(Dan Tri Newspaper) - According to representatives from several schools, with the current high rate of inflated enrollment figures, the draft regulation by the Ministry of Education and Training to restrict early admissions to no more than 20% of the total quota is causing difficulties for schools in student recruitment.
Tightening the deadline for early admissions: Reducing chaos.
According to the draft regulations for university admissions in 2025, recently released by the Ministry of Education and Training for public comment, there are several new points regarding early admissions.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) proposed that the quota for early admissions should not exceed 20% of the total quota, and schools are not allowed to call more than this number.
All admission methods must be converted to a common scoring scale. The admission score through the early admission method must not be lower than the cutoff score based on the 2025 high school graduation exam results.
Universities still have autonomy in their admission methods. However, specifically for the method of considering academic transcripts, the Ministry requires academic results for the entire 12th grade year, and a combined score of at least three compulsory subjects, including mathematics and literature.
Tightening the enrollment period is appropriate and helps reduce chaos (Photo: Manh Quan).
Therefore, if this regulation is passed, universities using the academic transcript-based admission method will no longer be able to announce the admission cutoff scores early before May as they do now.
Responding to a reporter from Dan Tri newspaper , Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Vice Rector of Hanoi University, stated that the university always fully complies with the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Training in the admissions process.
At the same time, the school maintains a stable admissions policy to ensure high quality and will adjust it accordingly when the Ministry of Education and Training issues new requirements.
For the 2025 admissions plan of Hanoi University, the institution plans to maintain three stable methods: direct admission, early admission, and admission based on high school graduation exam scores.
According to Dr. Dung, the decision not to allow universities to announce early admissions before May 31st is entirely reasonable because that time is too early, and students may not yet know their high school graduation results.
With that in mind, every year the school advocates for a combined admissions process (also known as early admissions) after students take the high school graduation exam, giving them an additional option besides relying solely on their high school graduation exam scores.
Meanwhile, a leader at the Academy of Finance argued that the regulation has a positive aspect: if admissions are conducted too early (before May), it would be unfair to candidates. Therefore, the Ministry's decision to tighten the timeframe is appropriate.
Not exceeding 20% of the target: How to filter out fraudulent applications?
However, according to this leader, imposing a quota of no more than 20% would create difficulties for many universities.
According to him, the rate of fake applications at schools is quite high nowadays because a student often submits early applications to many schools.
Therefore, many schools have to call a higher number of candidates to eliminate fake applications, and some even have to call double the number of candidates to "compensate" for the possibility of fraud.
Candidates taking the aptitude test for admission to Hanoi Pedagogical University (Photo: My Ha).
For example, at the Academy of Finance, the school initially calls about 80% of the applicants. When it comes to the official selection process, about 50% are rejected, leaving approximately 30%, which is just enough.
"A school might have around 1,000 enrollment slots, but to compensate for the 'ghost' enrollment, they have to call about 1,200 students. After deducting those who drop out, only about 800 remain, which is just enough," this leader explained.
Regarding the regulation requiring early admission scores not to be lower than the Ministry's general admission cutoff score, the leader of the Academy of Finance believes that if applied to the teacher training and medical fields, it would be very appropriate and he fully supports it because the teacher training field influences many generations. If the cutoff score is low, the quality of incoming students will not be high, which will have a significant impact on future generations.
However, this expert argues that applying this regulation to all fields is unreasonable, because each field has different requirements and requires different scores to meet certain entrance requirements; therefore, a uniform approach would be inappropriate.
Regarding the requirement to use the full-year 12th-grade grades when evaluating academic transcripts, instead of using grades from 3-5 semesters as currently, some admissions experts highly appreciate it.
A representative from a major university specializing in economics stated that the draft has several positive points.
For example, tightening the deadline for early admissions, prohibiting them from taking place before May, is entirely appropriate. Admissions would be conducted before students have completed their 12th grade program, causing disruption and unfairness.
For this school, last year they applied to early admissions for about 50% of the time, mainly using aptitude test results, and not considering academic transcripts.
However, if the Ministry of Education and Training makes any changes, the school will transfer the quota from this admission method to another method without being affected.
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