The Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Training (GDĐT) has just announced the results of an unexpected inspection (from June 9 - 13, 2024) of the direction and implementation of admission regulations of the Hai Phong Department of Education and Training for exam marking. enter 10th grade of high school in the 2024 - 2025 school year.
Unexpectedly, the inspection conclusion pointed out that the marking of this exam in Hai Phong had limitations, shortcomings, and violations related to the process of marking, entering scores, making scores, and the examiner's seat. …
In particular, the examiners graded independently but communicated with each other. The examiners did not follow the essay exam grading process correctly; Sign and clearly write the candidate's full name on the test paper; Judge 1 records the score on the candidate's test; Judge 2 does not write the score in the margin but writes it on each sentence on the candidate's work...
The day before, local leaders neighboring Hai Phong City, Thai Binh province, made a move showing the seriousness and seriousness of temporarily suspending Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien from the position of Director of the Department of Education and Training for 15 days. serving to inspect the organization of the 10th grade high school entrance exam for the 2024-2025 school year.
Accompanied by a sense of urgency when Thai Binh's inspection team worked both Saturday and Sunday to ensure progress.
Hai Phong, Thai Binh, along with previous scandals about the difference in scores before and after re-examination in the 6th grade entrance exam in Ha Nam or the specialized 10th grade entrance exam in Thanh Hoa, once again shows that the entrance exam Over the past 10 years, as Lao Dong once raised the issue, there have been many big question marks about fairness and rigor .
This makes public opinion feel that, if there is a comprehensive general inspection in localities at this time, it is likely that there will be many "Hai Phong" with limitations, shortcomings, and violations in exam marking. enter grade 10.
Localities, first of all Hai Phong, after the inspection conclusion, must clarify the specific "limitations, shortcomings, violations" and whether the error is due to weak capacity or intentionality? Who benefits and who is harmed intentionally?
Limitations, shortcomings, and violations, whether weak, accidental or intentional, in exams are unacceptable because they will deprive deserving people of learning opportunities, causing bad public opinion and serious impacts. to the country's educational image.
Exams, such as those for grade 10, have long been presided over by local Departments of Education and Training, so the first thing to do, if there are violations, must be clarified, held accountable, and handled strictly, first of all by the Director of the Department of Education and Training. - Chairman of the Examination Council.
The most important exam is fairness. And true justice only comes when localities have effective solutions to no longer have appointments, after each exam, there are rumors of re-examinations, denunciations, lawsuits, inspections...