VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Education and Training’s
(MOET) decision to allow examinees to bring sound and image recording equipment
to exam rooms has not welcomed by schools.
MOET has unexpectedly applied a
“policy of openness” when allowing students bringing sound and image recording
equipment (which cannot convey information) to exam rooms, when attending the
2013 high school finals and university entrance exams.
In fact, MOET has its reason for
making the decision. One year ago, the exam cheating during the high school
finals at the Doi Ngo High School in Bac Giang province was discovered by a
student, who bought a camera to the exam room and filmed the exam cheating
activities.
The video clip was then sent to
local newspapers as the proof of the exam regulation violation. However, this
then raised a controversy that if the student who brought camera to the exam
room should be punished, because brining visual devices to exam rooms was then
prohibited.
The public then raised its voice
to protect the student, saying that if he had not been brave enough to bring
camera into the exam room, no once could have proved the violations, and that
the student should be praised for his behavior instead of being punished.
The student then had a “happy
ending”: he passed the high school finals and the activities of cheating at the
exams by the Doi Ngo High School’s students and teachers were exposed to the
public.
MOET might think that the
behavior of the student should be encouraged, and that the appearance of
recording equipment at exam rooms would help better supervise the observance of
the regulations.
Explaining the decision, MOET’s
Deputy Minister Bui Van Ga said allowing students bringing recording devices to
exam rooms would help ensure the earnest of the exams. Previously, people
thought that no one would know what happens at the exam rooms. But now, with
the appearance of the modern equipments, the whole society would supervise the
exams to ensure the “fair play” of the examinees.
However, MOET’s decision to allow
examinees bringing recording devices to exam room has not been applauded by
school leaders.
They said that it’d better not to
allow students bringing any audio or visual devices, because students need to
be respected when attending exams
“Students go to exam rooms to
attend the exams, not to supervise the exam. Meanwhile, education departments,
schools and supervision agencies all are in charge of ensuring the earnest of
the exams, while MOET should not rely on students to discover the wrongdoings
during the exam,” a school headmaster said.
Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Deputy Head of
the University and Post-university Training Division under the HCM City
National University, also thinks that MOET should not allow examinees to bring
recording devices with them, to respect the right of students attending the
exams, not to supervise proctors.
Nguyen Dinh Hoa, President of the
Central University of Arts Education, has suggested that MOET should give
autonomy to schools and allow schools to decide what examinees can bring with
themselves into the exam rooms, after considering their conditions.
Hoa said that he’d rather
prohibit examinees to bring any technology devices into the exam rooms, because
his proctors are not capable to find out if the devices can transfer
information or receive information.
However, MOET’s Minister Pham Vu
Luan decided not to reconcile, saying that even if MOET prohibits students to
bring technology devices into exam rooms, they would still do this. Students
should be given the right to fight against the exam cheating, if they want to.
Lao Dong
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