What does the Department of Education and Training of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province say about the exam for excellent students?

A reader reflects Tuoi Tre OnlineOn March 19, the Department of Education and Training of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province organized the exam for excellent students “Olympic 27-4”, including chemistry. One school had 14 students take the chemistry exam and all won prizes. Your test papers are exactly the same as the marking instructions.

Readers wonder if the exam questions were leaked because the teacher who set the chemistry questions was the chemistry teacher at the school of these 14 children.

That is Mr. S. who teaches at a high school in Long Dien district. This school had 14 students participating in the above excellent student competition, winning four first prizes, six second prizes and four third prizes.

There are no signs of passing or revealing exam questions

On April 24, Ms. Tran Thi Ngoc Chau – Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province – said that after the exam results were released (March 23), the department received the above feedback. On April 2, the department reviewed all stages, especially setting and marking exams.

“A review of all stages shows that the work of setting exam questions, invigilating exams, and marking exams are all carried out in accordance with regulations. The exam took place normally, ensuring safety, and during the implementation process, no incidents occurred. If there is anything unusual or an incident, it is always checked and closely monitored by the police and inspectors,” Ms. Chau said.

Specifically, after review, the responsible members of the exam all confirmed that the chemistry exam (consisting of 8 questions) closely followed the exam matrix as well as the sample exam structure. The process of making proposals and criticisms is also carried out in accordance with the procedure and is absolutely confidential. Those who give exam questions are quarantined according to regulations.

Official test questions are handed over to test sites 30-45 minutes before test time, under the supervision of police and inspection representatives, ensuring absolute safety.

“Through reviewing the work of setting exam questions and transporting exam questions, safety has been ensured, the process is in accordance with regulations, there are no signs of leaking or leaking exam questions,” said the director of the Department of Education and Training. speak.

Students’ work is not “exactly the same” as reflected

The members also commented that because they were both teaching and setting questions, during the process of compiling exam questions, it was impossible to completely eliminate the content taught to students.

However, the exam questions ensure confidentiality, closely follow the published exam matrix and do not duplicate verbatim exam questions and tests. And Mr. S. is only one of two people who set the exam, the questions he asked only accounted for 50% of the exam.

The test results of the candidates showed that many students from many schools scored on the questions posed by Mr. S.. This proves that the exam questions are reasonable and the content is popular, without any “exclusive” elements.

Regarding the reflection that the chemistry exams of Mr. S.’s students resembled every dot and comma, the Department of Education and Training of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province withdrew 14 exams of students at the school where Mr. S taught for review. again.

The results show that the test items are not identical to each dot, comma, or completely identical to the answer content as reflected.

“The part that said the exam papers of Mr. S.’s students looked like dots and commas guided the exam to only get 1 point out of the total 20 points of the exam,” said Ms. Tran Thi Ngoc Chau.