The core is the quality of human resources

SGGP 06/09/2023 06:46

Before 2013, except for a few students who were admitted directly to university according to the admission regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, the rest had to take the university entrance exam (called the 3-common entrance exam: common exam session, common exam questions and common admission).

Since 2013, some universities have piloted admission based on high school results (often called admission based on transcripts). Since 2015, after unifying the two high school graduation exams and the three common entrance exams, along with implementing autonomous admission, the admission methods of universities have been very diverse.

In 2022, with the goal of filtering out virtual admissions to universities, the Ministry of Education and Training has preliminary statistics of 20 methods, but when operating the general virtual admissions filtering software, it seems that the actual number of methods is much larger, so many conflicting opinions arise.

Regarding the autonomy in enrollment and admission requirements of each major, universities can decide on their own admission methods (regarding the form of admission registration, admission criteria and appropriate admission schedule) to recruit candidates who meet the entrance requirements for training, as long as the candidates have graduated from high school.

In 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training will continue to announce a list of 20 admission methods. Thus, the problem here is not that there are too many admission methods but that the difficulties in the general admission system when filtering out candidates' virtual wishes. Registration for admission using early admission methods still requires re-registration (from the university and from candidates) to the general system, then general admission to filter out virtual wishes with "not early" admission methods, causing the admission time to be prolonged, taking more than 6 weeks.

The solution to this problem can only be that all methods are considered at the same time on the system (that is, universities are not allowed to consider admission by any method, including direct admission or priority admission, before the graduation exam results are available). Another solution is to return to the admission process as before 2022, which means only virtual filtering for the high school graduation exam score method (which is the final admission method in terms of time), and for other admission methods, candidates and universities will "virtually filter" each other by having candidates admitted by early admission methods confirm their enrollment at the school and on the system, then only candidates who have not confirmed their enrollment will be considered for admission by the high school graduation exam score method.

Currently, there are also opinions about eliminating the consideration of high school transcripts or graduation exams. I think these two opinions contradict each other. It is important to remember that the mandatory condition for university admission is that students must graduate from high school. Therefore, regardless of the student's transcript scores, the high school diploma is the most important basis for university admission.

The method of considering transcripts at universities currently accounts for nearly 40% of the total university enrollment target, and the number of candidates admitted based on transcripts also accounts for more than 1/3 (36%) of the total number of new students in 2022. Thus, this is the second most important admission method after the method of considering high school graduation exam scores and is the main source of admission for private universities. Thus, the problem is not to abandon the method of considering transcripts but rather that the assessment (scores) at high school level must be standardized, accurately reflecting students' abilities.

Similarly, the view that if the high school graduation exam rate is almost absolute, there is no need to organize graduation exams is also extreme, because simply, if graduation exams are abolished, what source of recruitment will replace the current enrollment quota of more than 260,000 (accounting for about 50% of the total quota)? At that time, either universities will have to organize their own entrance exams or base their admissions on academic records.

The core of the admission problem with many methods is still aimed at recruiting the best students who meet the training requirements during the university study process. Based on the mandatory condition that candidates must graduate from high school, universities need to proactively set admission criteria suitable to the specific requirements of each profession, ensuring the quality of human resources for society.

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