The draft university admission regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training have some important new points. If the regulations are approved and applied in 2025, they will greatly affect the admission process of both training institutions and candidates.
Distinguishing between early admission and admission methods
The Ministry of Education and Training has just announced a draft Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Regulations on university and college admissions for Preschool Education.
In particular, the Ministry plans to set early admission quotas for training institutions, but not exceeding 20% of the quotas for each major and group of majors. This new point is causing mixed opinions from universities, candidates, and parents.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training), many people confuse the concept of early admission and admission methods.
Ms. Thuy emphasized that there is no method called "early admission method" because schools can use admission methods in all admission rounds.
Early admission is used to differentiate in terms of time from the admission round according to the general plan of the Ministry of Education and Training. Meanwhile, the admission methods are used in any admission round.
However, in terms of time, early admission is before the high school graduation exam, so at that time it is not possible to use the admission method using high school graduation exam scores.
Due to the misunderstanding that only the early admission period can use separate admission methods (without using high school graduation exam scores), schools are worried about being limited to 20% of the target. Candidates are worried about being limited to admission opportunities in the admission methods that schools use such as: considering academic records, considering competency assessment exam scores, thinking assessment, etc.
According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, candidates do not need to worry, whether in the early admission stage or the admission stage according to the general plan of the Ministry of Education and Training, candidates can still participate in the admission process using different admission methods that they have prepared for.
Adjusting the admission method
In 2025, the first batch of students under the 2018 General Education Program will graduate from high school. Therefore, the university admissions plan will also have many changes to suit the new program. A notable new point is that some schools will cut down on some admission methods, including the method of considering high school transcripts.
For example, Ho Chi Minh City National University, from 2025, will reduce admission methods to 3 methods, including: direct admission, admission based on the results of the school-organized capacity assessment exam, and admission based on the results of the high school graduation exam.
This reduction in admission methods is supported by member universities of Ho Chi Minh City National University, who believe it will be fairer and less confusing for candidates.
Records from the past few admission seasons show that most universities apply multiple admission methods. In 2024, according to statistics from the Ministry of Education and Training, there are more than 20 methods used by universities for admission.
Having many admission methods is considered one of the advantages that helps candidates have more chances to be admitted to university. However, this makes many candidates confused in choosing the admission method.
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Duc, Chairman of the University Council - University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi supports the restriction of time and quota for early admission based on transcripts. Because for many years, the results of the assessment based on transcripts have always been higher than the results of the high school graduation exam. The situation of favoritism and leniency in the assessment based on transcripts still exists.
Mr. Duc acknowledged that control to improve input quality and demonstrate the State management role of the Ministry of Education and Training is necessary.
Regarding the regulation that the expected early admission quota should not exceed 20%, according to Mr. Duc, the scientific basis for proposing this rate should be reconsidered because according to the Law, schools are autonomous in enrollment.
"The Ministry should not intervene too deeply and set a control rate if those methods recruit good students with good input quality. The Ministry should only limit easy admission methods that do not properly assess input quality, and at all costs "grab" students," said Professor Nguyen Dinh Duc.
Source: https://daidoanket.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-nam-2025-cat-giam-phuong-thuc-xet-tuyen-10295784.html
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