Candidates complain about losing 20 minutes on the literature test because the supervisor signed the wrong letter. What does the Department say?

On June 30, reflecting to Dan Tri reporter, student Minh Dang ( * name has been changed ) took the exam in room 2,500, Nguyen Du High School (District 10, Ho Chi Minh City) exam site, said he was very upset about the incident that happened in the literature exam on the morning of June 27, the 2024 high school graduation exam.

Dang said that about 15-20 minutes into the literature exam, the invigilator gave everyone in the exam room a new test paper and asked them to copy the answers from the old test paper. The reason was that invigilator 1 mistakenly signed in the marker's box on the test paper.

"I was very surprised and upset by this incident. At that time, I did the test on the third side of the paper. The teacher and exam supervisor asked the candidate to copy quickly to a new sheet of paper and the candidate was not allowed to make up extra time for the test," Minh Dang said.

According to this male student, including the time spent doing the test on the old paper, the time spent distributing new paper, and copying the test... it took the candidate about 20-30 minutes.

"In particular, many students were psychologically affected because this year's literature exam was very long. They might not have finished it in 120 minutes, let alone spending time changing the exam papers and copying them. In the exam room at that time, many students started crying," Dang recounted.

According to this male student, after distributing new exam papers to all candidates in the room, the exam supervisor urged the candidates to copy the answers onto new papers. The teacher went down to ask the exam council for permission to make up for 20 more minutes of exam time. But then, the candidate received a notice that the extra time was not allowed because of the exam supervisor's fault, not the exam council's fault.

The exam paper with the wrong signature of the exam supervisor was taken home by the candidate (Photo: Provided by parent).

Sharing the same sentiment, candidate Mai Anh ( * ) said she was very upset and cried the entire time she was taking the exam until the afternoon.

"Literature is the subject I expected the most to get a high score for university admission. However, I was not able to complete the literature essay completely due to the invigilator's mistake. I am still sad today. Why wasn't the exam invigilator given extra time because it was the invigilator's fault?", Mai Anh asked.

Mai Anh said, she was informed of the incident after she had finished reading comprehension. At that time, she burst into tears because she felt helpless and scared.

Ms. Thanh Hoa ( * ), parent of a candidate in this room, said her child cried a lot and until today still has not regained a good mood.

"After the literature exam, my child left the exam gate with swollen eyes and still crying. I asked him but he just cried and couldn't say anything. Knowing that something had happened to him, I took him home and helped him calm down. Only then did he tell me about the incident of signing the wrong exam notice but not being allowed to make up the time," Ms. Hoa recounted.

She said her child insisted on keeping the original exam paper, even though the exam supervisor repeatedly asked for it. The mother was upset that the incident had psychologically affected her child, causing him to not do as well as expected in subsequent subjects.

This parent added that in the afternoon, the family went to the exam site to complain, but because they were preparing for another exam, they were not allowed in.

"An officer at the exam site came to the school gate and told me that he would report the incident to the head of the exam site and give us an appropriate solution. However, our family has been waiting for a long time and we have not heard anything yet. My child and I hoped to take a make-up exam on June 29, but we have not received any notification. We have lost hope," Ms. Hoa confided.

Responding to Dan Tri reporter on the morning of June 30, Mr. Le Hoai Nam, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, confirmed that there was an incident where the supervisor mistakenly signed on the Literature exam paper of a candidate at the Nguyen Du High School exam site.

"The supervisor only signed the wrong box on the exam paper, it did not affect the candidate's test. Initially, the supervisor asked the candidate to copy it to a new exam paper, but later the head of the exam center still let him do it on the old exam paper," Mr. Nam affirmed.

Hearing the above information, the candidates said they did not understand this information discrepancy.

"I confirm 100% that candidates in the exam room were required to write on new paper and were not given extra time. There is no way they were still allowed to write on old paper," Minh Dang shared.

Literature is the only essay subject in the 2024 high school graduation exam. The test lasts 120 minutes and includes two parts: Reading comprehension (3 points) and writing (social essay - 2 points, literary essay - 5 points).

The exam sites began grading on June 29. The graduation exam scores were announced by the Ministry of Education and Training at 8:00 a.m. on July 17.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/thi-sinh-to-mat-20-phut-lam-bai-mon-van-do-giam-thi-ky-nham-so-noi-gi-20240630102705373.htm