Hanoi: Dozens of students misunderstood the math exam questions due to faded ink.

Dozens of parents in Hanoi are gathering information to petition the Hanoi Department of Education and Training to review the issue of the blurry math exam paper, which led to misunderstandings and incorrect answers among candidates.

(Illustrative photo: Hoai Nam/Vietnam)

After finishing the Mathematics exam in the high school entrance exam... In Hanoi this morning, June 11th, many candidates were surprised to discover they had been misled by an error in the exam paper's printing. Specifically, in question number 1 of test number 3, the hyphen in the fraction was printed with some ink faded, leading candidates to mistakenly believe it was a minus sign ("-").

Tran Bao Nam, a student from Co Bi Junior High School, taking the exam at Cao Ba Quat High School, was one of the candidates who received the wrong exam paper due to a printing error in the Math section.

“While taking the exam, I noticed the result was a decimal, so I recalculated it several times, thinking I might have made a mistake. However, the result was still a decimal, so I thought maybe this year's exam was more complicated. Only after leaving the exam room and looking at my classmates' exam papers did I realize I had made a mistake,” Nam shared.

According to Nam, several other students in his class also encountered similar situations. It is understood that after receiving feedback from the students, the principal of Co Bi Junior High School reported the matter to higher authorities.

A printing error, such as faded ink, caused misunderstandings among candidates on the Math exam paper. (Photo: PHCC)

According to reports from several parents, this situation is not limited to just one examination center but is occurring at many different centers, including Nguyen Van Cu High School, Cao Ba Quat Junior High School, Yen Vien High School, and Tran Dang Ninh Junior High School (Ha Dong)...

"My child was excited thinking they did well on the exam, but when they left the exam room and discovered their questions were different from their classmates', they burst into tears right there at school because they were worried about failing to get into their first-choice university," a parent said.

According to parents, this is a highly competitive exam, so students losing points will affect their college admissions results, while the primary fault lies with the poor quality of the printed exam papers. Therefore, dozens of parents have gathered to submit a petition to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, requesting them to review the matter and provide a solution to ensure the rights of the students.

“I sincerely hope that the Hanoi Department of Education and Training will handle this positively, perhaps allowing examiners to grade papers based on the candidates' understanding of the question, because what's important in an exam is evaluating the candidates' problem-solving thinking, not the final result,” Nam said.

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