Nguyen Thanh Nhan is charged with “abusing position and power while on duty”.(Photo: VNA)
Son La (VNA) - The investigation bureau of Son La province’s policeon August 22 began criminal proceedings against deputy chief of the local examinationand quality management division Nguyen Thanh Nhan for her wrongdoings in highschool exam scandal in which literature scores of 12 students were illegallyincreased.
Nhan, born in 1966 and residing in To Hieu ward, Son La city, is charged with“abusing position and power while on duty”.
Earlier, the provincial police on July 31 arrested three people suspected ofinvolvement in the shocking scandal.
The suspects include Nguyen Thi Hong Nga, 51, a member of the examination andquality management division under the provincial Department for Education andTraining. When the national high school exam took place, she was secretary ofthe local exam steering board and member of the multiple-choice test markinggroup. The other two are Dang Huu Thuy, 54, Vice Rector of To Hieu High Schooland member of the multiple-choice test marking group, and Lo Van Huynh, 53,head of Nga’s division, member of the exam steering board, and head of the examsecretariat.
Son La police also launched criminal proceedings against two other suspects.
Tran Xuan Yen, 47, who held multiple roles as Vice Director of the provincialDepartment of Education and Training, member of the exam steering board, ViceChairman of the provincial exam board, deputy head of the test marking board,and head of the multiple-choice test marking group; and Cam Thi Bun Son, 49, anofficial at the provincial Department of Education and Training and a member ofthe multiple-choice test marking group, were both charged with “abusing theirposition and power while on duty”.
Initial investigation showed that besides adjusting scores of multiple-choicetests, Nga and Huynh colluded with Nhan to increase marks of written literaturetests.
Further investigation into the case is underway.
In Son La, the average scores for math and physics were 3.43 and 4.03, lowerthan the national average of 4.88 and 4.96, respectively. However, 30 studentsachieved nine out of 10 points and above for the math test, and 13 studentsscored nine points or higher in the physics exam.
The results of the national high school examination have been used for the lastfour years to determine whether a student graduates from high school and getsinto their chosen university or not.
Since 2017, all tests except literature have been multiple-choice. In 2018, theeducation ministry tightened exam security by requiring sealed bags of answersheets, signed by relevant supervisors and university representatives.–VNA
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