EDUCATION

O-net students to get 24 compensation

CHULEEPORN ARAMNET

THE NATION

BANGKOK: -- Some 400,000 Matthayom 6 students who recently completed their Ordinary National Educational Test (O-Net) in Science will be given an additional 24 marks due to mistakes in test papers.

Assoc Prof Samphan Phanpruek, director of the National Institute of Educational Testing Service (NIETS), told the press yesterday that there were mistakes in close to 30 items in the Science test paper No 200, which caused the students to lose 24 marks. Hence, he said, NIETS would add 24 points to their present score.

He said he learned about the debacle at noon on Sunday, and that he and the NIETS working team inspected the original Science test papers No 100 and 200, but found no mistakes. So, he said, he had regional test centres in Naresuan, Chiang Mai and Khon Kaen universities to fax them the test paper No 200, and found it contained mistakes.

Samphan said preliminary inspection showed that there was no problem with test paper No 100, which was used for 200,000 students, but about 80,000 copies of paper No 200 carried mistakes. The test paper repeated nine questions worth nine marks and failed to include 13 questions worth 15 marks. Hence, NIETS has decided to give 24 marks to all 400,000 who took this test.

"I apologise for the mistakes and the committee will see if the debacle was caused by the test-production system or officials. If any official is found to have caused problems due to recklessness, they will be removed," he said. "This fiasco was a lesson and we have learned that we have to check the papers more strictly."

An official said the test-printing system had a problem with the last print of the test paper No 200, but relevant officials were not allowed to inspect the content because it was meant to be secret.

NIETS board chairman Prof Somwang Pitiyanuwat said he told the director to provide him with a written explanation and would try to call a meeting with the members of the board at the middle of this month.

A Matthayom 6 student, meanwhile, said giving 24 points was not a proper solution because it was not fair for those who had worked hard for the test. Some students even asked for the test to be held again, while others were happy with the compensation points.

Also some Bangkok students said it would not be fair if the Office of the Basic Education Commission weighted each Matthayom 6 student's cumulative grade point average with O-Net score because the O-Net standard was not acceptable.

-- The Nation 2013-02-12

Thailand... The Hub of Education. What a sterling example of how NOT to run an education system. I would never put my kids through a Thai Education system, it would be just too humiliating and degrading.

Thailand... The Hub of Education. What a sterling example of how NOT to run an education system. I would never put my kids through a Thai Education system, it would be just too humiliating and degrading.

Some people do not have a choice. Especially if they live in Thailand and have parents that are not rediculously rich.

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And who is going to lose their job about this? Oh I forgot this is Thailand someone will probably get a promotion.

What is O -Net?

you should see the English O-net tests. They are always good for a laugh.

Pick the most correct answer it asks. Not the correct answer but the most correct. Covers them for the crap grammar and composition.

When we were given an old O-net to check, we spent many hours wondering what the hell the question meant and even more so, the answers.

Just take it into a bar and ask any white face to have a quick look-see before you give it to the kids. Oh sorry, they can't.................................................Face.

The guy in the far back corner in the pic's right on the ball.

The guy in the far back corner in the pic's right on the ball.

That's Mr. 50 right there:) You know what I mean....

spoke to some students in Nakhon Pathom today.. one student had paper 100 no mistakes.. but stupid questions

one had paper 200 with the mistakes... it seems both will get an extra 24 points.. they are annoyed ,angry and do not know why both are getting the extra points when only some had the bad papers.

Oh the solid gold question.

why do foreigners like Massaman curry

1) it is spicy and hot

2) it is made with herbs

3)it is like soup

4) ???

5) ???

the students could not remember 4 & 5 as they were laughing so much. Oh and this was the Science test

The thing is, Thais will be completely satisfied with the 24 points given. There's a message there.

The thing is, Thais will be completely satisfied with the 24 points given. There's a message there.

And means hundreds of students will get a total score of 24. Great for the bell curve