The entire political system has been mobilized: from organizing exam review sessions, mock exams, providing free accommodation and meals to invigilation, testing and supervision. More than 1.16 million candidates have taken the exam, an increase of nearly 100,000 compared to 2024.
The organization was noted as “serious, in accordance with regulations, friendly, and safe”. This is an exam that the Ministry of Education and Training has prepared carefully, on a large scale, and responsibly - as stated in the official report on June 27, 2025.
Relevant departments and agencies actively coordinated to support and create the best conditions for candidates to take the exam. Many localities organized free accommodation support for students to review and take the exam in accordance with the Prime Minister's direction with the motto "no student has to drop out of the exam due to economic or travel difficulties".
All candidates, including those who are sick and cannot write their own papers, are given the opportunity to take the exam. For example, at the Kon Tum Provincial Examination Council, a candidate who had an accident and could not write the paper was arranged by the Examination Council to write the paper and fully implemented the regulations to ensure a safe and serious exam. Relevant departments and agencies actively coordinated to support and create the best conditions for candidates to take the exam.
However, along with those successes, from another perspective, there were also surprises and concerns. Many students were bewildered because the exam questions went beyond what they had practiced; and parents were somewhat worried.
Dang Tung Son, a 12th grade English major student (Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Nam Dinh, who won first prize in the National Excellent Student English Contest for the 2023-2024 school year, when Tung Son was in 11th grade and took the exam with 12th grade students; 8.5 IELTS), shared: "With an average test, it would take me about 20 to 30 minutes to solve, but with this test, I needed twice as much time to complete it. Because the material and vocabulary of the test were much more difficult than when I reviewed it. Many of my friends had difficulty with the English test, especially when they had to solve the test in an exam-pressured environment. Although I myself did not lack time, I think the 50-minute limit will be a big challenge for most candidates."
Similarly, with the Math or Literature exams, many students said they had difficulty because the exams were too long, required a lot of practical knowledge, and were not related to the exams they had practiced.
Many students, although surprised by the interdisciplinary format, still put their heart and soul into completing the test. Perhaps, between these two streams of emotions, one can see a point of intersection: the education sector is striving for innovation and 12th graders are also trying their best.
In fact, to do well in the Literature exam, students need to have understanding and update their knowledge of social reality to apply to the exam - a way of thinking that is still very new to most schools, especially in areas that lack conditions for teaching and learning in a consistent manner according to the 2018 General Education Program.
To be fair, this year's exam is the first step, so it is difficult to avoid confusion and pressure, especially in the roadmap for fundamental and comprehensive educational innovation in the spirit of Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW.
Many teachers believe that this year's exam not only tests knowledge, but is also an unexpected "psychological test".
2K7 is a generation of students with many disadvantages: 3 years of high school started with a pandemic, online learning lasted for a long time, curriculum changes, exam methods were innovated... In a sense, the exam questions were not as expected, the confusion, newness, surprise, those feelings of loss and incompleteness in the exam were the beginning of maturity.
The final exam reflects only a short stage of the learning journey, what is important is that students are ready like mountain climbers who always try their best to continue conquering new peaks. That is a quality that every school needs to nurture.
Source: https://nhandan.vn/dau-an-ky-thi-tot-nghiep-trung-hoc-pho-thong-post891292.html
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