Does the education industry need its own exam?

Additional benchmark for pedagogy is nearly 29 points

In 2024, although the number of candidates applying for the pedagogical major has increased sharply and the benchmark scores are sky-high, many universities are still considering additional admissions, including majors with additional admission scores of up to 28.58 points.

Exam invigilators check candidate information before entering the high school graduation exam room.

Hong Duc University ( Thanh Hoa ) is recruiting 31 additional majors, including 6 Pedagogy majors. The History - Geography Pedagogy major has a minimum admission score of 28.58 points with 2 quotas.

Some other Pedagogical majors of the school also have high additional admission floor scores such as Primary Education 28.42 points; Mathematics Pedagogy 26.28 points; Preschool Education 26.2 points; Natural Science Pedagogy 25.75 points.

Tay Bac University is recruiting 8 additional pedagogical majors. Of which, the highest is Literature Pedagogy with the minimum admission score of 28.11 points; followed by History Pedagogy with 28 points; Geography Pedagogy with 27.96 points.

Hue University of Education recruits 110 additional students by 3 methods: considering academic transcripts, 2024 high school graduation exam scores and using competency assessment test results.

With the method of considering high school graduation exam scores, the school recruits 68 quotas, the floor score ranges from 19 to 27.37 points. In which, History - Geography Pedagogy is the highest with the score to receive applications based on high school graduation exam scores from 27.37; high school transcript scores from 26.8. Details are as follows:

Quang Nam University is recruiting 3 additional Pedagogy majors, each major has 1-4 quotas. The highest major is Literature Pedagogy with 25.74 points.

The trend of increasing private exams

While many universities are recruiting additional pedagogical majors, Hanoi Pedagogical University 2 has just announced that it plans to organize an aptitude test for admission from 2025.

The school representative said that the school is currently in the process of building and completing the project to organize this exam. It is expected that it will be a competency-based exam.

Previously, Hanoi National University of Education and Ho Chi Minh City National University of Education organized their own exams along with other admission methods. Of which, the 2024 competency assessment exam organized by Hanoi National University of Education has 9 universities recognizing and using the results for university admission.

Not only in the education sector, currently the whole country has more than 10 units and universities that organize their own entrance exams.

Separate exams are considered to create more opportunities for candidates to apply for university. This is also considered a general trend, however, many opinions say that the rapid increase of separate exams increases the pressure on candidates. Many students are confused in choosing which exams to take to achieve high results.

Talking to reporters of Dai Doan Ket Newspaper about this issue, Associate Professor Dr. Nghiem Dinh Vy - former Principal of Hanoi Pedagogical University said that there should not be too many separate entrance exams in the near future.

In the past few admission seasons, the recruitment of teachers has improved a lot when the admission scores are higher than many other training majors. This is a good thing, but according to Associate Professor Dr. Nghiem Dinh Vy, the admission scores do not reflect the actual quality of the input because the high scores depend on many factors.

Instead of each school organizing its own exam, Associate Professor Dr. Nghiem Dinh Vy said: "Schools should join together, organize a separate exam by cluster, by each industry, to create consistency in admission. Thus, the separate exam will have a rich question bank, creating fairness and quality."

Currently, there are more than 10 units and universities nationwide that organize their own entrance exams. Among them, the aptitude tests of Hanoi National University, Ho Chi Minh City National University and the thinking test of Hanoi University of Science and Technology attract many candidates and many universities use the test results for admission.

In the pedagogical sector, the competency assessment exam of Hanoi National University of Education and Ho Chi Minh City National University of Education is recognized by many schools and the results are used for university admission.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/nganh-su-pham-co-can-ky-thi-rieng-10290111.html