According to the draft plan for organizing and recognizing high school graduation from 2025, which the Ministry of Education and Training reported to Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and presented at the National Council for Education and Human Resource Development meeting this morning, November 14th, the Ministry proposed choosing a four-subject exam instead of the five or six subjects previously suggested for consultation.
According to this report, the Ministry of Education and Training stated that it has proposed three exam options for public comment.
Option 1: Choose 2 + 2; candidates are required to take the compulsory subjects of Literature and Mathematics, and 2 elective subjects from the remaining subjects studied in grade 12 (foreign language, history, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, economics and law education, informatics, technology).
Option 2: Choose 3 + 2; candidates are required to take exams in Vietnamese Literature, Mathematics, and a foreign language, plus two elective subjects chosen from the remaining subjects studied in grade 12.
Option 3: Choose 4 + 2; candidates are required to take exams in Literature, Mathematics, Foreign Language, History, and 2 elective subjects from the remaining subjects studied in grade 12.
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the majority chose the option of two or three compulsory subjects. Specifically, when surveying nearly 130,700 officials and teachers nationwide on options 2 and 3, nearly 74% chose option 2 - taking three compulsory subjects. Subsequently, the Ministry surveyed nearly 18,000 more officials and teachers in Ho Chi Minh City, Long An , Tay Ninh, Lang Son, and Bac Giang with all three options, and 60% chose option 1 (taking two compulsory subjects).
Based on objective analysis, feedback from provincial Departments of Education and Training, and the core principles in the exam planning process, the Ministry of Education and Training proposes that the high school graduation exam from 2025 be conducted according to Plan 1. This means each candidate will take 4 subjects (2 + 2 options), including: compulsory Literature and Mathematics, and two optional subjects from grade 12.
Reduce pressure, reduce costs.
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, the reason for choosing this exam format is to ensure several requirements are met. Firstly, it reduces exam pressure on students and lowers costs for students' families and society as a whole (students will only take 4 subjects, compared to the current 6); the number of exam sessions will be reduced to 3, making the process more streamlined, less stressful, and less costly for society.
The second reason is to avoid the current imbalance where more students choose social sciences than natural sciences. The Ministry of Education and Training cites the following figures for the past three years of high school graduation exams: 64.72% in 2021, 66.96% in 2022, and 67.64% in 2023 (out of over 1 million registered candidates). This creates favorable conditions for students to develop their abilities and strengths in line with the objectives of the 2018 General Education Program.
Regarding the nine subjects that candidates can choose to take the exam in, including: foreign language, history, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, economics and law education, informatics, and technology, the Ministry of Education and Training believes that these subjects have already been tested and evaluated, with scores reflected in the student's academic record; during the teaching and learning process, students have been comprehensively assessed in the classroom.
According to the Ministry of Education and Training, choosing two subjects out of these nine will offer 36 different options, allowing candidates to select subjects that align with their career aspirations, abilities, interests, circumstances, and conditions, whether for further education, vocational training, or entry into the workforce.
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