyen Van Cu High School, Duong Xa High School (Gia Lam); Phu Thi Secondary School, Yen Thuong Secondary School, Dinh Xuyen Secondary School (Gia Lam). Nguyen Phong Sac Secondary School (Hai Ba Trung District); Quang Trung High School, Tran Dang Ninh Secondary School, Phu La (Ha Dong District); Thai Thinh Secondary School, Quang Trung High School (Dong Da District)... Notably, most of the exam sites with blurred questions printed on them are in the same cluster and area.
The information was quickly shared on many educational forums. Soon after, many parents went to the Department of Education and Training to complain about the incident.
On June 10-11, 104,000 students in Hanoi completed three exams in Literature, Foreign Language and Mathematics to enter grade 10 of public high schools (mass). With a target of about 72,000, the admission rate is 66.5%. The admission score is the sum of Literature and Mathematics scores multiplied by two, along with the Foreign Language score and priority points (if any).
This year’s Hanoi public 10th grade exam scores and benchmark scores will be announced on July 4 and July 8-9. If admitted, students will enroll online. From July 18, schools that do not have enough enrollment quotas will begin to consider additional enrollment.
Ha Cuong
Useful
Emotion
Creative
Unique
Source
Comment (0)