Does this create difficulties for schools?

According to the draft regulations for university admissions in 2025, recently announced by the Ministry of Education and Training , there will be many notable amendments and additions, including changes to the organization of early admissions by educational institutions.

Accordingly, the quota for early admission is determined by the training institution but must not exceed 20% of the quota for each major or group of majors (previously, Circular No. 08 did not stipulate this).

On the other hand, the draft also proposes raising the entrance standards for the fields of Medicine and Education.

Candidates applying for admission to Teacher Training, Medicine, or Dentistry programs must have a GPA of "good" or higher in grades 10-12, instead of just grade 12 as is currently the case.

Specifically, applicants for these majors must have academic results of "good" or higher in all three years of high school, or a graduation exam score of 8 or higher.

Some majors have lower minimum admission requirements, including Physical Education , Music Education, Fine Arts Education, Early Childhood Education (college level), and Nursing, Preventive Medicine, Midwifery, Dental Prosthetics Technology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Medical Imaging Technology, and Rehabilitation Technology. Candidates need to have a GPA of "good" or higher in all three years of high school, or a graduation exam score of 6.5 or higher.

Can some of the drawbacks be mitigated in 2024?

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Cong, a teacher at the High School for Gifted Students affiliated with Hanoi University of Education, believes that the draft includes those contents appropriately.

According to Mr. Cong, candidates applying to teacher training and medical programs in recent years have needed to achieve high exam scores, much higher than the minimum threshold, so naturally their academic transcripts must have high grades. If a student has low grades on their transcript while their graduation exam scores are significantly higher, it is unusual.

"In my opinion, evaluating the process is more comprehensive," Mr. Cong shared.

Associate Professor Dr. Le Huu Lap, former Deputy Director of the Posts and Telecommunications Institute, believes that the proposed 2025 admissions regulations recently announced by the Ministry of Education and Training include many changes regarding the organization of early admissions by training institutions.

According to Mr. Lap, the draft has many advantages, including addressing some of the shortcomings of the 2024 admissions regulations regarding early admissions and limiting the percentage of early admissions for each school and each major.

On the other hand, the draft has tightened the admission process based on academic records, requiring candidates to consider their academic results from all three years of high school, preventing students from neglecting their studies in the final semester.

Furthermore, the admission combinations pay special attention to two important subjects: Mathematics and Literature, with the weight of these subjects accounting for at least one-third of the total three subjects in the admission combination.

Furthermore, the admission scores for all admission methods and combinations are standardized to a single scale, making it easy to compare scores between different admission methods.

However, according to Mr. Lap, the draft still has issues that need to be discussed, such as the regulation that limits admissions to only 20% for early admissions, which will affect enrollment at prestigious schools.

If this regulation is enacted, schools will have to conduct early admissions for 20% of their students, but how will they handle the remaining 80%?

"Schools will recruit based on the results of the high school graduation exam. But I think schools don't want to do that, because the graduation exam questions don't have a high level of differentiation, yet they still recruit 80% of the remaining students."

Furthermore, Mr. Lap added that the draft still allows the use of academic transcripts for admission, which would be unfair. Currently, there is no common standard for academic transcript scores; each institution grades differently, and the grading may not accurately reflect the student's abilities.

Source: https://danviet.vn/siet-xet-tuyen-hoc-ba-chi-tieu-xet-tuyen-som-tu-2025-co-lam-kho-cac-truong-20241124104329687.htm