Nearly 47,000 students registered for exemption from the High School Graduation Foreign Language Exam

With more than one million candidates taking the high school graduation exam, the number of candidates exempted from the foreign language exam accounts for about 4.5%. Some localities have a large number of candidates in this category, such as Hanoi (nearly 16,000) and Ho Chi Minh City (nearly 10,000).

According to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training , candidates exempted from the Foreign Language exam will be given 10 points for this subject in the consideration of high school graduation recognition if they have a valid foreign language certificate, valid until June 27. For English, candidates need an IELTS certificate of 4.0 or higher.

Other foreign language certificates that help candidates be exempted from the exam are as follows:

TT	Foreign language	Certificate of satisfaction minimum requirement	Certification body
1	English	- TOEFL ITP 450 points - TOEFL iBT 45 points	Educational Testing Service (ETS)
		IELTS 4.0 points	- British Council (BC) - International Development Program (IDP)
2	Russian	TORFL level 1 (Previously) сертификационный traffic - TRKI-1)	Russian Center of Science and Culture in Hanoi (The Russian center of science and culture in Hanoi)
3	French	- TCF (300-400 points) - DELF B1	Center for International Pedagogical Research (Centre International d'Etudes Pedagogical - CIEP)
4	Chinese	- HSK level 3 - TOCFL level 3	- China Foreign Language Office (Han Ban); The National Committee for the Test of Proficiency in Chinese; Confucius Institute Headquarters (China); - Working Committee for the Promotion of the National Chinese Proficiency Test (Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency – Huayu)
		- HSK level 3	Center for Language Education and Cooperation
5	German	- Goethe-Technical Certificate B1 - German Sprachdiplom (DSD) B1 - Test B1	German Board of Secondary Education in Germany outside (ZfA)
6	Japanese	JLPT level N3	Japan Foundation Foundation)

A few days ago, thousands of parents and candidates were confused when they learned that the Department of Quality Management of the Ministry of Education and Training did not accept exemption from the Foreign Language test if the certificate was issued after September 10, 2022. This was the time when many units organizing IELTS exams and issuing certificates in Vietnam had not been licensed by the Ministry.

After receiving backlash, on June 15, the Ministry issued a document accepting exemption from the exam for these candidates to "ensure the legitimate rights of learners".

Candidates taking the 2022 high school graduation exam in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Quynh Tran

The conversion from 4.0 IELTS to a 10 in Foreign Language graduation has previously caused controversy. Many experts say the conversion is reasonable, based on the 6-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework for Vietnam, but many teachers say it is unreasonable because the nature of the graduation exam and IELTS are different.

However, most agree that it is rare for candidates to take the IELTS test to get a 4.0 to be exempted from the graduation exam, most of which are used for university admission and studying abroad. Currently, about 100 schools use international language certificates for admission, by converting scores and combining them with high school transcripts. Usually, schools require IELTS 5.5 or higher.

Duong Tam

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