Recently, there have been many negative and limiting incidents in education in Thanh Hoa province, especially incidents of upgrading, transferring schools, and negativity in entrance exams at all levels and excellent student exams. Notable are the scandals in "fraud in exams" in Tinh Gia and Bim Son, causing the Director of the Department of Education and Training and some principals to be held responsible before the law.
The issues of collection and expenditure at the beginning of the school year, especially taking advantage of socialization to increase and increase additional revenues, also caused public outrage.
Faced with the above situation, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police have issued an official dispatch requesting the Provincial People's Committee to rectify to ensure security and inadequacy, especially in the stages of organizing exams, managing revenue and expenditure at the beginning of the school year and socializing educational activities.
On that basis, the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province issued a document requesting departments, branches and localities to synchronously deploy many solutions to rectify and improve the effectiveness of State management in the field of education and training.
The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Department of Education and Training to issue detailed regulations on the stages of developing questions, making reps, marking exams, marking reps in the 10th grade entrance exam and the provincial excellent student exam.
At the same time, perfect the admission method or admission along with competency assessment tests at secondary schools with the number of registrations exceeding the quota. The new regulation must ensure objectivity, security and overcome loopholes and prevent negativity in enrollment; complete in the fourth quarter of 2025.
The Department of Education and Training is also assigned to coordinate with the Department of Finance to provide detailed instructions on the fees and expenses at the beginning of the school year and socialize education, ensuring publicity and transparency according to regulations.
In addition, the department must strengthen inspection and supervision of revenue and expenditure at educational institutions; synthesize and comprehensively assess the situation to advise the Provincial People's Committee to direct the overcoming of shortcomings and limitations, and complete in December 2025.
The Provincial People's Committee assigned the Provincial Inspectorate to conduct a thematic inspection, handle or propose strict handling of violations in the collection and expenditure activities at the beginning of the school year and socialize education in the area.
For the People's Committees of communes and wards, it is required to direct educational institutions to publicly and transparently implement all revenue and expenditure; strengthen appraisal, inspection and supervision of the collection work at the beginning of the school year, avoiding negative public opinion.
Localities need to focus on assessing difficulties and problems and proposing timely solutions according to regulations. Preventing acts of taking advantage of educational activities to violate the law
The Provincial People's Committee also assigned the Provincial Police to continue to grasp the situation, detect, and advise on handling subjects who take advantage of educational activities to violate the law; at the same time, prevent hostile forces and reactionary forces from taking advantage of the sabotage.
Recently, an anonymous petition has also been circulating in Thanh Hoa province, pointing out many cheating tricks in exams in this province. The authorities have stepped in to check the information reflected.
