Retake the same program as studied

anhbaitren(1).jpg — Candidates taking the 2023 high school graduation exam in Hanoi . Photo: Quang Vinh.

Accordingly, from 2025, students who have not passed the high school graduation exam in 2024 and previous years will be given graduation exams based on the generaleducation program they have learned, in the spirit of ensuring full rights of students. This content will be included in the transitional provisions of the Circular promulgating the Regulations on High School Graduation Exams from 2025.

The 2024 high school graduation exam is the last graduation exam according to the 2006 General Education Program. 2025 is the first high school graduation exam of the 2018 General Education Program. Therefore, students preparing to take the 2024 high school graduation exam are very worried that if they fail the graduation exam, they will have to retake the exam in 2025 according to the exam questions of the 2018 General Education Program, while they have studied for 12 years according to the textbooks of the 2006 General Education Program.

Previously, at the end of 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the decision on the high school graduation exam plan from 2025. Candidates will take 4 subjects with 2 compulsory subjects and 2 optional subjects. Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong affirmed that the "unchangeable" principle is to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of students. For students who fail the graduation exam of the 2006 General Education Program, the Ministry of Education and Training will study organizing the exam in the same year 2025 but with 2 different exam programs. One exam content is according to the 2018 General Education Program, the remaining exam content is according to the 2006 General Education Program.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Director of the Department of Quality Management (Ministry of Education and Training), the general principle is that students will take exams according to the program they study. Therefore, students can be completely assured that they will not have to study according to the 2006 General Education Program but will have to take exams according to the 2018 General Education Program.

In response to the concerns of many candidates about the content and program of the 2024 high school graduation exam, Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong - Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training said that the structure of this year's exam will not be changed because this is the final year of the exam according to the 2006 general education program. Keeping the structure stable is to avoid disruption so that students can feel secure. However, according to Mr. Chuong, the 2024 graduation exam will have some points that need to be noted. Specifically, some application questions will be more practical and have higher differentiation to help universities differentiate candidates in addition to graduation exams and can be used for university admissions. There are some questions that are gradually approaching the assessment of capacity and aiming for the 2025 high school graduation exam.

Candidates should note that the high school graduation exam must achieve 3 goals: To consider graduation, the school evaluates the teaching and learning process in 3 years and can use those results to consider university, college and vocational school admissions. In recent years, nearly 60% have used the results of the high school graduation exam to consider university and college admissions. The Department of Quality Management is advising the Ministry of Education and Training to continue using the high school graduation exam results as a basis for considering university admissions in the direction of autonomy for educational institutions.

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The Ministry of Education and Training will study the roadmap and criteria for building a common library/test bank when conditions are met to decentralize to localities and educational institutions to organize output quality assessment exams at high school level instead of the current method of a national exam organized in the same location.

Regarding the roadmap for high school graduation exams according to the new general education program, from 2025 to 2030, the paper-based exam method will be maintained. After 2030, the computer-based exam will be gradually piloted for multiple-choice subjects in localities that meet the conditions (can combine paper-based and computer-based exams). When all localities nationwide meet the conditions, the high school graduation exam will be switched to computer-based for all multiple-choice subjects.

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