The draft Circular promulgating the Regulations for the 2025 High School Graduation Examination, currently being reviewed by the Ministry of Education and Training, contains noteworthy new points.
Removing the provision for adding vocational training points to the high school graduation assessment is consistent with the direction of the 2018 General Education Program. Photo: ITN
This means that the regulation regarding bonus points for vocational training in the high school graduation assessment has been removed. This aligns with the direction of the 2018 General Education Program, where students no longer participate in general vocational training to obtain basic vocational certificates as in the 2006 General Education Program.
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Mr. Thach Canh Be, Principal of Duc Pho No. 2 High School (Duc Pho town, Quang Ngai province), said: “Unlike the 2006 General Education Program, the 2018 General Education Program no longer includes 105 vocational training hours. The curriculum does not contain content on vocational training, and no institution organizes vocational training, so no students are studying vocational skills.”
Previously, under the 2006 General Education Program, students at Duc Pho No. 2 High School could choose to enroll in vocational courses such as Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, and Veterinary Medicine right at the school. At the end of the course, those who wished to take the exam to obtain a certificate could participate. “The participation rate in the exam was between 98% and 100%. The school had the capacity to organize the vocational certificate exams, so it was very convenient for the students to take the exam right at the school.”
"In some other schools, students can take the exam at the Continuing Education and Vocational Training Center or take the exam together with the school that organizes the exam," Mr. Be informed. In the recent 2024 high school graduation exam, nearly 15% of students at Duc Pho No. 2 High School had to use bonus points from vocational certificates to pass the graduation exam.
The 2018 General Education Program no longer includes vocational training. Some content from the vocational training program has been integrated into the subjects of Experiential Activities – Career Guidance and Local Education .
According to Mr. Pham Dinh Kha, Principal of Vo Chi Cong High School (Ngu Hanh Son, Da Nang ): “These subjects will help students orient themselves and gain career experience, serving the purpose of career guidance after high school. The curriculum has changed; students who do not pursue vocational training or take vocational certification exams will no longer receive bonus points for vocational training in the high school graduation assessment, which is in line with reality.”
Mr. Nguyen Huu Thinh, Principal of Huong Phung High School (Huong Hoa, Quang Tri), said that the number of students taking the 2024 high school graduation exam will be the last cohort to receive a vocational high school certificate if they register for the general vocational training exam. With the 2018 General Education Program, there is no longer any general vocational education content as before. Currently, continuing education centers only function to provide vocational training for the community and for students in the continuing education system.
Activities of the English Club at Vo Chi Cong High School (Da Nang). Photo: NTCC
Disadvantage for students in the continuing education system.
Mr. Dinh Luong Y, Director of Continuing Education Center No. 2 (Da Nang), believes that if vocational training is not included in the high school graduation assessment, it will be unfair to students currently enrolled in continuing education programs.
For students enrolled in the continuing education program at Continuing Education Center No. 2, in addition to academic studies, the Center encourages them to choose a specific profession. “They receive free vocational training. This also serves as a basis for adding points to their high school graduation exam scores; thereby gradually guiding their career paths.”
Many students from disadvantaged families have chosen to continue their vocational training so they can help support their families after graduation. Therefore, choosing to study at the center is also considered by many parents because their children will simultaneously receive both a vocational diploma and a high school diploma after 3 years of study,” Mr. Y analyzed.
Continuing Education Center No. 2 currently has 532 students enrolled in 27 free vocational training classes under a program in partnership with vocational colleges. Of these, the Culinary Arts class is the most popular with 238 students, followed by Information Technology with 127 students.
Some of the vocational fields chosen by students include Hotel Management, Tourism Guiding, Business Accounting, Domestic Electrical Engineering, Automotive Technology, Supermarket Sales Management, Sales Operations, etc. The number of students choosing to pursue vocational training at the intermediate level in the 2023-2024 academic year increased by 143 compared to the 2022-2023 academic year, representing a rate of 26.9%. In the 2021-2024 academic year, 88 students graduated from intermediate vocational training, including 56 students with excellent grades and 29 students with good grades.
Students in continuing education programs at vocational training centers are fulfilling all the subjects of the 2018 General Education Program while also studying vocational programs like students at vocational secondary schools. According to Mr. Dinh Luong Y, even with the reduced curriculum, continuing education students only study 7 subjects, but they take the same high school graduation exam, no different from regular high school students. Without bonus points for vocational training, continuing education students would be at a disadvantage because their entry requirements are not as high as those of regular high school students.
Mr. Dinh Luong Y – Director of Continuing Education Center No. 2 (Da Nang) proposed adding the following bonus points to Article 44: Continuing education students who simultaneously participate in a vocational secondary education program combined with a general education program at the high school level and hold a vocational secondary education diploma issued by secondary or college-level institutions during their high school studies will receive bonus points based on the classification recorded in their secondary education diploma as follows: Excellent and Good classifications will receive 2.0 points; Fair classifications will receive 1.5 points; Average classifications will receive 1.0 point.
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