Completely eliminate early university admission method

The Ministry of Education and Training said it will abolish early admission and make many more changes in the 2025 university entrance exam.

On the afternoon of February 16, speaking with a reporter from the Lao Dong Newspaper, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Director of the Department of Higher Education (DH) - Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), said that the ministry officially "finalized" new points in the Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulations on university and college admissions for preschool education.

Early admission is a big burden

Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training decided to completely eliminate early admission (only direct admission according to regulations) from the 2025 admission season.

Previously, in the draft circular that was widely consulted in November 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training stipulated that early admission would be limited to about 20%. However, after receiving opinions from experts, the Ministry of Education and Training decided to eliminate early admission. Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy said that in the past, universities often reserved too many quotas for early admission, while there was no analysis, basis and scientific evidence to ensure fairness between methods and combinations of admission to a training major.

Candidates learn about admission information to Banking University of Ho Chi Minh City in 2025. Photo: HUY LAN

During the process of collecting comments, the Ministry of Education and Training received many responses and suggestions from experts that early admission should not be organized. Because all candidates' wishes must eventually be entered into the general admission support system of the Ministry of Education and Training; candidates are only admitted to the only wish, the highest possible within their capacity, regardless of whether they participate in early admission or not.

In addition, early admission puts a burden on schools in terms of resources. This is also a burden on candidates who have to submit their applications to many different schools to increase their chances, even though that opportunity is still available to them in the general admission round, when the number of wishes is unlimited.

Another important change is that if candidates use their high school academic results (report cards) for admission, they must use the results of the entire 12th grade year, instead of using the scores of 3-5 semesters as before. Explaining this decision, the representative of the Ministry of Education and Training said that the important reason is to ensure that candidates do not neglect their studies in 12th grade, especially in the second semester. They still have to complete their studies well to have a good overall score before taking the high school graduation exam.

Many important changes

Candidates should also note another new point: from the 2025 admission season, training institutions must convert the equivalent admission scores between admission methods and admission combinations. Schools can convert the results of foreign language certificates (according to the list of the High School Graduation Exam Regulations) into foreign language scores for admission consideration.

In addition, each candidate's bonus points do not exceed 10% of the maximum score (this bonus point is after adding regional and subject priority points). At the same time, the candidate's total admission score does not exceed the maximum score.

In the new regulations, the Ministry of Education and Training also removed the requirement that each major/training program only have a maximum of 4 admission combinations. Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy said that according to the upcoming regulations on university and college admissions for preschool education, from 2026, common subjects between admission combinations will account for at least 50% of the admission score.

Regarding the changes in the admission and passing scores of candidates, which must be converted to equivalent scores between the admission methods and combinations, and schools will take scores from high to low, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy said that this is to ensure fairness between the admission methods and combinations. According to the Director of the Department of Higher Education, the purpose is for schools to select successful candidates based on their abilities, qualities, and skills. The better candidates will be admitted first, regardless of the quota of any specific method.

Regarding the regulations on the threshold to ensure input quality in the fields of education and health, Ms. Nguyen Thu Thuy said that they remain the same as the current regulations and have not changed.

Online talkshow: New points in 2025 enrollment

In order to help candidates and parents understand the important changes in the 2025 university and college entrance exams, at 2:00 p.m. on February 18, the Newspaper Nguoi Lao Dong organized an online talk show with the theme "New points in university and college entrance exams 2025". This is the kick-off activity for the 24th "Bringing schools to candidates" program series - 2025 of the newspaper.

Participating in the program were: Dr. Nguyen Quoc Chinh, Director of the Center for Testing and Training Quality Assurance - Ho Chi Minh City National University; Dr. Tran Dinh Ly, Vice Principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry; Dr. Le Trung Dao, Vice Principal of the University of Finance and Marketing; Dr. Tran Thanh Thuong, Head of Admissions and Student Affairs Department - Ho Chi Minh City University of Technical Education.

The program will inform about new points in the 2025 University and College Admission Regulations; about the capacity assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City National University; important changes in the admission plans of schools...

Right now, candidates can ask questions at nld.com.vn to get answers.

H.Lan

Source: https://nld.com.vn/bo-han-phuong-thuc-xet-tuyen-dai-hoc-som-196250216202538489.htm