Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Education and Training announced onMarch 1 that the high school graduation exam would take place on June 28and 29, nearly two weeks earlier than last year.
The official registration will be on June 27.
Two years ago, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam took placein July. As the pandemic is under control this year, the ministry decided tohold the exam earlier.
Therefore, university enrollment is expected to be earlier than last year, asschools will start the new school year in early September.
Huynh Van Chuong, Director of the ministry’s Quality Control Department, saidthe ministry plans to organise the high school graduation exam in asimilar format to recent years.
This year’s candidates will take three compulsory independent tests inmathematics, literature, and foreign languages and one of two optional combinedtests in natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) and social sciences(history, geography, and citizen education).
The exam will focus on subjects learned in the twelfth grade andadd some practical application to gradually approach the orientation ofcapacity assessment of the 2018 General Education Programme, Chuong said.
The exams for 2021 and 2022 also included these contents, he said.
Only the literature test will be conducted as an essay exam. Other testswill be taken under a multi-choice format.
The exam results are mainly used for high school graduation, with mostuniversities and colleges also using the results for admission.
The same day, the ministry also posted sample exam questions of 15 subjects onits website for candidates to refer to and prepare for the exam.
This year, the ministry has adjusted several technical issues to strengthenexam discipline following the draft amendment to the high school graduationexam regulations published in early January.
Candidates can no longer bring audio and video recording devices into theexamination room. Only pens, pencils, compasses, erasers, rulers, pocketcalculators without text editing function and Vietnamese Geography Atlas (whentaking the geography exam) will be allowed.
Candidates are also no longer allowed to leave the test area after two-thirdsof the test time has passed but must wait until the end of the exam.
Another new feature is that this year, candidates can register for the examonline and directly at schools.
Last year, the high school graduation exam took place on July 7-8, with morethan 1 million candidates.
The percentage of students who passed the exam was 98.57%, with Hanoi 99.1%,and HCM City 99.52%./.
The official registration will be on June 27.
Two years ago, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the exam took placein July. As the pandemic is under control this year, the ministry decided tohold the exam earlier.
Therefore, university enrollment is expected to be earlier than last year, asschools will start the new school year in early September.
Huynh Van Chuong, Director of the ministry’s Quality Control Department, saidthe ministry plans to organise the high school graduation exam in asimilar format to recent years.
This year’s candidates will take three compulsory independent tests inmathematics, literature, and foreign languages and one of two optional combinedtests in natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology) and social sciences(history, geography, and citizen education).
The exam will focus on subjects learned in the twelfth grade andadd some practical application to gradually approach the orientation ofcapacity assessment of the 2018 General Education Programme, Chuong said.
The exams for 2021 and 2022 also included these contents, he said.
Only the literature test will be conducted as an essay exam. Other testswill be taken under a multi-choice format.
The exam results are mainly used for high school graduation, with mostuniversities and colleges also using the results for admission.
The same day, the ministry also posted sample exam questions of 15 subjects onits website for candidates to refer to and prepare for the exam.
This year, the ministry has adjusted several technical issues to strengthenexam discipline following the draft amendment to the high school graduationexam regulations published in early January.
Candidates can no longer bring audio and video recording devices into theexamination room. Only pens, pencils, compasses, erasers, rulers, pocketcalculators without text editing function and Vietnamese Geography Atlas (whentaking the geography exam) will be allowed.
Candidates are also no longer allowed to leave the test area after two-thirdsof the test time has passed but must wait until the end of the exam.
Another new feature is that this year, candidates can register for the examonline and directly at schools.
Last year, the high school graduation exam took place on July 7-8, with morethan 1 million candidates.
The percentage of students who passed the exam was 98.57%, with Hanoi 99.1%,and HCM City 99.52%./.
VNA