Ministry of Education and Training issues "ultimatum" to universities on converting admission scores

(Dan Tri) - The Ministry of Education and Training said that training institutions cannot download data and admission information from the system if they have not publicly announced the conversion of admission scores.

Students of University of Information Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (Photo: UIT).

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son signed a document requesting universities and colleges to review data and prepare for virtual enrollment filtering in 2025.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training requires training institutions to strictly comply with the regulations on university and college admissions for preschool education and guiding documents.

The Ministry especially noted that in the first round of university and college admissions in 2025, training institutions will conduct admissions on a system that ensures compliance with regulations and the general plan of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Schools use all the evidence uploaded by candidates to the Ministry of Education and Training’s general admission support system to consider the wishes that candidates have registered. This includes high school graduation exam results, academic records, valid foreign language certificates and assessment results of capacity, thinking, etc.

In addition, the Ministry of Education and Training requires schools to review the announcement of regulations on the difference in scores between admission groups and the rules for converting equivalent admission scores closely following the instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training, ensuring fairness, transparency and accountability to candidates, parents and state management agencies.

"Training institutions cannot download data and admission information from the System if they have not publicly announced the equivalent conversion of admission scores," the Ministry of Education and Training stated.

Schools are also required to review secondary criteria and admission data from previous years to determine appropriate virtual rates. The goal is to ensure that the number of officially admitted candidates does not exceed the prescribed quota.

Along with that, the Ministry of Education and Training also requires schools to strengthen communication about fairness and transparency between admission methods and admission combinations. At the same time, schools must promptly and thoroughly resolve candidates' complaints and suggestions and coordinate with other training institutions to support candidates who encounter errors.

Finally, to avoid errors and violations, schools need to strengthen internal inspection and control and internal quality assurance activities throughout the admission process.

The new point of this year's admission is that the Ministry of Education and Training requires schools to convert the admission scores and input thresholds between admission methods and combinations.

However, the Ministry does not have unified regulations but lets universities proactively develop their own plans, leading to the phenomenon that each place does things differently.

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