On the afternoon of June 18, concluding the National Online Conference on the organization of the 2025 High School Graduation Exam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh noted that the exam takes place at a historic time in the country, and ministries, branches, localities and related entities must organize the exam well, ensuring the process of "real learning, real testing, real assessment, real quality."
The biggest exam ever
The 2025 High School Graduation Exam is the first exam for students studying under the 2018 GeneralEducation Program, while still ensuring the exam for students studying under the 2006 General Education Program who have not graduated or need to retake the exam for university admission.
This is the largest exam ever, with the participation of more than 1.1 million candidates across 63 provinces and cities, held at 2,493 exam locations with more than 50,000 exam rooms.
It is expected that about 200,000 personnel will be mobilized to participate in the organization of the exam, such as officials, teachers in the education sector, police, military, medical , electricity forces, etc. The Government and the Prime Minister have closely directed and promptly issued many telegrams and directives on the preparation and organization of the exam.
Reporting at the conference, leaders of ministries, branches and localities said that, implementing the Prime Minister's directives and telegrams, central ministries, branches and localities have promoted their sense of responsibility and proactively directed and organized related activities. Preparations for the exam have been actively and proactively implemented.
The Ministry of Education and Training has promptly issued regulations and plans for organizing the exam, as well as directives and instructions for localities on exam preparation and organization. Provinces and centrally-run cities have seriously deployed and implemented the directives and instructions of the Prime Minister and the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Training.
The Ministry of Public Security closely coordinates in ensuring security and safety for the exam, especially checking the security and safety of the software system and exam venues, and transporting exam papers/test papers. The Ministry of Health ensures medical work and disease prevention. The Government Cipher Committee ensures information security and data confidentiality. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union supports volunteer work and exam season support.
Up to now, the Ministry of Education and Training, together with the Boards, Ministries, branches and localities, have coordinated to fully, safely and properly prepare for all stages of the Exam, from improving the capacity of teachers and experts in creating exam questions, building software systems and facilities to serve the exam, strongly applying digital transformation and information technology in all stages of the exam, carefully preparing the stages and procedures for creating questions, plans for transporting exam questions, training officials participating in the exam, facilities, inspection, testing and communication...
Concluding the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Resolution 29/NQ-TW of the Central Committee on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training requires: "Innovating the method of examination and recognition of high school graduation in the direction of reducing pressure and costs for society while still ensuring reliability, honesty, and correct assessment of students' abilities, as a basis for vocational education and university education enrollment."
Reiterating the importance of the high school graduation exam, the Prime Minister emphasized that the exam took place in a very special context, when the whole country was reorganizing the apparatus and organizing local governments at two levels, requiring smooth and close coordination between the education sector and all levels, sectors, and localities, and the participation of the entire political system to organize the exam to ensure seriousness, fairness, efficiency, and practicality.
The Government, the Prime Minister, and Deputy Prime Ministers have given many strong and close instructions on the preparation and organization of the exam; the Ministry of Education and Training, ministries, branches, and localities have strictly implemented it early and remotely as required, ready for the exam to ensure the process of "real learning, real testing, real assessment, real quality."
Considering that during the organization of the exam, sudden and unexpected factors and situations may arise, the Prime Minister especially noted that no negative factors should occur in all stages of exam organization, invigilation, grading, and announcement of exam results in order to build a civilized, modern, humane, and high-quality education system; contributing to improving the quality of the country's human resources.
Emphasizing the viewpoint of "taking candidates as the center, the subject - teachers as the driving force - schools as the support - families as the fulcrum - society as the foundation," the Prime Minister requested to carry out the exam well to achieve the set goals, the exam is truly a festival for the whole people, the whole society, each family, each candidate.
The Prime Minister requested that the high school graduation exam be organized safely, smoothly, seriously, objectively, thoughtfully, compactly, reliably, effectively, reducing pressure, reducing costs and creating social consensus in the spirit of "3 guarantees": ensuring absolute safety, honesty, and objectivity in all stages of the exam; ensuring clear management responsibilities in organizing the exam, leaving no gaps and absolutely not loosening management; ensuring the most favorable conditions for candidates taking the exam, from facilities, human resources, healthcare, security, safety, travel support plans to timely and complete information for candidates and parents.
Piloting computer-based exams from 2027
In the spirit of assigning tasks to ensure 6 clarity: "clear people, clear work, clear responsibility, clear authority, clear time, clear results," "close direction, thorough organization and implementation," the Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Education and Training, ministries, agencies and localities to focus on providing maximum support for accommodation, travel, and exam organization, creating the best conditions for all candidates to participate in the exam, especially students in remote, border and island areas, students with difficulties and when encountering sudden and unexpected problems.
The Prime Minister requested to continue reviewing and promptly issuing detailed directives and instructions; at the same time, fully, clearly and promptly respond to feedback from ministries, agencies and localities throughout the exam; closely monitor, proactively grasp the situation, actively guide and coordinate with ministries, branches and localities to promptly and effectively handle related issues arising before, during and after the exam.
Specifying the requirements in the stages of exam questions, transportation, printing, information and communication work, application of information technology, digital transformation in all stages of the exam, the Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Education and Training to continue researching, soon have a roadmap and specific plan to build a large enough exam question bank, ensure quality, closely follow the general education program; develop a project to prepare the necessary conditions to pilot the organization of exams on computers in some localities from 2027, moving towards organizing the high school graduation exam on computers as soon as possible.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chairs a national conference on the organization of the 2025 High School Graduation Exam. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)
“Ministries and branches must train and guide localities in implementing solutions to prevent and combat negativity, especially the use of high-tech equipment and artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat in exams,” the Prime Minister noted.
The Head of the Government directs the People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities to direct the People's Committees at all levels, departments, branches, sectors, unions and relevant organizations and individuals of the locality to closely and effectively coordinate with the local education sector; ensure adequate conditions for human resources, material resources and facilities; ensure absolute safety and honesty in the organization of the Exam; have contingency plans for all unusual situations, not allowing any stage of the Exam to occur without strict management and supervision and without a responsible person; review and inspect all stages and steps in the organization of the Exam, especially the stage of assigning responsibilities to participating organizations and individuals; pay attention to ensuring that the operations of relevant agencies and units in organizing the Exam are not affected.
Believing that the smooth, close, consistent and smooth coordination between the Central and local levels is the decisive factor for the success of the Exam; assigning specific tasks to each ministry, branch and locality in security, safety, health, communication, candidate support, etc., the Prime Minister emphasized that teachers need to proactively adapt to the 2018 General Education Program and the new exam plan, focusing on training students' application skills, critical thinking and reasoning ability; candidates' families need to closely coordinate with schools and teachers to create the best learning and psychological environment for students, avoiding the mentality of rote learning, biased learning and overloaded learning.
Affirming that the Government, ministries, branches, localities, the entire political system and the whole society always accompany and create the best conditions for students to enter the exam with a firm mindset in safe exam conditions, with exam results being assessed fairly and objectively, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hopes that students will be calm, confident, and make the best use of the knowledge and skills they have accumulated; considering this not only an exam, but also the most memorable memory of their lives, an opportunity to assert themselves, opening new doors for the future.
"I wish all of you to achieve good results, continue to nurture your dreams and ambitions, and constantly train and contribute to the development of your homeland and country, especially in the new era," the Prime Minister emphasized.
The Prime Minister reminded that the 2025 high school graduation exam is a particularly important task, not only for the education sector but also for the whole society so that students - the future owners of the country - can confidently embark on the path of self-reliance and career building.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested the political system, from the central to local levels, schools, families and the whole society, to promote the highest sense of responsibility, unanimity and determination to best organize the 2025 high school graduation exam; hoping and believing that, with careful preparation, high sense of responsibility and close coordination, the 2025 high school graduation exam will take place safely, seriously, fairly and objectively, achieving the set goals.
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