The English test is expected to have not many 10 points.

Evaluating the English exam, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, a teacher at HOCMAI Education System, said that the exam closely followed the structure of the reference exam that the Ministry of Education and Training announced in March 2023: 50 questions with a time limit of 60 minutes. The exam has a low level of differentiation compared to the official exam for the 2022 High School Graduation Exam. The knowledge units asked are mainly in the 12th grade English program, there are no new, strange questions, or extremely difficult questions, closely following the goals of the High School Graduation Exam.

Regarding knowledge content: Like every year, the exam tests knowledge of phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, communication functions, writing skills, reading skills - these are all familiar knowledge to candidates.

Regarding the difficulty of the exam, about 84% of the questions are at the level of recognition and understanding, and the rest are application and high-level application questions. The differentiation of the exam still focuses on vocabulary and inference questions of the reading comprehension passage. Grammar, vocabulary, error finding questions... are familiar knowledge, appearing frequently in the 12th grade high school curriculum, however, questions about idioms are still questions to get high scores (question 17 code 409); advanced vocabulary questions (question 8 code 409); vocabulary error correction questions (question 50 code 409), requiring candidates to have a rich vocabulary and understand many layers of meaning of words. Questions about words in the same semantic field also do not puzzle candidates like previous years' exams.

Reading comprehension with familiar topics about Communication and Work experience. Questions requiring high thinking are still questions about the title of the passage (questions 31 and 36 code 409), and inference questions (question 42). However, these questions are not too difficult, candidates can rely on information in the reading passage combined with the use of elimination methods to still be able to choose the option that is likely to be correct.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Huong, English is the final subject of the high school graduation exam and this is also the subject with the lowest results of all subjects for many consecutive years with the highest rate of below average scores. It is expected that the score distribution this year will be similar to 2022, with many 9+ scores concentrated in the D group of students or those choosing English as a university entrance exam subject, but there will not be many 10 scores.

Essay test scoring needs to be unified to create fairness and objectivity for candidates.

On June 29, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son led a working group to inspect the organization of high school graduation exams in Dong Thap .

Working group No. 2 of the Ministry of Education and Training inspected the organization of the 2023 high school graduation exam at three exam sites: Thien Ho Duong High School, Nguyen Quang Dieu Specialized High School and Do Cong Tuong High School, Cao Lanh City (Dong Thap).

On this occasion, the delegation worked with the Steering Committee for the Dong Thap Provincial Examination. The delegation was received by Mr. Pham Thien Nghia - Chairman of the Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee; Ms. Nguyen Thuy Ha, Director of the Department of Education and Training, and members of the Steering Committee for the 2023 High School Graduation Exam in Dong Thap Province.

Reporting on the organization of the 2023 high school graduation exam in Dong Thap province, Ms. Nguyen Thuy Ha, Director of the Department of Education and Training, said that this year the province arranged 35 exam sites with 685 exam rooms, the number of waiting rooms for candidates to finish the component subjects of the combined exam is 58. The total number of candidates registered to take the exam is 15,230...

TheEducation sector proactively coordinates closely with departments, sectors, organizations, and local authorities as members of the steering committee to ensure security, order, traffic safety, and communication for the exam; Pay attention to fire prevention, natural disasters, epidemic prevention, food safety, healthcare, electricity, water, and other unusual situations...

Mr. Pham Thien Nghia, Chairman of Dong Thap Provincial People's Committee said: The Steering Committee has done a good job of understanding the exam regulations, especially the new points of this year's high school graduation exam. The provincial leaders highly appreciated the organization of the Education sector, which has coordinated very well with other departments and branches, but we must not be negligent or subjective, but need to increase vigilance. All 35 exam sites were inspected in practice to ensure security, order and safety.

Provincial leaders are also very concerned about the psychological issues of students and parents. Units proactively approach, grasp information and promptly support difficult cases, help relieve the exam stress of parents and students, arrange exam locations near home, convenient and pressure-free.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son highly appreciated the attention of provincial leaders to the education sector in general and the organization of high school graduation exams in particular. With the participation of many levels, many parties, many people and a system of documents, plans, specific and clear instructions on assignment, all exam implementation in the province took place safely and smoothly.

In particular, recently, the Provincial Steering Committee has inspected facilities and carefully reviewed conditions to ensure examinations, contributing to the success of the exam.

At the meeting, the Deputy Minister emphasized the role of human in the organization: “No matter how advanced the technology is, the human factor is still the most important. If the candidates and participating staff have skills, awareness and are aware of the harmful effects, mistakes and violations of regulations will certainly be limited.”

To effectively carry out the exam marking work in the coming time and exam supervision in the following years, the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training reminded localities to focus on propaganda, communication and thoroughly understand the importance of the exam, especially the issue of exam security.

Although we have a lot of experience in organizing exams, there are still many situations that have not happened to us. Therefore, the province needs to remind staff to immediately report unexpected situations so that we can have a solution to ensure maximum benefits for candidates.

Regarding the exam marking work, the province needs to review and check the technical software and hardware used for marking the exams, especially paying attention to the consistency of essay marking to create fairness and objectivity for candidates./.

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