University and college admissions 2025: Bringing back to one grading scale, ensuring fairness for candidates

Candidates should choose their major because of their passion.

According to Deputy Minister Hoang Minh Son, this year is a special milestone, when the first students studying under the 2018 general education program will take the high school graduation exam.

Regarding the new points in university admissions that are directly related to the rights of candidates, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung - Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education and Training said that candidates using the admission method with high school transcripts should note that this year's new regulation will use the learning results of the entire 12th grade year (instead of only taking the first semester score). Therefore, compliance with the learning requirements of the high school program is very important to increase the chances of university admission.

To increase the chances of admission for candidates and ensure fairness for candidates in different regions, the Ministry of Education and Training does not limit the admission combinations. Therefore, in addition to the traditional admission combinations, training institutions can have new admission combinations.

In response to students' concerns regarding admission wishes, admission methods and conversion of scores to a common scale, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung said that in the university admission round, candidates are allowed to choose an unlimited number of admission wishes, but must be ranked in order of priority from high to low. The Ministry's general admission system will not distinguish between admission methods, so the number of admission methods in the system depends on the total number of methods proposed by the training institution in the admission plan. Candidates do not need to register for admission by method, they only need to register for the admission major. Mr. Dung advised candidates to focus on choosing the admission major that they are truly passionate about and that is suitable for their abilities, without worrying about the admission method.

Regarding the conversion of equivalent scores between admission methods, Mr. Dung said that this is a technical issue to ensure the rights of candidates. The development of a score conversion plan is the responsibility of training institutions and the Ministry of Education and Training. Candidates will receive public score conversion information before registering for admission.

Maintain the 2025 high school graduation exam schedule

On March 20, the Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training signed a document to send to the Departments of Education and Training of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Ninh Binh, Nghe An, Quang Tri to inform about the time of organizing the high school graduation exam in 2025. Accordingly, after receiving the official dispatch from the Departments regarding the consideration of adjusting the exam schedule for the high school graduation exam in 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training acknowledged and highly appreciated the initiative of the Departments of Education and Training in proposing to adjust the high school graduation exam schedule to meet the practical needs of the locality and other practical situations.

After considering the factors, the Ministry of Education and Training decided to keep the 2025 high school graduation exam schedule as announced in the 2024-2025 school year plan (according to Decision 2045/QD-BGDDT dated August 1, 2024). Keeping the exam schedule as announced contributes to stabilizing the psychology of students and parents and does not affect other activities in the education sector. The Ministry of Education and Training requests the Departments of Education and Training to closely coordinate with relevant units to implement the 2024-2025 school year plan, organize the 2025 high school graduation exam according to plan and ensure safety, seriousness, and compliance with regulations.

According to the announced plan, the high school graduation exam will be held on June 26 and 27, 2025. Candidates will take 4 subjects: Math, Literature and 2 elective subjects from the remaining subjects (Foreign Language, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Technology).

Uyen Na