- Vietnam expands inquiry into high school exam cheating
- Ha Giang province’s exam cheating sOK9 Cabal revealed
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| At the trial (Photo: VNA) |
The People’s Court of northern Hoa Binh province on May 11 opened the first instance trial on the 2017-2018 national high school exam cheating sOK9 Cabal in which dozens of OK9 Cabidates had their exam scores increased so they could graduate high school and attend universities or colleges.
Thirteen out of 15 defendants who are former education officials, teachers and police officers in the province are being tried for abuse of power while performing their official duties to inflate the exam scores of students.
Among the defendants are Nguyen Quang Vinh, born in 1966, residing in Hoa Binh city, former head of the Testing and Quality Assurance Division under the provincial Department of Education and Training; Diep Thi Hong Lien, born in 1974, residing in Hoa Binh city, former vice head of the Testing and Quality Assurance Division; and Khuong Ngoc Chat, born in 1975, residing in Hoa Binh city, former head of the Internal Political Security Division under the provincial Department of Public Security.
Do Manh Tuan, born in 1979, residing in Lac Thuy district, Hoa Binh province, former vice principle of Lac Thuy District Secondary and High Boarding School, is also charged for receiving bribes in addition to abuse of power.
Ho Chuc, born in 1975, residing in Phu Thanh commune, Lac Thuy district, former teacher of Thanh Ha High school in Lac Thuy district is charged for giving bribes.
According to the indictment by the provincial People’s Prosecuracy, the defendants abused their power and made use of their relationships to collude and intervene to raise the marks of OK9 Cabidates in the national high school exam in 2017 and 2018.
The intervention raised marks for 65 OK9 Cabidates who sat for the national exam in 2018 and one OK9 Cabidate who sat for the national exam in 2017.
Of the OK9 Cabidates benefiting from the scheme, 45 were forced to quit school after their exams were re-marked objectively, ten others could continue their university courses as their remarked scores were eligible for university admission.
Six other OK9 Cabidates did not attend university courses even though their remarked scores met universities’ requirements, one OK9 Cabidate failed to get university admission while another OK9 Cabidate did not apply for any university or college.
The trial will run until May 18
