Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy, Director of the Department of Higher Education - Ministry of Education and Training, spoke about important changes expected to be applied in the 2025 university admission season.
* Reporter: The draft Circular amending and supplementing a number of articles of the University Admissions Regulations is being finalized for promulgation. Could you tell us the most important contents of this regulation?
- Associate Professor, Dr. NGUYEN THU THUY: One of the points to note in this year's revised regulations is related to early admission.
The quota for early admission is for students with outstanding achievements, with important national and international awards. Initially, in the draft, we stipulated that early admission would be limited to about 20%. However, after receiving the opinions of experts, we expect that early admission may no longer be necessary.
Associate Professor, Dr. NGUYEN THU THUY
Most experts believe that early admission should not be organized, because all candidates' wishes must eventually be entered into the general admission support system of the Ministry of Education and Training. Candidates can only be admitted to one wish, the highest possible within their capacity, regardless of whether they participate in early admission or not.
* So if early admission is eliminated, how will university admission registration for candidates this year change, madam?
- Early admission or admission according to the general plan (ie after candidates graduate from high school) has only one difference.
That is, if there is early admission, candidates cannot use their graduation exam scores, but when applying according to the general plan, all admission methods and data that students have from their transcripts, high school graduation exam scores, scores from aptitude tests, independent exams of schools, international certificates... are all applied. In fact, in the early admission period, candidates can use fewer admission methods. If there is no early admission, in terms of time, candidates still have to register in the general admission period.
Candidates submit their application for admission to Nguyen Tat Thanh University. Photo: TAN THANH
Therefore, the university entrance exam registration in 2025 will still be carried out as every year, candidates will register their wishes to apply to the general admission support system after taking the high school graduation exam. At this time, the database system of the Ministry of Education and Training has full information of candidates to be able to apply for admission in all methods. Special cases, with international and national awards, cases of direct admission according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training can apply in advance to schools. However, this rate will be very small, reserved for talented candidates.
* Another notable change in this year's admissions season is that if universities consider admissions based on academic records, they must use the student's entire 12th grade academic results, instead of using scores from 3 to 5 semesters as before. In your opinion, why is there this regulation?
- The important reason is to ensure that candidates do not neglect their studies in grade 12, especially in the second semester. They still have to complete their studies well to get a good overall score before taking the high school graduation exam.
This change will positively contribute and influence students' high school studies.
* 2025 is the first year that candidates will take the high school graduation exam according to the 2018 General Education Program. Will the admission based on the high school graduation exam scores of candidates this year be affected when they have fewer combinations to consider?
- This year, candidates will take two compulsory subjects, math and literature, and two elective subjects in the high school graduation exam. How these subjects are used in the admission combination depends on the universities. However, we believe that all schools want to recruit the best candidates, most suitable for their training profession, so they will use the most suitable subjects.
This year, to prevent schools from offering too many admission combinations for one major or group of majors, we require that the admission combination must include at least one important subject, either literature or math - one of the two compulsory subjects when students take the high school graduation exam. The score of this subject must also account for a certain and important proportion in the combination.
Instead of worrying too much about the combination problem, students should study well to get the highest exam results.
Still regulating the entrance threshold for education and health sectors
Another point to note in the draft admission regulations is that this year, the regulations on the threshold for ensuring input quality for teacher training majors and majors in the health sector that issue practice certificates will be adjusted. After announcing the draft, the Ministry of Education and Training received many comments, especially from independent candidates.
Regarding this regulation, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thu Thuy said that the Ministry of Education and Training still has to set a threshold to ensure input quality by using high school graduation exam scores, instead of just using transcript scores. The group of independent candidates no longer has the opportunity to return to high school to accumulate points, so there needs to be solutions to ensure that they can still take the entrance exam for training programs in pedagogy and health.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/tuyen-sinh-dai-hoc-2025-se-bo-xet-tuyen-som-196250115220542816.htm
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