Due to consecutively leaked exam questions, the Ministry of Education and Training issued a dispatch to strengthen security for the 2023 high school graduation exam.
The Minister of Education and Training has just sent a telegram on strengthening measures to ensure security and safety for the 2023 high school graduation exam to the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities.
June 28,2023 high school graduation examwas organized with 2 exams: Literature and Math. The Minister of Education and Training informed that although the risk of using high technology to cheat on exams has been predicted, stated in the Ministry's directives and instructions and is one of the key training contents, there are still candidates who intentionally use high-tech devices to transfer exam questions outside.
Therefore, the Ministry of Education and Training requests the Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces and cities to instruct the Provincial Steering Committees to focus on directing the Examination Councils to urgently carry out a number of tasks. Specifically, the Examination Councils direct the heads of examination sites to strengthen dissemination and remind candidates to strictly follow the examination regulations.
The Examination Councils must also require exam invigilators, exam room supervisors and forces participating in organizing the exam to concentrate highly, apply the knowledge and skills they have been trained to prevent violations of exam regulations, especially the use of technological devices to cheat on exams.
The examination council promptly reports to competent authorities to handle violations according to regulations, and at the same time, continues to strengthen coordination with security forces to take measures to ensure exam security and safety, especially preventing and stopping the use of high technology to violate exam regulations.
In addition, the Examination Councils need to proactively provide information to the press about the progress of the exam, the handling of violations of regulations and unusual situations for timely propaganda, warning and deterrence.
As reported by VietNamNet, the Literature and Math exams on the first day of the 2023 high school graduation exam received complaints that questions were leaked while candidates were taking the exam.
Regarding the suspected leak of the Literature exam for high school graduation, the Ministry of Education and Training admitted that the exam appeared online at around 8am, only 30 minutes after the candidates started taking the test.
Regarding the suspicion of leaking the Math exam questions, the National Examination Steering Committee has grasped the information and transferred it to the Internal Political Security Department, Ministry of Public Security to verify, clarify and handle according to regulations. The Ministry of Education and Training also said that this information currently does not affect the exam.
Speaking with VietNamNet, a representative of the Internal Political Security Department (A03), Ministry of Public Security, confirmed that the leaking of the Literature and Math exam questions came from candidates in Cao Bang and Yen Bai.
This agency also added that the exam leak incidents in Cao Bang and Yen Bai were both violations of the same form, which was using devices to take photos and send exam questions out during the exam period.
On the afternoon of June 28, Mr. Vu Van Duong, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Cao Bang province, also said that according to the investigation results of the authorities, a candidate in the province was involved in cheating on the Literature exam of the 2023 high school graduation exam.
“This afternoon, June 28, at the police station, this candidate also admitted to what he did. He brought his phone into the exam room and then used it. About 20 minutes after the exam papers were distributed, the candidate used his phone to take a photo of the exam papers and sent it to a relative or tutor, asking for help solving the problems. After doing so, the candidate deleted the original message. However, there was no leaking of the answers, so the results have not been affected in any way,” Mr. Duong said.
Mr. Duong added that this candidate is a student of Cao Bang High School. This candidate has been suspended from the exam according to the regulations and will not continue to participate in tomorrow's exam.
Regarding the two exam supervisors, Mr. Duong said that the Examination Council has also stopped their duties and arranged for two backup exam supervisors to replace them./.
