The conference to inform about the 2025 High School Graduation Exam scores was held by the Ministry of Education and Training on the afternoon of July 15 at the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Training.
No exam in literature got a score of 10.
Statistics show that this year, the whole country had more than 15,300 exams scoring 10 points, an increase of more than 4,400 compared to last year.
Specifically, over 1.12 million candidates took the math exam, of which 513 candidates scored 10. Geography had over 6,900 exams scoring 10, the number of zero points in this subject was 3. Physics ranked next with 3,930 scores of 10, the number of zero points in this subject was 1.
History ranked third with 1,518 scores of 10, with 2 zeros. Economics and law education had 1,451 scores of 10, with no zeros. Literature alone had no scores of 10, with 7 zeros.
The number of 10-point chemistry exams is 625, with no zero points; the number of 10-point math exams is 513, with 6 zero points; the number of 10-point English exams is 141, with 2 zero points; the number of 10-point technology - agriculture exams is 101, with no zero points; the number of 10-point biology exams is 82, with no zero points; the number of 10-point IT exams is 60, with no zero points; the number of 10-point technology - industry exams is 4, with no zero points.
According to the analysis, the Literature subject has a relatively stable score distribution, the average score is 7, the score achieved by the most candidates is 7.5. The English subject has an average score of 5.38. According to the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training, the beautiful English score distribution is a surprise to the entire score distribution analysis council. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are the two localities with the most 10 points in English, specifically, Hanoi has 56 10 points, Ho Chi Minh City has 29 10 points. The remaining provinces in the top 10 have about 3 - 5 10 points.
English score distribution for high school graduation exam 2025
The average score for physics is 6.99 points, for chemistry, the average score is 6.06. Meanwhile, in biology, the score range is wider, the average score is 5.78 points, with 82 candidates achieving a score of 10. The average score for information technology is 6.78, the average score for history is 6.52. There are 1,510 scores of 10 in history.
Geography has an average score of 6.63 points, industrial technology has an average score of 5.79, this is the first time this subject has appeared in the high school graduation exam. Agricultural technology has an average score of 7.72, this is the subject with the highest average score among the subjects. Economics and law, the average score is 7.69.
Overall assessment of the exam scores of the subjects, Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc, Chairman of the Council of the University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said that the differentiation of this year's exam was good. Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc said that although math and English were difficult, he was glad that looking at the score distribution, he did not feel "shocked" by the low scores.
Regarding English, a subject that has received much public attention, Mr. Duc said that the English score distribution is "beautiful", reflecting reality. "The English test is difficult, but it is difficult because the output standards have changed, reaching level B1, not like previous years. The structure of the English test has also changed. Every year, about 1 million candidates take the English test, but this year there are only more than 300,000 candidates. The average score has not changed much compared to last year, because when candidates choose English, they already have good ability" - Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc said.
Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh, former Director of the Department of Vocational Education, Ministry of Education and Training, commented that the English score distribution of the 2025 high school graduation exam looks balanced on the surface, but contains many instabilities: the average score is only 5.38, the median is 5.25 and nearly 50% of candidates are below average. Meanwhile, the average score of physics is 6.99, only 9.8% of candidates are below 5 points; Chemistry is also at 6.06, significantly lower than English.
This poses a paradox: candidates who choose English are at a distinct disadvantage when applying to university, simply because of the lower difficulty and score distribution. Choosing different subjects with the same academic ability can result in a difference of up to 1-1.5 points — which is unfair in a competitive admissions environment.
Dr. Hoang Ngoc Vinh also said that the national exam not only needs to be differentiated, but also needs to ensure fairness between regions, groups of candidates and between subject choices. When data by region, type of school, and target group have not been published, the comments "standardized exam questions" or "reasonable distribution" still lack a basis for fair assessment.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/bo-gd-dt-pho-diem-mon-tieng-anh-dep-la-mot-bat-ngo-196250715181700071.htm
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