Many candidates with outstanding exam scores in Son La wish to take the entrance exam to police and military schools.
Among the candidates with the highest scores in Son La province, there are many children and grandchildren of officials and leaders of the province's departments and offices. Many of them wish to take the entrance exam to police, military or medical schools.
In recent days, the Working Group of the Ministry of Education and Training, in coordination with the Ministry of Public Security and Son La Provincial Police, has actively reviewed and checked information about irregularities in Son La's exam scores with a high sense of responsibility.
Initial results have revealed irregularities in the test scores. In particular, there were corrections and increases in scores of dozens of tests.
Who is the person who corrected the exam papers and raised the scores for the candidates in Son La, and for what purpose? The investigation agency is continuing to investigate and clarify.
It is expected that at 11am today (July 23), there will be official information to the people of Son La and public opinion.
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| Many reporters from press agencies were on duty at the gate of the Son La Department of Education and Training waiting for news from the exam score review task force. |
This year, Son La province has more than 10,250 candidates taking the national high school exam, of which the number of candidates scoring 9 or higher in Math and Physics far exceeds some localities with a tradition of good learning. In Math alone, Son La has 30 students scoring 9 or higher, accounting for nearly 0.3%. While this rate in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Nam Dinh is 0.04; 0.1 and 0.06 respectively.
Among the 30 candidates with the highest math scores in Son La, NLBN topped the list with a score of 9.8.
Not only did BN score high in Math, he also achieved impressive scores in other subjects: Literature 8.75; History 7.50; Geography 8.25; Civic Education 8.00; English 9.80.
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| Impressive scores of NLBN |
According to many Son La residents, BN is the son of a district leader in Son La.
Next, TND (Literature class, Son La High School for the Gifted) was also on the list of candidates with the highest Math scores in Son La province.
In addition, ND also has impressive scores: Literature 9.0; History 10; Geography: 8.25; English 10.
According to Mr. Lo Van Son - homeroom teacher of Literature class at Son La Specialized High School, ND's parents both work in the police force.
In recent days, public opinion has focused on these two cases' unusual test scores, when the real test scores and the mock test scores were too different. They were students majoring in Social Sciences but had extremely impressive natural science test scores.
According to the assessment of a student at Son La High School for the Gifted, in class 12 Math 2 of Son La High School for the Gifted, there are 5 candidates who are classified by their classmates as having "unusually high scores".
Among them is NYK, who has a very high score in block D1 (Math 9.6; Literature 9; English 9.6). According to PH, student NYK is the child of an official in the education sector of Son La province.
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| Impressive exam scores of block D of LTTh |
Among the top candidates with high scores in Son La this year is LTTh, with a very high score in block D (English 10; Math 9.6; Literature 8.5). According to the students' feedback, TT is the child of a leader of Son La City.
According to feedback from students at Son La High School for the Gifted, in the list of candidates with high scores, there are also students with "average" academic performance, but with extremely high test scores.
That is LTT, with Math 9.60, English 9.60 - much higher than many students majoring in Math and English.
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| VHL has very high scores in block B subjects. |
VHL is the valedictorian of block B of Son La with more than 28 points, but his friends do not highly appreciate his academic performance, and even suspect there are irregularities in his exam scores.
Candidate BTN, with a score of 9.60 in Math and 9.50 in History, also surprised his friends with his high score in Math. According to the student, BTN is the child of a very influential family in Mai Son district (Son La).
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| BTN's math test score was exceptionally high. |
Candidate NTH got 9.40 in Math, 9.50 in Physics, 9.20 in English. According to information from the student's parents, NTH's father works in the police force.
These are some of the candidates with exceptionally high scores in Son La province this year. Although many students and parents reported that these candidates had abnormal scores, the information was only clarified at noon on July 23, when there was an official conclusion from the authorities on the review of irregularities in the exam scores in Son La.
