What if the exam follows the program and not the textbook?

According to Mr. Thanh, this is also the spirit of a program to develop qualities and abilities. However, the fact that the Ministry of Education and Training has not yet provided a specific exam plan or sample questions for the 2025 high school graduation exam has made schools very impatient and feel like they are teaching in… confusion.

Ms. Pham Thai Le, a teacher at Marie Curie Secondary and High School (Hanoi), said that currently, the 10th grade exam, high school graduation exam, and university entrance exam under the new program have not yet taken place, so what makes schools most nervous is how the exam will be. What the exam questions will be like is still a mystery. The mentality of studying what you take on the exam still exists, and if the exam is not in the spirit of innovation and does not stray from the model text, it will be very difficult for teachers and schools to innovate teaching and learning.

The new point of the 2018 General Education Program is the diversification of methods, content and forms of testing. In the photo, students of Nguyen Du Secondary School (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) take a math test via a phone application.

Ms. Le Tue Minh, President of the Edison Education System Council, pointed out that the biggest difference in testing and assessment of the new 2018 Program is the diversification of methods, content and forms of testing to assess the entire capacity, skills and qualities of learners instead of just testing the memorization and reproduction of specific knowledge. Instead of relying solely on multiple choice or written tests, there can be additional forms of practical tests, projects, presentations and other practical activities to measure students' ability to apply knowledge to reality. Questions are aimed at applying knowledge to solve life problems rather than simply memorizing ability.

"However, because up to now, there has not been any actual exam for the next level or the final level of graduation under the new 2018 program, the exam model under the new 2018 program is still a question mark for both schools and students, and parents, so information about textbooks makes the whole society even more worried," Ms. Minh stated the reality.

Ms. To Lan Huong, a teacher at Nguyen Sieu Secondary and High School (Hanoi), also hopes that the Ministry of Education and Training will soon have a draft or direction on evaluating the output of the subject, so that teachers in the classroom will be more confident and steady in the methods they are doing.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhiep, Principal of Chu Van An High School (Hanoi), further emphasized: "If we want schools and teachers to change their teaching methods, testing and evaluation, and change the habit of depending on textbooks, the innovation of exams needs to be stronger, for example, the transfer exams, high school graduation exams... The new program has gone through nearly half of the second year at the high school level, but the Ministry has not announced the high school graduation exam plan from 2025, which is a difficulty for schools when implementing innovation goals."

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