University benchmark 2024: Horrifying, 9 points in each subject still failed

Parents and students see 2024 university admission scores on tuoitre.vn newspaper - Photo: ANH KHOI

On August 18, universities across the country continued to announce benchmark scores for the high school graduation exam.

Statistics show that this year's benchmark scores have fluctuated a lot, especially for majors that recruit the combination of literature - history - location, the benchmark is extremely high, far surpassing majors that recruit math - physics - chemistry.

In many fields, candidates who scored 9.6 points per subject still failed to register. This is most evident in the pedagogical field. In previous years, the benchmark scores for the literature, history, and geography pedagogical fields were higher than those for the natural science pedagogical field, but not by much, especially for mathematics pedagogy. However, this gap has widened this year.

For example, at Hanoi National University of Education, the two majors of literature and history have a benchmark score of up to 29.3. This means that candidates must achieve 9.767 points to be admitted. This is the highest benchmark score among the universities that have been announced.

Not to mention that for history education, candidates must achieve a score of 29.3 and have their first choice to be admitted. Geography education is lower but still reaches 29.05. History-geography education also has a standard score of 28.83.

Meanwhile, at the same school, the mathematics education major only has 27.47 points. The physics, chemistry, and biology education majors have benchmark scores ranging from over 26 to over 27 points. Even the "minor subject" education majors such as civic education have higher benchmark scores than these majors.

The same is true for pedagogical colleges or multidisciplinary universities that train teachers. No major has a higher standard score than pedagogy. No pedagogical major has a higher standard score than literature - history - geography pedagogy.

The benchmark for the literature - history - geography combination this year has increased in almost all schools. This is not beyond expectations when the number of candidates taking the social science exam has increased, and the exam scores are also much higher than in 2023.

This year, the number of candidates in group C increased by about 20,000 compared to 2023. The average score of the three subjects in 2023 was 18.97 points, increasing by 1.98 points to 20.95 points in 2024.

If we consider the good and excellent scores, the number of candidates will increase even more. At the score of 24, in 2023 there were 33,459 candidates, in 2024 it doubled.

Meanwhile, the number of candidates achieving excellent scores has increased "horribly". At the score of 27, in 2023 there were 6,041 candidates, in 2024 the number of candidates achieving this score increased 4 times. The number of candidates achieving 28 points increased 6 times in 2023, 29 points increased more than 10 times. The number of candidates from 29 points to 30 points in 2024 increased more than 54 times in 2023.

That is the reason why the admission scores of many majors and schools for literature, history and geography have increased rapidly. Many schools that had average admission scores last year have failed majors with 9 points per subject this year. For example, Ho Chi Minh City University of Culture has increased admission scores for all majors, the highest being 8.5 points.

Similarly, many majors with a benchmark score of 15 or 16 last year have jumped to 25 points this year. For example, the Vietnamese Studies major at Hanoi National University of Education, which had a benchmark score of 16.4 two years ago, has "gone into a dragon" this year with a benchmark score of 25.07.

Benchmarks spike

At Hanoi University of Culture, this year, 6/18 majors have a benchmark score for group C from 23.85 to under 26.98 points. The remaining 12 majors have a benchmark score above 27, so even if they get 9 points per subject, they still fail. The highest major has a score of 28.9 points. Thus, this year's benchmark score has increased significantly compared to last year.

The benchmark score for block C at many major universities such as Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City National Universities), Academy of Journalism and Propaganda... is also at 9.5 points per subject but still... fails.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/diem-chuan-dai-hoc-2024-kinh-hoang-moi-mon-9-diem-van-truot-20240818233350111.htm