The Ministry of Education and Training will re-evaluate the use of international language certificates to replace exam scores, according to Director of the Department of Quality Management Huynh Van Chuong.
At the conference to summarize the 2022-2023 school year and deploy tasks for the new school year with quality management and inspection and examination work with the Departments of Education and Training, Mr. Chuong assessed that localities "basically did well" in managing diplomas and certificates at the high school level. The work of adjusting joint activities and organizing exams has also been standardized and streamlined.
According to him, foreign language certificates such as IELTS and TOEIC are one of the factors contributing to the integration process, but it is also necessary to re-evaluate the extent of using these results to replace exam scores.
"Certainly the Ministry's upcoming circular will discuss this further," Mr. Chuong said at the conference.
Regarding the shortcomings in the management of international language exams and certificates, Mr. Chuong said that many localities have not been closely monitoring and have not properly implemented the regulations and instructions of the Ministry. This has led to many units organizing exams and issuing certificates without the Ministry's approval in September 2022, causing chaos and affecting the rights of test takers.
He emphasized the role of localities in supervising and organizing exams, so the Departments of Education and Training must be more proactive and attentive.
Mr. Chuong at the conference on August 24, held in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: MOET
In the past 5 years, international language certificates, especially English, have been popular in admissions. Not only do dozens of universities use IELTS, TOEIC... for admissions, many high schools also directly admit or give extra points to students with certificates.
From 2021, Ho Chi Minh City's English-enhanced 6th grade class will consider students with an A2 certificate or higher according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) or equivalent. Students with IELTS or TOEFL certificates will be considered for direct admission or priority points when entering 6th grade at some public schools such as Nam Tu Liem Secondary School (Hanoi) and Dang Thai Mai Secondary School (Nghe An).
At high school level, Nghe An directly admits candidates with international English certificates to grade 10. Meanwhile, Ha Tinh considers the provincial excellent student award for middle school and high school students with IELTS 7.0 or higher.
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