More than 1.1 million candidates will take the high school graduation exam in 2025

The above information was emphasized by Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong at the Conference - Training on regulations and procedures for organizing the 2025 high school graduation exam, taking place on April 3.

Candidates have 4 days to register for the trial.

Sharing some of the main new points of the 2025 high school graduation exam, Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong said that this year's exam will reduce the number of exam sessions from 4 sessions as in previous years to 3 sessions. The exam will be oriented towards assessing capacity, with new subjects according to the 2018 GeneralEducation Program; the Literature subject can use materials other than textbooks.

The 2025 exam will also promote digital transformation, 100% of candidates can register for the exam online. At the same time, the use of process assessment results in considering high school graduation recognition will be increased, from 30% to 50%. Changes in certificates and incentive points for Foreign Languages, Vietnamese, and vocational certificates.

The examination invigilation and grading process has been adjusted to ensure compliance with the exam organization plan, while overcoming previous limitations and shortcomings to create more convenience for units in the organization and implementation process.

Compared to last year, the number of candidates increased from 1.06 million to over 1.1 million. From April 21 to 28, candidates began registering for the high school graduation exam, before that candidates had 4 days to register for a trial. Candidates used the identification code information on VNEID to register online at the high school, without needing to provide additional documents.

Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong, Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training. Photo: Ministry of Education and Training

The Director of the Department of Quality Management noted that the Departments of Education and Training and high schools need to guide candidates to check and cross-check the information on their exam registration. When registering, candidates must choose a program. This is important information, serving as a basis for arranging locations, rooms, and exam questions for candidates.

In addition, because this year's exam has two groups of candidates with different exam schedules and subjects, localities do not arrange the two groups at the same exam location.

Discussing the inspection and examination plan for the 2025 high school graduation exam, Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Education and Training Nguyen Duc Cuong said that the Ministry of Education and Training is fully responsible for the exam, organizing the inspection and examination of all stages of the exam according to its authority.

The Provincial People's Committee is fully responsible for the exam in the area, organizing inspections and checks of all stages of the exam according to the direction of the Prime Minister, instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training, the Government Inspectorate (if any) and legal regulations, ensuring safety, seriousness, and preventing errors, negativity, and violations of the Exam Regulations.

In addition, decentralization and delegation of authority to the Departments of Education and Training and training institutions in organizing, participating in inspection and examination of exam stages should be strengthened.

Candidates taking the high school graduation exam. Photo: Tran Hiep

"4 rights", "3 no's", "2 promotion" in organizing high school graduation exams

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong emphasized the general requirements of the high school graduation exam this year and previous years are to organize the exam safely, seriously, fairly, effectively, in accordance with regulations, reduce pressure, reduce costs, ensure reliability, and ensure quality.

From this general requirement, the Deputy Minister directed that it is necessary to focus on doing well 8 groups of issues both for preparation work and in directing implementation. In particular, it is necessary to do well in organizing teaching and reviewing for exams.

According to the Deputy Minister, to do well in the exam, we must teach and learn well. From the beginning of the school year until the exam preparation, we request the leaders of the Department of Education and Training and specialized departments to direct good teaching for grade 12. Teach on time and innovate methods.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong. Photo: Ministry of Education and Training

The Deputy Minister emphasized that if teachers teach well every day, every semester, and all year, the exam will no longer be stressful. At the same time, he said that it is expected that next year, after completing the curriculum, the high school graduation exam will be held earlier, so that the exam preparation will not be prolonged.

Along with the teaching and review process, the Deputy Minister suggested that the Departments of Education and Training pay attention to the second group of issues, which is to organize mock exams for 100% of students, with the spirit of organizing mock exams but operating them for real, evaluating them for real, doing real tests and using mock exam results to classify students, on the basis of continuing to supplement knowledge. The rehearsal also helps teachers get used to this year's new exam organization method.

Early, remote, and thorough preparation is the third group of issues. According to the Deputy Minister, through practice, preparation needs to be thorough and comprehensive, from facilities, human resources, to backup plans... in which human resources and human resources are the most important. In preparation, it is necessary to forecast situations and forecast the situation correctly.

The following groups of issues that the Deputy Minister requested to be focused on include: close, comprehensive, and key direction; smooth coordination between sectors and localities, in which the Education sector must proactively propose coordination. In addition, there are requirements for professional expertise and compliance with regulations; good communication, proactive, timely, and effective communication; forecasting difficult, complicated issues, issues that are most prone to errors and risks in order to have appropriate solutions.

The Deputy Minister also specifically noted the 4 contents of exam preparation, printing, invigilation, and grading with the principle that there are no small or big problems in taking exams, all are important and absolutely must not be neglected.

Reiterating the viewpoints of "4 rights" and "3 no's" ("4 rights" are: Correct regulations and exam instructions; correct and complete procedures; correct assigned positions, responsibilities and tasks; correct timing to promptly handle unusual situations and incidents. "3 no's" are: No negligence, subjectivity; no excessive stress and pressure; no arbitrarily handling unusual situations and incidents) which have been thoroughly implemented in the organization of the 2024 high school graduation exam, the Deputy Minister emphasized that this is still the spirit of the 2025 exam.

At the same time, the Deputy Minister mentioned two more "promotions" that need to be done well in this year's exam: promoting the sense of responsibility and professional expertise of the steering force and the force participating in organizing the exam, and promoting the self-awareness and compliance with regulations of the candidates.

Nguyen Lien

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