How has exam cheating destroyed education?
222 candidates had their scores raised in Son La, Hoa Binh, and Ha Giang. That is not the final result of the exam cheating scandal in those localities.
The devastation of cheating in exams is much more terrible than the numbers that are seen.
Currently, Hoa Binh has prosecuted 6 defendants, including the Head and specialist of the Examination and Examination Management Department of the Hoa Binh Department of Education and Training. Along with that are a vice principal and 3 high school teachers. A series of officials and teachers "involved in the case" have caused a shortage of human resources in the Hoa Binh education sector while there is no preparation plan.
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| Among the 3 suspects temporarily detained is Dang Huu Thuy (right) - Vice Principal of To Hieu High School, Son La City. Photo:Minh Hoang. |
Those who had previously been trained and had the expertise to update exam scores into the Ministry’s common software were all prosecuted and arrested. To have enough manpower, the Department had to transfer a specialist from the secondary education department to work and ask the Ministry for quick “training”. Not only that, a deputy director of the department had to take on this job as well.
1. In Son La, in relation to the exam cheating case, the Investigation Security Agency of Son La Provincial Police has prosecuted 7 defendants, including a deputy director of the Department of Education and Training of Son La Province; a department head, a specialist of the Department of Examination and Quality Management; a vice principal of To Hieu High School, a deputy head of the Department of Political and Ideological Affairs, Son La Department of Education and Training. Thus, in the education sector alone, 5 people have been prosecuted. The director of the Department of Education and Training of Son La is also about to retire.
2. In Ha Giang, the police have prosecuted 5 suspects related to exam cheating. Among them, there are 2 deputy directors of the Ha Giang Department of Education and Training. The director of the Ha Giang Department of Education and Training has just retired.
Not only that, while the case was still under investigation, the Son La Department of Education and Training was in a serious personnel crisis when a deputy director was said to have a child on the list of students with increased scores. The Inspectorate of the Son La Department of Education and Training had 3 people, the head of the department was also said to have a child on the list of students with increased scores, the deputy head of the department retired, and there was only one specialist left.
Meanwhile, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, officials and experts of the sector, even if they are only said to have children on the list of students whose scores were increased, are not allowed to participate in training or any stage of organizing the national high school exam.
In Ha Giang, the police have prosecuted 5 suspects involved in exam cheating. Among them, there are 2 deputy directors of the Ha Giang Department of Education and Training. The director of the Ha Giang Department of Education and Training has just retired.
The national high school exam is approaching, key personnel for the exam in these localities are being prosecuted, arrested or retired, which will be a huge difficulty for the education sector.
Trust is affected,
But now, when the police schools sent them back, they even locked their Facebook accounts.
“The negative effects of grade fixing cannot be erased just by expulsion.”
Among the 44 candidates from his home province whose scores were raised, H. knew that some were independent candidates, meaning his seniors. One of them failed the exam in 2017, and had studied Geography in Son La, but in 2018, he took exams in subjects unrelated to his major and scored very high.
According to H., among the candidates who were returned, only NDA decided to study abroad, while some said they were determined to take the exam again in 2019.
