Focus on solutions to improve the quality of the 2025 High School Graduation Exam

Teacher and students of Tong Van Tran High School (Y Yen) during review class.

To improve the quality of the 2025 high school graduation exam, the Department of Education and Training (DOET) has directed high schools, continuing education centers, and vocational education and continuing education centers to effectively implement the school year's tasks according to the Department's instructions; proactively adjust the school's education plan in accordance with practical conditions, ensuring the completion of the program progress according to the school year schedule in Decision No. 1708/QD-UBND dated August 12, 2024 of the Provincial People's Committee.

Schools should step up consultation, survey and let 12th graders register for 2 elective subjects (along with 2 compulsory subjects: Math and Literature) to proactively plan their review, diversify testing and assessment methods, and exchange exam questions between high schools in the province. Differentiate teaching according to students' abilities, divide students into groups so that each group can review with a different method to ensure effectiveness. Closely follow the review instructions according to the orientation of the Reference Questions for the High School Graduation Exam from 2025 issued by the Ministry of Education and Training.

In particular, teachers, especially homeroom teachers and student psychological counseling boards of schools, coordinate with students' families to pay attention to and closely monitor their learning situation and psychological developments and organize psychological counseling and learning support for students, especially final year students and students with difficult family circumstances, ensuring that all students fully learn the content of the curriculum. Conduct surveys and register for extra classes at schools without collecting fees for students whose final semester subject learning results are at the level of "Not Satisfactory" (if any students register) according to Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT; organize regular and periodic testing and evaluation according to the provisions of Circular No. 22/2021/TT-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training regulating the assessment of junior high school and high school students; Circular No. 43/2021/TT/BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training stipulates the assessment of students studying the Continuing Education Program at the junior high school and high school levels. The questions must be consistent with the program's requirements and not put pressure on students to study more.

Tong Van Tran High School (Y Yen) has 11 12th grade classes with 495 students this school year. Currently, the school is making efforts to complete the educational program according to the instructions of the Department of Education and Training and conduct high school graduation exam review for 12th grade students. Professional leaders, heads of professional groups, and deputy heads of professional groups organize the inspection and review of the program implementation of all subjects and educational activities to grasp, urge implementation, and ensure the completion of the program progress according to the 2024-2025 school year schedule of the Provincial People's Committee. Along with that, the school conducts a mid-term 2 exam at the whole school level for the subjects that students register to survey and select for the graduation exam, assigning test marking to ensure independence, objectivity, and accurately assess the current quality of teaching and learning to have appropriate solutions to further improve the quality of teaching and learning.

To organize the review for the high school graduation exam for 12th graders, the school assigned the leaders in charge of professional subjects and the heads and deputy heads of professional groups to adjust the extra teaching plan for the 2024-2025 school year of the school and of the subject groups, ending the extra teaching plan with fees according to the provisions of Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT. Professional groups/teams compile and exploit sources of documents to support review; update reference questions for the 2025 high school graduation exam, analyze to guide review; proactively exchange expertise and experience in organizing graduation exam review with units inside and outside the province; share sources of documents and review questions trained by the Department of Education and Training to all cadres and teachers of professional groups in the school. At the same time, develop a graduation exam review plan for 12th grade students without collecting fees from March 3, 2025 to June 21, 2025. On that basis, professional groups develop specific graduation exam review plans, detailing each subject according to the general time schedule of the school and the regulations in Circular No. 29/2024/TT-BGDDT dated December 30, 2024 of the Minister of Education and Training on extra teaching and learning and the official dispatch of the Department of Education and Training on extra teaching and learning.

Along with that, the school organizes review classes by subject; each subject is taught no more than 2 (two) periods/week; at the same time, it focuses on guiding students on learning methods and self-study; strengthens testing and evaluation of students' review results; encourages the exploitation and use of review software and websites to provide review materials, online testing and evaluation, and management of students' review. Subject teachers pay attention to strengthening students' grasp of the requirements to be achieved in the High School Education Program issued with Circular No. 32/2018/TT-BGDDT dated December 26, 2018 and Circular No. 13/2022/TT-BGDDT dated August 3, 2022 of the Minister of Education and Training. Ensure that all students, especially grade 12 students, keep up with the work of enhancing self-study, with advice, help and support from subject teachers in extra classes at school and self-study at home. Determined to achieve educational goals, achieve high results in the grade 12 high school graduation exam and consider and enroll in universities, colleges and intermediate schools in 2025.

Mr. Le Thanh Giang, Principal of Giao Thuy High School (Giao Thuy) shared: In preparation for the 2025 high school graduation exam, the school has widely disseminated the content of Circular 29/2024/TT-BGDDT and the guiding documents of the Department of Education and Training on the implementation of Circular 29 as well as teaching 5 days/week to staff, teachers, students and parents. The school proactively adjusted the education plan, extra teaching and learning plan according to the provisions of Circular 29 and the guidance of the Department of Education and Training towards promoting students' qualities and abilities. The Board of Directors directed staff and teachers to pay attention to guiding students in self-study methods; assign, urge and check students in performing tasks to ensure scientificity and suitability; encourage the use of software and websites for review and learning management. Teachers ensure maximum teaching according to the teaching schedule; Arrange for qualified teachers to teach graduation exam preparation for 12th grade students. Survey the needs of students who wish to prepare for graduation exams, encourage and motivate teachers to voluntarily teach exam preparation for students in need, and encourage students to come to school to study on their own during the days when the school does not organize activities.

According to Comrade Cao Van Giap, Head of the General Education Department (Department of Education and Training), very early on, the Department of Education and Training instructed units to review according to the orientation of the Reference Questions for the High School Graduation Exam from 2025 of the Ministry of Education and Training and organized for managers and teachers to study the content of the reference questions for the High School Graduation Exam from 2025 of the Ministry of Education and Training. Professional groups/teams carefully analyzed the structure of the questions, new types of questions, the proportion of knowledge content, distributed test capacity, test level, and forecasted the average score that students of the unit could achieve with the reference questions. Based on the analysis of the reference questions, professional groups met to discuss plans to organize teaching, review, and guide students to self-study; strengthen testing and evaluation of students' learning and review results according to the orientation of the reference questions of the Ministry of Education and Training so that students can become familiar with the test format. Teachers in the professional research team/group select review materials, software, websites... with quality content for review, testing, and assessment according to the reference questions. Teachers build a system of questions, exercises, and exam preparation questions according to the reference questions of the Ministry of Education and Training to share and use in the unit and the whole province. All of the above work aims to provide solutions and ways for students to review in order to achieve the highest results in the upcoming exam.

With the initiative and positivity of the entire education and training sector, we believe that the 2025 high school graduation exam in the province will maintain the tradition of ensuring safety, seriousness, compliance with regulations, and high quality.

Article and photos: Minh Thuan

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