Candidates taking the 2023 Ho Chi Minh City National University's competency assessment exam - Photo: DUYEN PHAN
On February 26, six higher education institutions including Can Tho University, Ho Chi Minh City Banking University, Saigon University, University of Finance - Marketing, Banking Academy and Thai Nguyen University coordinated with the National Testing Center and Education Quality Assessment to organize a conference on cooperation in the university entrance aptitude test (V-SAT).
Of which, Can Tho University, Banking Academy and Thai Nguyen University will organize their own entrance exams for the first time this year.
Private exams flourish
Thus, along with many other educational institutions organizing their own entrance exams, this year there will be more than 10 university entrance exams.
In addition to these six higher education institutions, there are also competency and thinking assessment exams of Ho Chi Minh City National University, Hanoi National University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and Vietnam-Germany University.
The organization, testing method, test structure, and number of schools using the results of different exams are different.
In terms of convenience for candidates, the Ho Chi Minh City National University's aptitude test has the most advantages in terms of testing location and results. The 2024 exam will be held in 23 provinces and cities from Thua Thien Hue to Bac Lieu. Candidates will also have an easy time applying when there are up to 105 universities and colleges to apply to.
The Hanoi National University's aptitude test is held in 20 provinces and cities from Ha Tinh to the North. About 90 universities use the results of this test for admission.
In contrast, some V-SAT exams are used by relatively few schools. To date, only six schools that administer the test accept and use the results of exams administered by other schools for admission purposes.
The specialized competency assessment exam of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education is also only used by a few schools for admission. Meanwhile, the exams of Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Viet Duc University are only used for admission to these schools.
Private enrollment quota is not much
At the cooperation conference of six universities organizing the V-SAT exam this year, talking about the organization of the entrance exam for the first time, Mr. Mai Thanh Que - Deputy Director in charge of the Executive Board of the Banking Academy - said that in the context of the high school graduation exam, the main purpose is to consider high school graduation, universities in general and the Banking Academy in particular need to proactively use appropriate admission methods to select students who are suitable for the training goals of the school.
Therefore, an exam that closely follows the current general education program, has high classification; ensures safe, objective, fair and convenient organization for candidates is extremely necessary to assess learners' abilities and ensure university entrance standards.
Although it is assessed that there are still many limitations and that it has not met the expectations regarding the quality of the recruitment source, many schools still reserve quite a lot of quotas for the results of the high school graduation exam. Meanwhile, the quota for the separate exam method is quite limited.
For the first time, Can Tho University plans to reserve 20% of its enrollment quota for the entrance exam method. In 2023, Banking University will only have 10-15% of its enrollment quota for its own exam.
Mr. Nguyen Danh Nam - Head of Training and Student Management Department of Thai Nguyen University - said that up to this point, Thai Nguyen University has decided to organize an entrance exam but the target has not been specifically determined. Currently, Thai Nguyen University is discussing with member schools to develop a plan to organize the exam as well as determine specific targets for this method.
For the Ho Chi Minh City National University's aptitude test, member schools of this university reserve about 50% of their quota for admission. Some schools have gradually increased their quota for this admission method in the past few years. Hanoi University of Science and Technology reserves 30% of its quota for admission based on the results of the thinking assessment.
For the two universities Hanoi Pedagogical University and Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University in 2023, the admission quota for the competency assessment exam accounts for a maximum of 30% of the total enrollment quota. In 2023, Hanoi National University requires member schools to reserve 30% of the enrollment quota for the competency assessment exam results.
Why do we have to take separate university entrance exams?
The high school graduation exam results do not fully assess the students' abilities, which is the reason why many schools organize their own entrance exams. In 2023, Ho Chi Minh City Banking University organized its first entrance exam.
Explaining the organization of this exam, Ho Chi Minh City Banking University said that the enrollment results over the past years show that the current enrollment methods basically meet the school's enrollment requirements in terms of quantity and quality. However, there are still some limitations.
Some majors attract a large number of candidates and have high competition rates, but the results of high school studies and high school graduation exams have not fully achieved the goal of classifying and differentiating candidates for university admission. This makes the quality of the recruitment sources of these majors not really meet the expected requirements.
Candidates for these majors have high benchmark scores, but their professional capacity associated with the training requirements of the majors is not really compatible.
Each school has its own exam style.
The structure of the competency and thinking assessment tests of Ho Chi Minh City National University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, and Hanoi National University includes comprehensive knowledge of many different fields. Meanwhile, the V.SAT exam includes many tests for seven independent subjects including math, English, physics, chemistry, biology, history, and geography. Literature uses the results of the high school graduation exam.
The competency assessment tests of the two universities Hanoi Pedagogical University and Ho Chi Minh City Pedagogical University are quite similar. Although the test is done on a computer system, the structure of the test is about 60-70% multiple choice, the rest is essay. Notably, the English subject tests the four skills of listening - speaking - reading - writing of the candidates, not just writing like other exams.
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