The 2024 high school graduation math exam in Dak Lak had errors, parents said it was a "serious, unacceptable mistake"

According to the reporter's investigation, some exam papers with exam code 119, Math subject of the 2024 high school graduation exam in Dak Lak showed signs of printing errors, more or less affecting the candidates. Many positions on the exam papers had errors in both Vietnamese writing style and mathematical notation. When reading the questions, candidates had to guess what the sentence meant, so it affected the exam results if they guessed wrong or took a long time to guess.

Suspected error in Math exam (Exam code 119).

"This is a national exam, if there are serious mistakes, it is unacceptable," a parent whose child is taking the 2024 high school graduation exam was upset.

Looking at the exam papers suspected of errors posted on social networks, a high school math teacher in Dak Lak said that if this was an official exam, the printing process would have been seriously flawed. From the wording, math symbols, to the answers, there were errors. This was very difficult for candidates, took a lot of time to reason and affected their psychology. In particular, it affected the rights of candidates using math to apply for university.

"Some questions have errors in both the questions and the answers, wrong formulas, wrong nature, and missing data," this teacher commented.

A math expert, after reviewing the exam papers suspected of errors, said that if this was an official exam, the error was in the printing process. The national exam papers were sent to the Departments of Education and Training in the form of CDs, and when transferred from the CD to the computer for printing, font errors or viruses could have occurred.

"The problem is that when printing, the department in charge of copying must check each question and only distribute it to the examination councils when the printout meets the standards. If there is an error, the copying of the exam violates the regulations," the expert added.

Regarding the suspicion that the 119 Math exam code was faulty , right after the exam ended at 4:00 p.m. on June 28, the Dak Lak Department of Education and Training held a press conference to provide information.

Mr. Pham Dang Khoa, Director of Dak Lak Department of Education and Training, said that regarding the Math exam in some examination rooms and examination sites, it was discovered that the exam papers of some candidates were blurred, and some exam codes had some questions blurred (from 1 to 3 questions). Through a preliminary review, some candidates were affected (about a few dozen candidates). Initially, it was determined that the Math exam papers were blurred due to a technical printing error.

Responding to the suspicion that the math exam had a serious error, Mr. Pham Dang Khoa, Director of the Dak Lak Department of Education and Training, said that the exam was blurred due to a printing error.

Mr. Pham Dang Khoa added that the Department has reported to the National Examination Steering Committee to handle the matter in accordance with regulations, ensuring the rights of the candidates. In particular, those whose exam papers are blurred will be given full marks for that question.

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