Recently, a teacher at Xi'an University of Science and Technology reported that the school's academic staff and leaders "changed their grades", which once again caused waves on the Internet. After the incident was exposed, the school said that it attached great importance to it and set up a special team to investigate.
It is reported that the students involved have still been admitted to the university's graduate school, and the teacher's report on teaching fairness has been questioned. This incident has once again sparked a widespread discussion in society about the fairness of education.
The whole incident arose from a student's failure to pass the final exam, and the parents then exerted pressure on the classroom teacher to revise the grades. After the teacher refused, the college leaders and academic staff also asked the teacher to revise the grades, causing the teacher to feel overwhelmed.
Although the school's academic affairs office did not find any problems with the teacher's teaching, in the subsequent make-up examination, the college still replaced the examiner and the marker, and when a student failed to pass the make-up examination, an academic clerk issued a correction note to increase the student's score from 56 to 60 points. This move has raised questions about the fairness of the college.
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The teacher involved said that after the final exam, the parent of a student who did not meet the passing grade demanded that the student's grades be revised on the grounds that it would affect the student's employment prospects, and verbally threatened him. After he insisted on refusing, the college leaders and academic staff also asked him to revise his grades, which made him feel strong pressure.
Although the Registry found that there was no problem with his teaching, the School changed the relevant faculty members during the make-up examination, and when a student failed to pass the make-up examination, the academic staff increased the student's score by 4 on the grounds that the student's daily performance was excellent, which eventually led to the student's passing the examination. This is a clear violation of the principle of fairness and impartiality of the examination.
When a reporter contacted the academic clerk who issued the revision note, the other party said that the increase in the student's grade was to "save the student", because the student was the class president and had been admitted to the graduate school, and if he could not graduate, find employment and go to graduate school because he failed a make-up examination, it would greatly affect his future.
He said that he chose to take the risk after rational consideration and issued a note for the revision of the score. But this interpretation seems to be at odds with the facts. It is understood that the two students involved in the revised instructions were given the opportunity to increase their grades or retake the exam, and the behavior of the academic staff seems to be more in accordance with the intentions of their superiors or the pressure of the students' parents.
Amid the teachers' doubts, the school issued a notice on May 11 saying that it had set up a special team to investigate the matter. However, it is reported that the students involved have still been admitted to the graduate school of the university. This incident has once again raised concerns about the fairness and justice of education.
Some experts pointed out that no factor should interfere with the fairness of the test results, and the increase or decrease of candidates' scores violates the fairness standard, and the education administrative department should strengthen supervision. At the same time, schools should also establish and improve the restraint mechanism to avoid improper interference by superior leaders in teaching and teaching personnel, and maintain the fairness of education.
This incident is a reflection of some of the problems that are still facing the education sector today: the fairness of examinations is still not well maintained. Individual parents and students rely on their networks to exert influence, and there is a lack of restraint on academic staff, resulting in a loss of fairness in the examination.
Teachers' right to speak cannot be guaranteed. Teachers are supposed to have the right to judge students' grades, but their professional judgment is denied under external pressure.
School governance needs to be strengthened urgently. Individual leaders' unauthorized interference in teaching affairs should be restrained, and a chain reaction that exacerbates injustice should not be formed.
At present, the issue of education equity in the mainland is still quite prominent. The lack of construction of the examination system, the marginalization of teachers' power, the non-compliance of some parents and students, and the need for improvement of school governance have made it difficult to implement educational equity. This incident once again highlights this dilemma.
In order to achieve educational fairness, it is necessary for the education administrative department to improve the construction of the examination system, establish a mechanism to guarantee teachers' right to speak, promote democratic governance of schools, strictly restrain the illegal influence of all parties on fairness, and make rules and procedures inviolable, so as to gradually demonstrate the essential fairness value of education.