Important notes for the 2025-2026 national excellent student exam

(Dan Tri) - The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued a document guiding the national high school excellent student exam for the 2025-2026 school year, including notes on special subjects and exam sections.

The national exam for excellent high school students for the 2025-2026 school year will take place on December 25-26 with exams in math, physics, chemistry, biology, literature, history, geography, English, Russian, French, Chinese, Japanese and computer programming for information technology.

In particular, the Ministry of Education and Training issued specific instructions on the preparation and organization of IT exams and speaking exams in foreign languages.

Specifically, for the IT subject, the computer in the exam room must be installed with Microsoft Windows or Linux operating system; programming environment Free Pascal/Lazarus, Code Block/Dev- C++, Python and other equivalent environments; CD burning software.

Vo Nguyen My An, a student at Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted - the first prize winner and valedictorian of the English subject in the 2023 national excellent student exam (Photo: Quang Ninh).

Invigilators must manage CDs like exam papers, and only issue new, intact-packaged CDs to candidates.

Candidates must write full personal information and the number of pages to print the test on the first page, the following pages only write the registration number; on the CD, write the registration number, exam date and signature, do not write any other signs.

For the organization of speaking exams in foreign languages, there are some specific requirements regarding exam rooms, equipment and invigilator duties, such as each foreign language subject has its own exam room and 3 invigilators are arranged (2 in the room, 1 outside the room).

In addition, each council has 2 waiting rooms including waiting room 1 for candidates before the exam, waiting room 2 for candidates after completing the exam; each waiting room has 2 invigilators.

Exam rooms and waiting rooms are arranged separately to avoid affecting other subjects and to facilitate candidates' movement.

Each exam room has 2 computers (1 main, 1 backup) installed with the speaking test software of the Ministry of Education and Training, with a stable and continuous Internet connection to the Ministry's server throughout the exam period.

Before the exam, the invigilator checks the network connection, system time, receives and signs for scratch paper, CD/DVD, and exam questions.

During the exam, the invigilator calls candidates according to the list, checks the exam card, supervises the test taking process, prints and signs the CD containing the exam, and guides candidates to sign the exam receipt.

Invigilators outside the exam room monitor all activities, ensuring candidates move according to procedures and do not come into contact with others.

The invigilator in the waiting room is responsible for managing, maintaining order and guiding candidates; the invigilator outside the waiting room supervises all activities, including candidates entering and leaving the room.

When recording the test, candidates must read the test code and question content loudly and clearly before answering. However, candidates should note that they should not state their full name, registration number or personal information and should not make any noise to mark the test. Candidates who violate the regulations will be considered to have violated the regulations.

Invigilators in the exam room must not make any noise while the system is recording.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/giao-duc/luu-y-quan-trong-o-ky-thi-hoc-sinh-gioi-quoc-gia-2025-2026-20251110174630555.htm