The Ministry of Education and Training’s policy to gather high school pupils from different schools to sit exams in one location has come under fire from parents. Many complained that both time and money has been wasted, which has led to unnecessary anxiety and ill health of their children.
With many students located far from the centers, some have failed to turn up for exams as they have bee involved in traffic accidents.
With people also having to travel long distances or live in a different area for the duration of the exams, many have fallen ill and been unable to sit their exams.
A deputy chairman of an exam council in Hanoi’s Ha Dong District said the ministry’s policy was not only inconvenient for students but also caused many difficulties to the schools in organizing exams.
This is the first time the ministry’s policy has been applied to school-leaving exams, but on June 3, in response to complaints, it said the number of students who not joined the exams or were caught cheating has sharply fallen compared to last year.
The high school leaving exams, which run from June 2 to June 4, include physics, biology, geography, literature, mathematics and a foreign language.
