Series of candidates with high scores but failed university entrance exams, Ministry of Education and Training takes action

(Dan Tri) - Many candidates are sitting on hot coals because with only 3-5 days left, if they do not receive accurate results to enroll in lower choices, the university door will close to them in the 2025 school year.

Responding to Dan Tri reporters on the evening of August 25, a representative from the Ministry of Education and Training said that this unit had received information from schools, related to many candidates with high scores but not yet admitted to their wishes.

"We will gather to check and review whether the error is from the school, the system or the candidate.

Normally, schools must follow the project. Errors may occur due to incorrect input from the school. There are situations in which the school proposes a model for the enrollment project, but when filtering out fake candidates, it does not follow the project. If there are errors like this, the schools will have to bear the consequences," said this representative.

Previously, just on the afternoon of August 25, Dan Tri newspaper received nearly 30 candidates reporting that despite achieving high scores and meeting the standard score, they failed all of their registered wishes in an inexplicable way.

These candidates all have in common that they applied to Ho Chi Minh City University of Education but due to some error they were not admitted to the school and could not continue with their next wishes.

Candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam (Photo: Phuong Quyen).

This year's entrance exam, Thuy Tien ( Quang Tri ) scored 26.5 points in block C00, registered for Psychology but lacked points. She had extra points to enter Hue University of Education. However, Hue University of Education did not consider Thuy Tien's application because the system reported that she passed her application.

“The child cried, the mother cried, the brothers and sisters eagerly went to the schools to ask for a solution, but the schools all said they could not help her. They had to wait for an official dispatch from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Education and opinions from the Ministry of Education and Training. Please save us!”, Thuy Tien said, bursting into tears.

Le Thu Tra ( Ha Tinh ) had a high school graduation exam score of 24.75 in the A00 group. Tra placed her first choice in Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, with a standard score of 25.94. Thus, Tra failed her first choice. The lookup system of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education also displayed the result "Not admitted".

The female student's score could have been accepted into the lower choices at Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics. However, the school reported that the candidate was not admitted because she had already been accepted into the first choice.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education and Training's system announced that candidates failed all their wishes.

Tra complained to Ho Chi Minh City University of Education but was unsuccessful in contacting her. The female student did not know how to get the school to “release” the failed result to the lower choice to accept her.

Similarly, Pham Van (Gia Lai) had a score of 24.25 for the C00 group, registering her first choice at Ho Chi Minh City University of Education. The standard score for the major Van registered for was 24.1. A friend of Vy's scored 24.1 and was declared passed, but Van was declared failed.

Van registered for a total of 14 choices. She had enough points to pass the admission test for choices 8 and 14, but all the schools said that Van had passed her first choice to Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, so she was not eligible to be admitted to her lower choice.

Many candidates feel like they are sitting on hot coals because they have high scores but fail their wishes in a strange way (Illustration: Hai Long).

These are just some of the nearly 30 candidates who contacted Dan Tri newspaper for help because they had enough points to get into many of their choices but were at risk of failing all schools due to errors in the virtual filtering system and the admission system.

According to an admissions expert at a public university in Ho Chi Minh City, this year, errors in processing applications occurred at many schools. In particular, the expert's unit also received a letter from another school requesting to accept candidates due to errors in the virtual filtering process.

According to Dan Tri reporter, some other universities in Hanoi also have this situation.

Families and candidates are worried as if sitting on hot coals, if they do not receive accurate results to confirm admission to lower choices, the university door this year will be closed to them.

Previously, on August 24, the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training sent a notice to training institutions and departments of education and training with instructions on admission scores.

In particular, the Department emphasized: "For admission announcements, training institutions are requested to clearly state that admission scores are the most important legal basis, and the list attached to the decision can be adjusted if errors are detected."

In order for candidates to confirm their admission, the Ministry of Education and Training requires all training institutions to review the list of successful candidates and upload them to the system.

The Department of Higher Education requires that unqualified candidates absolutely not be posted on the System. Training institutions must be fully responsible for the accuracy and explanation (if any) of this list.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/loat-thi-sinh-diem-cao-nhung-truot-dai-hoc-kho-hieu-bo-gddt-vao-cuoc-20250825221502206.htm