The literature exam for excellent students in Quang Nam is criticized by the online community as 'confusing', what does the Department of Education say?

According to research, the exam for excellent students in literature is causing a stir online in the provincial exam for excellent students at the high school level, phase 2 of the 2023-2024 school year, organized by the Department of Education and Training of Quang Nam province, on the 15th day of the exam. 3.

Already commented, why still clarify?

The content of sentence 2 is controversial when given an excerpt and asked to "comment and clarify the above opinion".

On social networks, there are many opinions about how to set the question. First, the two requirements "comment" and "clarify" are contradictory because they belong to two orders that cannot be performed at the same time and make candidates "not know which way to go". Explanations and comments are acceptable, but comments and clarifications are not.

Besides, the quote in the topic emphasizes the failure of "many" writers, and the topic asks for comments to clarify that emphasized idea. So logically, contestants must look for losers with their failed works to comment and clarify.

There are also opinions that this proposal makes students miserable, not knowing how to write.

What does the Department of Education and Training say?

Exchange with Youth Online, Mr. Thai Viet Tuong - director of the Department of Education and Training of Quang Nam province - said he would check and discuss again.

Meanwhile, Mr. Le Van Hiep - specialist in the secondary education department, officer in charge of literature at the Department of Education and Training - said it is normal for the online community to have positive and negative opinions on the literature exam. often. 

People with relevant responsibilities will absorb and select useful information to serve their professional work.

“Regarding the bad or good judgment of the topic, I will not discuss it. Each person has their own way of understanding, I do not deny the approaches, I do not discuss how they are addressed," Mr. Hiep said.

Explaining more about the topic, Mr. Hiep said that this place has 2 requirements. Firstly, the comment requirement is for candidates to demonstrate their ability to understand the problem, evaluate it, and discuss it. 

Comments use a combination of argumentative operations. Comments also contain proofs, but proofs in comments are often used to illuminate arguments.

The request to "clarify" is a request for students to choose works and authors that further analyze and prove the problem. 

This is a requirement for candidates to demonstrate their ability to read and understand and apply knowledge to clarify issues that need to be commented on in the topic, especially the exam to select excellent students in grade 11 in specialized literature.

“So the committee intends to both test them on their reasoning skills to solve a problem and test them on applying literary knowledge to shed light on the problem they are commenting on. Those are two requirements, this opinion that the officials who set the exam have kept until now, it's still fine, Quang Nam can still select students with good quality results," he informed.

Regarding the opinion that the question requires comments and clarification of contradictions, students are confused, Mr. Hiep affirmed that this requirement for a good student is not confusing and still does well: "After When students comment and solve problems, they can prove or combine comments and proofs, this is not confusing and normal.