New method ensures candidates' rights

TP - The Ministry of Education and Training requires universities to use the percentile table (a type of exam score ranking) that the Ministry will soon announce when converting scores and determining benchmark scores between groups. This is to ensure fairness for candidates. Educational institutions that use percentiles that are not in the Ministry's framework or do not use them will have to explain.

Candidates learn about registration information for 2025. Photo: NHU Y

Percentile method

According to the reporter, at the 2025 Choice Day, many parents and candidates were concerned about the difference in scores between the subjects in this year's high school graduation exam. With low scores in Math and English, candidates using the D01 (Math, Literature, English) or D07 (Math, Chemistry, English) combination will be at a disadvantage compared to candidates using other combinations.

Some parents said that many majors of Hanoi Capital University and Thai Nguyen University of Education simultaneously recruit groups D01, A01 (Math, Physics, English), and group C includes groups such as C00 (Literature, History, Geography), C07 (Literature, Physics, History). This year, the average score of group C is 2-3 points higher than other groups, so how can they "compete"?

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Tien Thao, Director of the Department of Higher Education ( Ministry of Education and Training ) said that this year, the difference compared to previous years is that the admission scores will be converted to the same scale between the admission methods and use the percentile method to convert as well as determine the level of similarity between the combinations to ensure maximum fairness for candidates.

Thus, a training major can be recruited using many combinations and many methods, but the difference in scores between the combinations will be adjusted according to the percentile method.

According to Mr. Thao, up to this point, there has been no admissions and many schools have not announced the percentile scores. Schools that use two or more combinations to admit students to a major without using the percentile method will have to explain.

Parents and candidates do not need to worry, because schools must adjust according to the percentile method to ensure the rights of candidates.

Mr. Thao predicts that this year there will be changes in benchmark scores in various majors and universities because the combined scores of the high school graduation exam have fluctuated compared to last year.

The Ministry of Education and Training will announce the percentile table on July 21 for schools to refer to and implement. It will then announce the threshold to ensure input quality for the health and teacher training sectors.

Large difference

Colonel Do Thanh Tam, Secretary of the Military Admissions Board, Ministry of National Defense , said that according to the admission regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training in 2025, schools are not allowed to divide their quotas according to each method or combination of admissions. Military schools will also comply with this regulation.

When considering admission, if a school uses many different admission methods and combinations, military schools can determine the score difference between the combinations to ensure fairness when candidates have equivalent admission scores.

In 2025, if a military school uses many admission combinations but in the combinations there are two common subjects, a common standard score will be used for all combinations. Mr. Tam informed that 3 schools in the military are expected to have a difference in scores, including the Border Guard Academy (between combination C00, combination A01), the Political Officer School (between combination A00 and combination C00, combination D01), and the College of Cryptography Engineering (between combination A00, combination A01, combination D01).

The remaining 17 military schools will mostly use only one common benchmark because the admission combinations have up to 2 common subjects, for example, the Military Technical Academy uses 3 combinations, including: Math, Physics, Chemistry; Math, Physics, English and Math, Physics, Informatics.

The Institute of Digital Training and Testing, Hanoi National University, has just announced the equivalence percentile table between the competency assessment test scores (HAS) organized by this University and the high school graduation exam scores of the groups A00 (Math, Physics, Chemistry), B00 (Math, Chemistry, Biology), C00, D01 in 2025.

Accordingly, 130 HSA points are equivalent to 30/30 points of A00 combination; 29.5/30 points of C00, B00 combination and 27.75/30 points of D01 combination.

Thus, after using the percentile table, it can be seen that the score distribution has a significant difference between the combinations. For example, the ability of a candidate who achieves a score of 30/30 in combination A00 is equivalent to that of a candidate who takes the exam well in combination D01 with 27.75 points (a difference of 2.25 points).

This conversion table helps higher education institutions refer to and use in university admissions or build equivalent conversion tables suitable for each school's admission requirements.

Hanoi University of Science and Technology announced that the groups A00, A01, A02, B00, D07, D26, D28, D29 and K01 will be 0.5 points higher than the groups D01, D04 when determining the benchmark scores of the two majors: engineering and science, education, economics and languages.

Candidates only need 3 clicks

Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Duy Hai, Head of Admissions and Career Guidance Department of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, said that when registering their wishes on the admission system of the Ministry of Education and Training, candidates only need to click the mouse three times. The first is to arrange the order of wishes according to their level of interest and desire. The second is to choose a school. The third is to choose a major (for each wish).

Even if there is no early admission, candidates do not need to register for a combination or an admission method. The admission system automatically selects the combination/method that is most beneficial for the candidate. The general admission system only displays data such as high school graduation exam scores, academic transcripts, and foreign language certificates of the candidate.

Other data such as aptitude test scores, thinking test scores... exist in the school's admission system and the schools are responsible for processing and selecting candidates when filtering out fake candidates.

Source: https://tienphong.vn/phuong-phap-moi-dam-bao-quyen-loi-cho-thi-sinh-post1762005.tpo