Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee requires party members whose children's scores were increased to explain
Officials and party members whose children had their scores increased in the 2018 National High School Exam cheating scandal are having to explain at the request of the Standing Committee of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee.
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| Serving the decision to prosecute Ms. Trieu Thi Chinh - Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ha Giang province. Photo: Ha Giang Provincial Police |
Require officials and party members whose children have increased their scores to explain
A source from VietNamNet said that the Standing Committee of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee has issued a document requesting officials and party members to explain the incident related to their children having their scores raised in the 2018 National High School Exam cheating scandal.
In addition, consider the responsibility of the Head of the Steering Committee for the 2018 National High School Exam for Mr. Tran Duc Quy - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Consider the responsibility and request an explanation for the former Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ha Giang Province, Vu Van Su, in his role as Chairman of the 2018 National High School Exam Council in Ha Giang, Deputy Head of the Steering Committee for the 2018 National High School Exam. Officials and individuals who have the role of advising the Steering Committee - Examination Council must also explain to the Party Committee and Party cell where that party member is working.
The accountability and review of responsibilities for the above-mentioned party members will be decentralized according to Party organization regulations and rules.
“This is a serious and close direction from the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee to cadres and party members whose children have had their scores raised. Based on the investigation conclusion of the Investigation Agency, individuals whose children are on the list of those whose scores have been raised have been verified and clarified. Depending on the severity of the incident, further action will be taken” - according to VietNamNet.
The Standing Committee of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee for the 2015 - 2020 term consists of 13 members, of which the Standing Committee is headed by Mr. Trieu Tai Vinh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee. Mr. Trieu Tai Vinh is also the parent of TTM - a candidate on the list of candidates whose scores were increased in the 2018 National High School Exam in Ha Giang.
Ha Giang Provincial Police have just issued a document requesting competent authorities to take appropriate measures depending on the nature and severity of the violations against parents whose children had their scores increased in the 2018 National High School Exam.
Mr. Hau Minh Loi, Chief of the Office of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee, informed VietNamNet that the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee has issued documents directing functional agencies to investigate and handle the case according to regulations.
Unprecedented!
From a personal perspective, former Head of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Commission, Le Quang Trieu, frankly said that the exam score manipulation case in Ha Giang is "unprecedented."
Mr. Trieu said that according to the Party Charter, according to the regulation "19 things party members are not allowed to do", it is necessary to consider the responsibility of cadres and party members whose children are involved in this incident. "Considering and handling the role and responsibility of the parents who are cadres and party members mentioned above is necessary. Only then can we ensure fairness, democracy and strictness before the law" - Mr. Trieu said.
When asked, the head of the Standing Committee of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee, who is also a parent whose child is on the list of candidates whose scores were/are raised, the former Head of the Inspection Committee of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee frankly said: From the perspective of the Party members and parents involved, all the above parents must make an explanation. This explanation is subject to management, direction and is decentralized according to regulations. Party members holding important positions as leaders will have to explain to the Party agency or organization in which they are active.
At the 2018 National High School Exam in Ha Giang, the Head of the Exam Steering Committee was Mr. Tran Duc Quy - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. In 2019, the Head of the Exam Steering Committee of Ha Giang province was Mr. Nguyen Van Son - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. This year, the whole province had 5,180 candidates registered for the exam; of which, 4,879 were official candidates; 301 were independent candidates; it is expected that 20 exam sites with 224 exam rooms will be organized.
This year, Ha Giang has 2 universities cooperating with the Department of Education and Training to organize the national high school exam: the University of Agriculture and Forestry (Thai Nguyen University) and the University of Electricity. The Military Technical Academy will mark the multiple choice test for Ha Giang.
In the list of candidates whose scores were increased, there was the son of the Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ha Giang (who has been prosecuted) with a total score of over 28 points. After the evaluation, this candidate's score was reduced by more than ten points.
Another candidate, the child of a leader of the Vi Xuyen Department of Education and Training, had his score raised by 8-9 points in the admission groups. The pre-announced test scores of this candidate were 20.15 - 22.85 points for each group, but after the assessment, his score was only 11.95 - 14.25 points.
The candidate is the niece of the wife of Mr. Vu Trong Luong - former Deputy Head of the Examination Department of the Ha Giang Department of Education and Training - who has been prosecuted. The candidate's parents are also officials of the education sector of Ha Giang province, and their A group score ranked third in the country with 28.6 points, and B group score reached 28.85, making them among the top in the country for this admission group. However, after the assessment, the candidate's individual subject scores decreased by 2-3 points, and the total scores of A and B groups both decreased by 9-10 points.
Another candidate, the daughter of a deputy head of the National Assembly delegation of Ha Giang province, also had her score changed. The daughter of Mr. Trieu Tai Vinh - Secretary of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee had a score of 26; when re-evaluated, it was reduced to more than 24 points.
The results of the investigation and assessment of exam papers in Ha Giang in 2018 showed that 330 exam papers of 114 candidates had lower scores than the previous assessment, including candidates whose total scores after assessment were 20 - 29.95 points lower.
