Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training responds to the inspection results of the national exam for excellent students

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has just officially sent a document to the Ministry of Education and Training to report the results of the implementation of recommendations in the examination of the national exam to select excellent students at the high school level in the 2021-2022 school year at the Examination Council. Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training strictly implements regulations

The report of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that the department held a meeting to draw lessons on May 25; does not organize a review of organizations and individuals. Reason: The advisory department strictly followed the instructions for organizing the contest. The Department of Education and Training has learned from experience in coordinating the organization of the exam.

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, the national exam for excellent students in high schools in the school year 2021-2022 is organized by the Ministry of Education and Training. In order to facilitate the candidates taking the exam, examination committees were established in each locality.

The Council in Ho Chi Minh City has 3 units participating in the competition at the same place, including: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, High School for the Gifted – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City and Practical High School – Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. Therefore, the HCM City Examination Council has 3 independent contesting units at the same place, Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted.

The document of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training clearly states: The Department fully implements the guiding documents of the Ministry of Education and Training in the preparation and organization of the exam. The Quality Management Department – Ministry of Education and Training has implemented the stages of registration, granting registration numbers and arranging exam rooms for localities to send data, and organize the implementation on the software provided by the Quality Management Department. manage. Each contestant is given a unique code: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is 58, VNU High School for the Gifted is 66, Practical High School is 70. Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is the implementing agency. declare data for all 3 units on the software of the Quality Management Department deployed. Candidates’ registration numbers are provided according to the structure: Unit code – Exam subject code – Order code.

Examination work is conducted by officials from other localities assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training to Ho Chi Minh City to perform their duties. The assignment of examination officials from other localities is to ensure fairness and objectivity for the exam. The examination council in Ho Chi Minh City was assigned by the Ministry of Education and Training 3 units to participate in the examination, including: Vinh Long Department of Education and Training (Chairman of the Council), Tien Giang Department of Education and Training and Hanoi National University.

The Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City is the unit that arranges the location and ensures the physical conditions for the national excellent student exam at the high school level in the 2021-2022 school year.

Regarding the specific contents of the conclusions of the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the specific report is as follows:

The department’s consultation on the establishment of a number of teams that exceed the number specified at Point a, Clause 1, Article 16 of the Regulation on the National Competition for excellent students.

Pursuant to Article 16, Chapter 2 of Circular 22/VBHN-BGDĐT on promulgating the Regulation on national-level examination for excellent students, the number of teams in a number of exams of Ho Chi Minh City and the High School for the Gifted exceeds 6 candidates. The reason is that for 2 consecutive years that subject has more than 80% of the winners. Therefore, the Department of Education and Training and the High School for the Gifted have sent documents to the Quality Management Department for comments on determining the increase in the number of candidates and the Department has authorized in writing to agree to increase the number of teams. participated in the national exam for excellent students of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City: 8 candidates in Mathematics, 10 candidates in Informatics from the 2020 exam and previous consent documents. The units carry out the work of selecting and setting up the number of contestants in the team that will take part in the competition. The list and number of teams are checked by the Quality Control Department and issued with registration numbers for the candidates.

The advising on the placement of registration numbers is not in accordance with the provisions of Point a, Clause 1, Article 25 of the Regulation on the national examination for excellent students.

Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training is the representative unit to enter candidate data for 3 contestant units on the software deployed by the Quality Management Department. The data entry process is guided, supervised and checked by the Quality Management Department, 3 contestant units in Ho Chi Minh City are granted 3 independent unit codes, register under 3 separate lists, perform the following tasks: Explanatory report and separate exam results announced.

Because the codes of the units are different, the software deployed by the Quality Control Department is arranged in the order of A, B, C… of all candidates taking the exam in each exam subject to each unit. participate in the contest (according to the list of registered candidates). The software of the Quality Control Department does not mix the list of all 3 units in the same exam and then rank them in order A, B, C… The list of candidates for all subjects is exported from The software is an independent list of 3 contestant units at the Examination Council.

However, in order to ensure convenience for the examination and arrange the examination supervisor, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training would like to register the number of exam rooms: Math: 1, Physics: 1, Chemistry: 1, Biology : 1, Informatics: 2, Literature: 1, History: 1, Geography: 1, English: 3, French: 1, Chinese: 1 (Foreign Languages ​​and Informatics are still done separately for each subject: examination room for each independent examination unit).

The consultation on the arrangement of the exam room of each English and Informatics team is not in accordance with the provisions of Point b, Clause 2, Article 25 of the Regulation on the National Examination for Excellent Students.

For English subject: the total number of candidates taking the test of 3 units is 26, divided into 3 exam rooms because the Foreign Language subject has Writing and Speaking sections, the list of Writing and Speaking test rooms must match (according to the list of English subjects). each unit), must ensure that the speaking test time ends at the same time as the national councils, so the examination board divides the exam into 3 rooms with the number of 10, 10 and 6 for 3 equivalent units. response. The duration of the Speaking test for each candidate is 20 minutes (excluding possible unexpected incidents

For Informatics: The proctor must print and copy the candidate’s test on a CD. If the exam room has a number of 20 candidates, it will be difficult and time consuming to collect, print and copy the exam papers on CD, affecting the working progress of the whole Council. Therefore, the Examination Council divided into 2 Informatics rooms, with 10 candidates each.

The HCM City Council has 3 participating units, the above arrangement is in accordance with the regulations.

Regarding the responsibilities of organizations and individuals related to limitations and omissions according to the inspection results in the notice of the Ministry of Education and Training:

With the responsibility of being a unit assigned to be in charge of some stages of the process of organizing the examination, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has fulfilled its responsibilities according to the regulations and guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training. However, in arranging the number of registration numbers and arranging exam rooms for subjects, although finding it unusual and unreasonable from the files exported from the department’s excellent student software, the department failed to consult the written request for the Ministry’s opinion. Education and Training.

With the responsibility of being a contestant, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has strictly followed the regulations and guidelines and has been approved by the Department of Examination and Quality Assurance of the Ministry of Education and Training step by step in the processes: Registration, approve the number and issue the number of honor papers for the contest.