According to the regulations and guidelines for organizing the 2023 high school graduation exam issued by the Ministry of Education and Training in April 2023, candidates with an IELTS certificate of 4.0 or higher or equivalent are exempted from the exam and have their 10 English subjects counted when considering high school graduation. The certificate will be valid until at least June 27, 2023.
However, on June 9, the Ministry of Education and Training requested that localities only accept and exempt candidates from the exam with certificates issued before September 10, 2022 and after November 11, 2022.
The Ministry of Education and Training suddenly changed the regulations on converting IELTS scores, leaving the Department of Education and Training in a state of confusion.
A representative of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that the unit has received feedback from many 12th grade students with international language certificates issued between September 10 and November 11, 2022.
Although there are no exact statistics, there are quite a few cases of students holding international language certificates outside the current list recognized by the Ministry of Education and Training. The number of candidates holding foreign language certificates stuck between time frames waiting for approval by the Ministry of Education and Training is also quite large.
"The Department is compiling a list of affected cases to send a document to the Ministry of Education and Training for comments," he said, adding that according to preliminary statistics, more than 700 students in Ho Chi Minh City are in this situation.
Regarding Hanoi , the representative of the Examination Management and Quality Assurance Department, Department of Education and Training said that they are coordinating with high schools to review the number of 12th grade students affected by the above adjustment regulations. The Department of Education and Training will have a plan and propose to the Ministry of Education and Training a suitable plan to ensure the rights of candidates.
"This is a general regulation of the Ministry of Education and Training. Many other localities are also confused about this issue," said a representative of the Examination Management Department.
An official from the Phu Tho Department of Education and Training admitted to being confused by the Ministry of Education and Training's regulation on changing the time frame for recognizing international certificates. There are only 13 days left from now until the graduation exam, not enough to count all the certificates issued to candidates outside the Ministry's prescribed time from September 10, 2022 to November 11, 2022.
"The number of candidates registering for exemption from foreign language exams due to having international English certificates in the province is not much, but changing the regulations at this time can easily cause confusion and make them mentally unstable before the exam," he said.
He hopes that the Ministry of Education and Training will maintain the plan as issued according to the regulations and instructions for organizing the 2023 high school graduation exam, without making any last-minute changes that cause disruption.
Phu Yen Department of Education and Training is counting the number of candidates affected by this regulation. It is expected that the Department will propose to the Ministry of Education and Training to maintain the conversion of international language certificate scores according to the 2023 high school graduation exam regulations.
According to the 2023 high school graduation exam guidelines, the above certificates are exempt from the foreign language exam.
The official dispatch on June 9 from the Ministry of Education and Training is related to the postponement of the IELTS exam in Vietnam in early November last year. According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, after September 10, 2022, joint organization of foreign language proficiency certificates must be licensed by the Ministry. However, by mid-November, the IELTS exam and certificate organizations had completed this requirement one by one, affecting many candidates taking the exam during the above period. Therefore, the Ministry of Education and Training will not accept certificates during the period from September 10 to November 11, 2022.
Previously, there were many controversies regarding recognition of foreign language certificates, especially IELTS English certificates issued between September 10 and November 11, 2022.
In May 2023, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy rejected IELTS certificates of 44 candidates for postgraduate admission for the same reason. The matter was only resolved after the Department of Quality Management confirmed that the above foreign language certificates are still valid in admission and training.
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