Students take science and technology exams: Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training seeks ways to prevent 'plagiarism'?

On February 4, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training organized a science and technology competition for high school students at the city level, which included solutions to combat plagiarism and enhance honesty in students' scientific research activities.

From 1,226 projects of students from 131 secondary and high schools participating in the preliminary round of the science and technology competition for high school students, 52 projects were selected to participate in the final round taking place this morning. The leaders of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City assessed that the science and technology competition helps students get acquainted with scientific research and know how to apply the knowledge they have learned to solve real-life situations.

Nearly 50% of the topics are in the social and behavioral sciences.

Accordingly, nearly 50% of the topics participating in the science and technology competition are in the field of social and behavioral sciences, demonstrating the great interest of the young generation in age psychology and behavioral issues in today's urban life. Social and behavioral science projects have helped create a significant source of data for the education , social culture, information and communication sectors... to be able to know more information about the reality of young people in order to have timely orientations in the future.

The jury of the science and technology competition asked students to explain their scientific research topics.

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The city’s digital transformation-oriented topics such as embedded systems, robots and smart machines, software systems, etc. have seen significant changes in quality and quantity. The city’s strengths such as biochemistry, biomedical engineering, chemistry, and materials science have shown significant progress, demonstrating the exploration, learning, and creativity of teachers when participating in projects, etc.

In the final round, candidates presented their research topics and answered questions from the judges. The judges scored independently and selected 4 out of 52 projects to enter the final round to participate in the national science and technology competition for the 2022-2023 school year organized by the Ministry of Education and Training.

The jury scores the topics in the 2023 Ho Chi Minh City student science and technology competition.

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Mr. Nguyen Bao Quoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, said that this year's contest has new points in the organization such as: The preliminary round, because only scoring is based on documents, the Department has applied solutions such as using anti-plagiarism software, paying attention to the way of expression, indicators of the compatibility between knowledge, students' level with content, implementation methods; The compatibility and science between factors of time, facilities, research means, and the way of expressing research; Comparing the contest project with previous research and between projects on the same topic; the assurance of the school board about the student's contest project; Verifying the honesty through direct communication with instructors and students.

In the final round, the Department of Education and Training will focus on the content of the judges' interviews with students. The judges' questions will help students clearly demonstrate their abilities.

Mr. Duong Anh Duc, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, listens to students present on scientific and technical research topics.

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How does the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training increase honesty in scientific and technical research?

The honesty of students’ scientific research activities has been emphasized in the organization of science and technology competitions after Thanh Nien Newspaper published a series of articles on the current situation and paradox of high school students’ scientific research. The articles reflect opinions doubting the honesty of the implementation process and pointed out that the research costs millions but is not applied in practice.

Right at the final round of the science and technology competition, talking to Thanh Nien Newspaper reporter, Mr. Quoc said that the Department of Education and Training emphasized to the competition's judges that it should promote honesty in research and that the product must come from the creative ideas and research activities of students.

According to Mr. Quoc, the jury consists of experienced members from universities, selected to suit the subject and research topic. In the final round, each judge will discuss directly with each student. This discussion will continue to review the extent of the students' participation in the topic.

Candidates prepare products for presentation

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According to Mr. Quoc, the Department of Education and Training also noted that the jury should help students supplement and adjust the issues they have not achieved in the research process; orient the development of topics to participate in the national final round, thereby continuing their future study and research path.

When asked what the education sector will do so that students' scientific research topics can be applied to reality and not just "put in a test and put in a drawer", Mr. Quoc said that research topics come from reality such as social behavior research, support for the visually impaired...

"Therefore, we always consider it one of the important issues. The Department of Political and Ideological Affairs of the Department of Education and Training has planned to organize a creative startup competition and the research topics that make it to the final round will be a topic that continues to participate in this competition. And from the creative startup competition, with the participation of businesses, the development of those topics into life will certainly have many advantages," Mr. Quoc added.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/hoc-sinh-thi-khoa-hoc-ky-thuat-so-gd-dt-tphcm-tim-cach-chong-dao-van-185230204123057194.htm