In early April, Foreign Trade University held the first graduation ceremony of 2025 for nearly 1,300 full-time students. Notably, of the total number of graduates this time, 32.4% achieved excellent results, 47% were good. Thus, the total number of students graduating with excellent and excellent results reached nearly 80%.
Previously, at the graduation ceremony at the end of August 2024 of the National Economics University, out of 3,690 graduates, 1,420 students achieved excellent results (accounting for 38.5%), 1,428 students graduated with honors (accounting for 38.7%). The rate of excellent and excellent graduates of the school reached 77.2%.
Or among the 4,934 students graduating from Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics at the end of March 2024, there were 3,013 students graduating with good and excellent grades, accounting for 61.06% of the total number of students.
In many previous graduations at Foreign Trade University, National Economics University, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, the percentage of students graduating with honors and excellent grades was also overwhelming.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Bui Quang Hung, Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics, the reason can be attributed to the quality of input. Students with good input are sensitive, self-studying, creative thinking, and understanding of the volatile economic environment.
In addition, students are closely monitored and advised by academic advisors, guided on their study path as well as prepared with good output standards to graduate on schedule. These have created favorable conditions for students to develop their inherent abilities.
In recent years, the percentage of students achieving excellent and good grades upon graduation is very high. (Illustration photo)
Although it is undeniable that there have been positive changes in training and the qualityof education has improved compared to before, the rate of excellent and good graduates has increased so much that many people are skeptical about the real quality in assessing learners' abilities.
A university lecturer in Hanoi said that there are no regulations on the percentage of excellent and good students at universities. Of course, every university wants a high percentage of excellent and good graduates. Therefore, the inflation of excellent students, which has been common in high school, has now spread to universities. "Nowadays, average and good graduates have become 'rare', while excellent and good graduates have become common," this lecturer commented.
Explaining this situation, she said that the cause comes not only from the leniency in grading but also from the "underground competition" between schools. "If students from other schools all graduate with excellent grades while students from your school are only good or average, it will be disadvantageous in finding a job after graduation. If schools are too strict, students will lose their competitive advantage in the labor market," she analyzed.
According to the female lecturer, many educational institutions are tending to loosen their evaluation, causing the rate of excellent and good students to increase year by year. Some schools even consider raising scores to maintain their brand, in order to create an advantage in enrollment.
Inflation of excellent graduates: Are schools too lenient in training? (Illustration photo)
Dr. Le Viet Khuyen, former Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training), commented that the increasing number of students achieving excellent or good results does not mean that the quality of students has actually increased.
According to him, in schools with selective entrance and high admission scores, the excellent graduation rate can be explained as reasonable. However, in schools with average entrance but the rate of excellent and excellent graduates is unusually high, the evaluation method and scoring method need to be reconsidered.
Dr. Khuyen emphasized that in the past, students graduating with average or good grades were common, but now they have become "rare". He warned that if the criteria and graduation classification rates are not adjusted appropriately, learning outcomes will no longer accurately reflect the quality of training.
“ High achievements do not bring glory to the school. A high rate of excellent graduates does not mean that it will attract more candidates. If the school is lenient in recognizing graduation, it is the students who will suffer the consequences ,” he said.
According to Dr. Khuyen, some universities today deliberately "push" students to achieve excellent results to create a competitive advantage in the labor market. However, he believes that this is a double-edged sword. If students have excellent degrees but their actual abilities are not commensurate, not only will the individual student be undervalued, but the reputation and training quality of the school will also be questioned.
"That is the reason why many graduates today, despite having high degrees, cannot meet job requirements," Dr. Khuyen emphasized.
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