Ministry of Education and Training corrects information about 2025 graduation exam removing Geography subject, requiring History exam

This correction was made by the Ministry of Education and Training after the announcement of the draft plan to organize the high school graduation exam from 2025, which has caused a stir in public opinion when it does not include the Geography subject.

"The high school graduation exam plan from 2025 onwards includes compulsory subjects and optional subjects in the new year's general education program: Literature, Math, Foreign Language, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Technology", the Ministry of Education and Training announced the correction.

Thus, with the addition of the Geography subject, the high school graduation exam from 2025 is expected to have 11 compulsory subjects and optional subjects instead of 10 subjects as previously reported.

The Ministry of Education and Training corrected the information that graduation exams will remove Geography and require History exams. (Illustration: N.A) — The Ministry of Education and Training corrected the information that graduation exams will remove Geography and require History exams. (Illustration: NA)

The Ministry of Education and Training is widely soliciting opinions on the plan to organize high school graduation exams from 2025. Minister Nguyen Kim Son requested that after receiving additional written opinions from 63 provinces and cities, the plan must be completed and submitted to the Ministry's leaders for a report to request the Government's standing committee's opinion before being announced, to be completed in September 2023.

The Ministry requested relevant units and localities to establish a steering committee to implement the plan to organize the graduation exam from 2025 with members from relevant units, assigning specific tasks for implementation. Next, the units will develop a project and plan to implement the high school graduation exam plan from 2025 according to the roadmap from now until 2030.

The Ministry of Education and Training will organize training for teachers to develop exam questions and exam questions in accordance with the requirements of the new general education program, including both specialized and general education; organize conferences, seminars to share and train many subjects participating in the development of exam questions. This work needs to start from the fourth quarter of 2023.

Yesterday (September 13), the Ministry of Education and Training announced the draft plan for organizing the 2025 high school graduation exam, which is expected to have 4 compulsory subjects and 6 optional subjects. Of which, the 4 compulsory subjects are Math, Literature, Foreign Language, History. Optional subjects include: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Economic and Legal Education, Technology, and Information Technology.

This list of 10 subjects does not include the following subjects: Geography, Music, Fine Arts, Physical Education, Local Education, and Experiential Activities.

This information immediately caused a stir in public opinion when History became a compulsory subject while Geography was removed from the list of subjects. This raised concerns in the admission process of majors closely related to Geography such as: Geography Pedagogy, Geography, Natural Geography, Economic Geography, Environmental Science, Geodetic and Cartographic Engineering...

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