In April 2025, the Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City issued a document responding to Mr. N.D.H.H - a parent whose child is in grade 6/3 at Lam Son Secondary School (Phuoc Dong Commune, Nha Trang City).
Mr. H was the one who reflected on the controversy over the mid-term exam for the 2024-2025 school year for the 6th grade Literature subject of Lam Son Secondary School. He said that the teachers' exam questions were unclear, causing misunderstandings and un targeted scoring.
The content of the test is as follows: Each trip we go through leaves its own lessons and meanings. Let me write an article recounting a memorable experience for you".
This parent assessed that at first glance, this seemed like an open question. But if analyzed carefully, there will be conflicts in the direction of the test.
The introduction creates a feeling of necessity for students to write about a trip. Meanwhile, the main question requires students to tell about a memorable experience, not necessarily related to any trip.
Setting the issue unclearly like that can easily solve students' problems, causing them confusion in choosing content.
Meanwhile, this parent's child wrote an article recounting a memorable experience that was right in the heart of the question, with layout, emotions and educational value. However, because he did not write about the trip, he only got 0.5 points.
This parent believes that this is a form of machine scoring and unfair. Because if compared with the actual requirements of the test, the test is not at all wrong.
Such judging will affect students' academic achievements; cause psychological damage, causing them to lose faith in the fairness of education; create resentment and skepticism among parents.
In response to parents' feedback, the Department of Education and Training has studied the mid-term exam for the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year for the 6th grade Literature subject of Lam Son Secondary School.
The Department of Education and Training found that the school's Literature exam was unclear, lacking the link between the "cedeling" and the "ended" section as reflected by parents.
The Department of Education and Training of Nha Trang City has worked with relevant individuals, requesting the school to learn from experience in developing the test, and at the same time directing the school to re-score students' exams in accordance with the actual test.
