The Office of the Thai Binh Provincial People's Committee has issued Decision No. 1234/QD-UBND on the temporary suspension of Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien, Provincial Party Committee member, Director of the Department of Education and Training of Thai Binh province from July 31 to serve the inspection of the organization of the entrance exam for grade 10 high school in the 2024-2025 school year.

The period of temporary suspension from work is 15 working days.

The decision clearly states that during the inspection period, Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien is responsible for providing full information and relevant documents as requested by the Head of the Inspection Team and competent authorities, ensuring compliance with legal regulations.

On the same day, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Binh province also decided to assign Mr. Pham Van Nghiem, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to be in charge of managing the activities of the Department of Education and Training during the time Mr. Nguyen Viet Hien was temporarily suspended from work.

Previously, implementing the direction of the Chairman of the People's Committee of Thai Binh province, on July 30, Chief Inspector of Thai Binh province Tran Trung Dung signed Decision No. 551/QD-TTr to inspect the implementation of policies, laws and assigned tasks and powers to the Department of Education and Training, the Director of the Department of Education and Training and related organizations and individuals in organizing the entrance exam for grade 10 high school in the 2024-2025 school year in the province.

Along with that, the decision was made to establish an Inspection Team, consisting of 11 officers, led by Mr. Pham Cong Dich, Deputy Chief Inspector of Thai Binh province.

Previously, public opinion in Thai Binh province was abuzz about the results of the 10th grade entrance exam in the province for the 2024-2025 school year, both the initial results and the re-evaluation results. In mid-June 2024, when the exam results were announced by Thai Binh province, many parents, teachers, and students taking the exam in the province expressed surprise, saying that the scores did not accurately reflect the test results of the candidates. Many cases then filed applications for re-evaluation of the exam.

On July 16, when the results of the re-examination of the exam were announced, public opinion in the province was once again in an uproar over the fact that the scores of the subjects, especially math and literature, were very different from the previously marked scores. Some citizens submitted petitions to the responsible agencies, expressing their disagreement with the marking of the exam in the province.

According to the people's feedback and petition sent to the responsible agencies, there was a case like candidate number 2604xx with a math score of 3.75, after the re-examination, the score skyrocketed to 9.5.

Candidate number 2700xx won second prize in math in the Thai Binh provincial excellent student exam, but in the recent exam, he only got 5.5 points for this subject. After being re-evaluated, his score skyrocketed to 9.5 points.

Candidate number 2604xx had a literature score of 4 points, after being re-examined, the score jumped to 7.5 points.