Several new points to note for candidates.

On the afternoon of December 24th, the Ministry of Education and Training announced that Circular No. 24/2024/TT-BGDĐT on the Regulations for the High School Graduation Examination from 2025 onwards has been officially issued.

In preparation for the High School Graduation Examination from 2025 onwards, under the 2018 General Education Program, which differs in its focus on assessing students' competencies rather than knowledge and skills as in previous examinations, the Ministry of Education and Training has been actively preparing early, proactively, and thoroughly.

The Prime Minister issued Directive No. 37/CT-TTg on October 7, 2024, to strengthen the direction, coordination, and organization of the 2025 high school graduation exam and university and vocational education admissions.

Students taking the high school graduation exam in Hanoi . Photo: Tao Nga

The Ministry of Education and Training has meticulously prepared and announced the plan for the high school graduation exam starting in 2025 as early as the end of 2023; it has issued the exam structure format and sample exam papers for all subjects in the graduation exam, aiming to assess students' abilities; it has trained teachers nationwide on question design and exam organization, and provided technical training to localities; and it has intensified widespread testing of the application of information technology in all stages of the exam, etc.

To establish a legal framework for organizing the High School Graduation Examination, which aims to assess teaching and learning on a nationwide scale and serve the purpose of university and college admissions, the Ministry of Education and Training has developed, widely consulted, and officially issued Circular No. 24/2024/TT-BGDĐT dated December 24, 2024, on the Regulations for the High School Graduation Examination from 2025.

The newly issued regulations, in addition to inheriting the content of regulations that have been implemented smoothly and stably in recent years, especially in 2023 and 2024, have the following noteworthy new points:

1. The exam will be organized into three sessions: one session for Literature, one session for Mathematics, and one session for an elective subject. Candidates will be arranged according to their chosen elective subject combination to optimize exam rooms and scores.

Compared to previous years, the exam has been reduced by one session and two subjects, thereby reducing pressure and social costs while still ensuring the quality of the exam.

2. A combination of coursework assessment scores (transcript) and exam results will be used in the graduation recognition process, with a 50-50 weighting. The average transcript score for all years will be calculated using a weighting system.

Increasing the proportion of continuous assessment scores (report cards) from 30% to 50% aims to more accurately assess students' abilities according to the 2018 General Education Program (including many other abilities not fully assessed by the graduation exam). In addition, report cards from grades 10 and 11 are now also used (with a smaller weighting than grade 12) instead of only grade 12 as before. This change is intended to promote teaching and learning from the moment students enter high school.

3. Foreign language certificates will continue to be used for exemption from exams in graduation recognition, but they will no longer be converted to a score of 10 in graduation recognition as before; the graduation score calculation formula will not include foreign language points in this case.

This method continues to encourage foreign language learning but aims for greater fairness in graduation assessment. For example, previously, students with an IELTS score of 4.0 were also converted to a score of 10, the same as students with an IELTS score of 8.5.

4. Regarding bonus points: No bonus points will be awarded for vocational certificates for all candidates; bonus points will also be awarded for computer skills certificates, foreign language certificates, and vocational secondary school diplomas for candidates from Continuing Education programs.

This content aims to align with the 2018 General Education Program, while also creating equality by awarding the same diploma to students graduating from both formal and continuing education programs.

5. Allow foreign candidates to use their Vietnamese language certificates to be exempt from the Literature exam in the high school graduation recognition process.

This content aims to facilitate the graduation recognition process for foreigners studying general education programs in Vietnam, while still ensuring a basic understanding of Literature through classroom learning and taking exams to obtain Vietnamese language certificates.

6. For the first time in the High School Graduation Examination, an additional method of transporting exam papers from the exam paper drafting committee's location to the printing and copying points in all 63 provinces and cities has been added via the encrypted and secure transmission system of the Government Cipher Committee.

"This is a significant step forward in applying technology to key stages of the exam organization process. This new method of transporting exam papers helps to deliver original exam papers quickly and promptly, reducing the time and personnel required for transporting exam papers compared to the traditional method; at the same time, it is also an early, proactive, and important step in implementing the exam plan according to the announced roadmap for transitioning from paper-based to computer-based exams," the Ministry of Education and Training assessed.

Source: https://danviet.vn/chinh-thuc-ban-hanh-quy-che-thi-tot-nghiep-thpt-tu-nam-2025-nhieu-diem-moi-thi-sinh-luu-y-20241224172709318.htm