When will students have 50% of their total score of paper deducted on high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

When will students have 50% of their total score of paper deducted on high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 54 of Regulation on high school graduation exam promulgated together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDĐT, stipulating actions against candidates committing acts of malpractice as follows:

Any act of malpractice committed by a candidate shall be recorded, handled and the final result of handling will be informed to him/her.

1. Reprimand:

a) for those who commit the following act of malpractice for the first time: peek at others' papers or communicate with other candidates;

b) Reprimand shall be decided by the invigilator and recorded in writing.

2. Warning:

a) Warning is issued for those who commit one of the following acts of malpractice: Have been reprimanded for the first time but still continue committing an act of malpractice at reprimand level; swap scripts/answer sheets or scrap papers with other candidates; copy other candidates or let other candidates copy their scripts/answer sheets;

b) Warning shall be subject to decision of the invigilator, record shall be made in writing and enclosed with evidence (if any).

3. Suspension of taking the exam:

a) Suspension of taking the exam  is issued for those who commit one of the following acts of malpractice: Have been warned for the first time but still commit acts of malpractice at reprimand or warning level; bring prohibited items specified in Article 14 of this Regulation into the exam room. bring the question papers out of the examination area or bring the answers from outside to the exam room during the exam; write or draw on the answer paper any content that has no relevance to the exam; threaten officials or other candidates;

b) Invigilators shall issue a record, confiscate evidence (if any) and report the situation to the Manager of the Exam Place for decision of handling.  In case of disagreement in handling, the situation shall be report to the manager of invigilation for final decision. Suspended candidate shall hand in the question paper, script/answer sheet and scrap paper to invigilators and leave the exam room immediately after the suspension is announced. The suspended candidate is allowed to leave the examination area until two thirds of the written paper exam time has elapsed and after the end of the multiple-choice paper. The suspended candidate shall have their all papers taken in the year of suspension cancelled.

4. Score deduction

a) A candidate who is reprimanded for a paper will have 25% of total score of that paper deducted;

b) A candidate who is warned for a paper will have 50% of total score of that paper deducted;

c) A candidate who has a script with special symbol detected during the marking will be have 50% of total score of that script deducted;

d) Scripts will be marked with 0 (zero) in the following cases: The candidate’s script is copied from any unauthorized handouts; the candidate hands in two scripts for one paper or one component subject; the script is written in two different styles of handwriting and above; answer is written on scrap paper or other kind of paper that is not in the format specified by the MOET;

dd) Candidate who is suspended shall be marked 0 (zero) for the suspended paper/subject and not allowed to continue taking the exam;

e) The application of score deducting specified in point c and d of this clause shall be approved by the Manager of Written Paper Marking Board on the basis of report sent by the Lead of Marking Subject.

5. Score cancellation is issued in the following cases: The candidate who has two papers marked with 0 (zero) as the exam scores of committing acts of malpractice specified in point d clause 4 of this Article; write or draw on the script any content that has no relevance to the paper; allow someone to impersonate the candidate to take the exam, or engage in impersonation to take the exam for someone else; make alternation, interlineations and omission to the script/answer sheet after submission; submit a script/answer sheet of someone else as their own. Director of DET is responsible for the decision of score cancellation on the basis of report sent by the Chairperson of Exam Council.

6. A candidate who commits one of the following acts of malpractice shall have their exam paper scores annulled and be reported to the regulatory body for further sanctions as per the law:

a) Forge documents to enjoy privileges;

b) Submit invalid diplomas or certificates;

c) Allow someone to impersonate the candidate to take the exam, or engage in impersonation to take the exam for someone else in any manner;

d) Cause disturbances ; threaten officials or other candidates;

dd) Submit the invalid score certificate.

7. In case of acts of malpractice with criminal signs, education authorities shall request competent authorities for criminal prosecution in accordance with law; in other cases, depending on the nature and extend of the malpractice, corresponding form of handling specified in this Article shall be applied.

Thus, according to current regulations in Vietnam, depending on the severity of the violation, there will be corresponding sanctions. For the case you mentioned, the candidates for high school graduation exam in Vietnam will have 50% of their total score of paper deducted in case of being warned in the exam room or having a script with special symbol detected during the marking.

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