The Ministry of Education and Training confirmed that there was no overlap between the high school graduation exam questions in Literature and the mock exam questions in Nghe An.

Previously, right after completing the first exam, many candidates in Vinh city and some other localities expressed their joy when question 2, the Writing section "hit the mark". Specifically, the candidates said that the material of the test about analyzing an excerpt from the work "The Beggar's Wife" was similar to the practice test of inter-school high schools in the province.

Accordingly, with the same excerpt, the Literature subject in the graduation mock exam of high schools in Nghe An asked the question: "Please analyze the above excerpt. From there, comment on the novelty of writer Kim Lan when writing about the topic of farmers before the August Revolution".

While the official Literature topic requires: "Please analyze the above excerpt, from which you can comment on the writer Kim Lan's perspective on life as expressed in the excerpt."

Answered later in the press conference after the end of the High School Graduation Exam. Professor Nguyen Ngoc Ha,The Head of the High School Graduation Exam Board said that the language materials were duplicated, but the questions were completely different, and this was normal. Because in the program, there were only 15 works for the exam, so it was difficult to avoid duplicate language materials.

The Ministry of Education and Training also said that this is the first year the Ministry has used software to control duplicate content of the exam. Accordingly, 120 GB of data has been entered, including exam papers and questions searched from the Internet. Using the software will filter the data to limit the inclusion of duplicated parts in the official exam, and this data filtering is not only applied to Literature but also to other exam subjects. However, the Nghe An mock exam, because it is not available online, was not included in the data for duplication filtering.

Regarding this issue, Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan - Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training also said: To prepare for the High School Graduation Exam, for many years now, Nghe An has been doing the work of directing, teaching and reviewing for the graduation exam very early. The direction of the exam review requires ensuring the program, reviewing carefully and having a specific plan, avoiding the situation where teachers teach by rote and students learn by rote.

Along with reviewing, high schools and inter-high schools organize mock exams for students. Organizing mock exams, the questions are in the program according to the structure and simulation of the Ministry, helping students practice once. Through mock exams, the quality is evaluated and mistakes are learned. Many schools even do it systematically, mock exams from 6 to 7 times. During the organization of exams, because the Literature program does not have many works, schools rely on it to do so, so duplicate works are normal.

After receiving information that this mock test was similar to the official test of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Nghe An Department of Education and Training checked and determined that the work "The Picked-Up Wife" was given in the mock test of high schools in Nghe An province on April 15 and 16. Although the test used the same material from the same work, the content required candidates to do the test was different.

Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan also affirmed that in the 2023 High School Graduation Exam, Nghe An did not have any teachers who were members of the official graduation exam preparation committee for the Literature subject of the Ministry of Education and Training.

My Ha