Associated Incidents
A male student was caught using high-tech devices to cheat on Vietnam's national high school graduation exam by transmitting the Literature test questions outside so his friend could solve them using ChatGPT.
The 18-year-old is currently under investigation for "deliberate disclosure of classified information, appropriation of classified documents" in relation to the national high school graduation exam held on Thursday and Friday.
Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong said on Friday that the incident occurred at the Thang Long High School exam center in Lam Ha District during the Literature exam on Thursday morning.
The student told the police he had purchased a bean-shaped wireless earphone and a button-sized camera through Facebook. He then instructed another teen, aged 17, to use the device to assist in solving and reading the answers to the exam questions.
On the day of the exam, the student concealed the device on his body and smuggled it into the exam room along with his phone. About 15-20 minutes into the exam, he activated the camera, which streamed the questions outside.
The other teen was sitting in an Internet cafe, but he was so engrossed in a game that he did not notice the exam video until 45 minutes later. He only captured two pages of the exam and then used the ChatGPT app to solve and read the answers.
The student was caught by the exam proctor while carrying out the scheme.
Addressing a press conference about the high school graduation exam, Major General Tran Dinh Chung, Deputy Director of the Department of Internal Political Security under the Ministry of Public Security, stated that authorities had also identified three other candidates at two different exam centers who used their phones to take pictures of part of the exam questions and sent them to AI apps to solve. All three students admitted to their violations.
Chung said that while this was a minor incident that did not affect the security or safety of the exam, authorities need to implement solutions to prevent similar situations from happening again.
Over 1.16 million Vietnamese students took the national high school graduation exam this year. The exam consists of four subjects, with Mathematics and Literature being compulsory. Students then choose from a variety of elective subjects, including Foreign Language, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Informatics, and Technology.
In Vietnam, the national high school graduation examination also serves as the primary entrance exam for universities. Students' scores from this exam, along with high school grades and potential bonus points, determine university admissions.