Students November 20, the New Zealand High School Grade 11 (relative to China first year high school) was a three-hour math exam. Students have shed tears when the test is still in progress, candidates also good at math stunned: because the exam is too difficult.

According to " The New Zealand Herald " reported on 21 May, the newspaper has received numerous complaints from students, parents and teachers, on Monday accused New Zealand NCEA (NCEA) title a difficult math test, a serious blow to the students' self-confidence .

One mother said that her daughter is currently attending the 10th grade, good in math, but I heard students in the 11th grade exam Monday "cried", "My daughter is now want to give up mathematics, because she was afraid that they will fail in the future." .

A 11-year student in addition to participating in a math test, also participated in two internal examination, she thinks "secondary examination also simpler than one."

The student said that a test has three sets of papers, exam time is 3 hours, but the addition of both difficult questions, need an average of 5 minutes to finish one, "is not done."

More than white students complain about their review, because the papers and review its contents are completely unrelated; there is one student in 15 say that they only know the result of problems in the two, there are many students choose not to write directly.

A 15-year-old student even noted in the comments, the pressure of such examinations to students caused by the "age of young people should not bear."

Monday's exam will not only allow students to complain unbearable, but also triggered a collective protest math teacher . 21, more than 30 math teachers and subjects responsible for certification issued to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority open letter, the examination of complaints Chaogang, repeat questions, many questions need two test formulas to answer.

Mathematical Association of Otago Provincial Chairman Fraser (Amanda Fraser) pointed out that the test "too far, too difficult," will have serious impact students' confidence, weakening their interest in mathematics.

But the New Zealand Qualifications Certification Authority does not agree with the views of students and teachers, deputy director of the council Kiel Kelly (Kristine Kilkelly) insisted that the authorities on the quality of a math test, "confident", said the NCEA assessment system in line with the standards and New Zealand course requirements.

On the same day, the New Zealand Ministry of Education began to intervene in the matter, Minister of Education Sipp Hopkins (Chris Hipkins) requires the recognition of qualifications Bureau to submit a full report on Monday's exam.

Sipp Hopkins said, "Students and parents think the exam is not fair, no one wants to see them sad," "Since the recognition of qualifications Bureau have confidence in the difficulty of the exam, I will ask them to provide a full report."

The students and teachers were collective complaints math exam in the end how hard? Most students agree that the hardest part is the geometric projections.