Vietnam: What to do when university students ask other people to sit their exam? If university students ask other people to sit their exam, will their degree classification be lowered?
- What to do when university students ask other people to sit their exam?
- If university students ask other people to sit their exam, will their degree classification be lowered?
- Can university students who are forced leave from school due to asking someone to sit their exam have their study results retained?
- What acts are university students not allowed to do?
What to do when university students ask other people to sit their exam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the Regulation on undergraduate education in Vietnam promulgated together with Circular No. 08/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating as follows:
Handling of violations committed by students
1. Students committing fraud in examinations and academic performance assessments shall be subject to disciplinary actions for each unit of study where they commit fraud according to regulations of the applicable regulation on high school graduation exam promulgated by the Ministry of Education and Training, unless otherwise provided for in Clause 2 herein.
2. Students sitting exams for other people or asking other people to sit their exams shall be suspended from study for 01 year if they commit this violation for the first time and forced to leave school if they commit this violation for the second time.
3. Students using forged documents, degrees or certificates to apply for admission or graduation shall be forced to leave school; and any graduation degree awarded shall be confiscated and disposed of.
According to the above regulations, university students asking other people to sit their exams shall be suspended from study for 01 year if they commit this violation for the first time and forced to leave school if they commit this violation for the second time.
Vietnam: What to do when university students ask other people to sit their exam? If university students ask other people to sit their exam, will their degree classification be lowered?
If university students ask other people to sit their exam, will their degree classification be lowered?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 14 of the Regulation on undergraduate education in Vietnam, promulgated together with Circular No. 08/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating as follows:
Graduation recognition and degree awarding
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3. Degree classification shall be determined based on GPA of the whole course according to regulations in Clause 5 Article 10 of this Regulation, in which, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half in any of the following cases:
a) Retaken units of study exceed more than 5% of total credits required for the whole program;
b) The student received a warning or a more severe penalty when they attended the program.
According to the above regulations, if university students aske other people to sit their exams, the degree classification of students with excellent and very good GPAs will be lowered by half because they have received a warning or a more severe penalty when they attended the program.
Can university students who are forced leave from school due to asking someone to sit their exam have their study results retained?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 15 of the Regulation on undergraduate education in Vietnam promulgated together with Circular No. 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, providing for temporary leave and dropping out as follows:
Temporary leave and dropping out
1. Students may temporary leave school and have their study results retained in the following cases:
a) The student is conscripted;
b) The student is selected to represent Vietnam in an international competition by the competent authority;
c) The student is ill, is pregnant or has an accident that requires long-term treatment, which is verified by the competent healthcare facility according to regulations of the Ministry of Health;
d) The student takes leave for a personal reason but has attended at least 01 semester in the training institution and is not considered for forced leave from school or discipline.
2. Duration of temporary leave for personal reason shall be counted towards the full-time study time provided for in Clause 5 Article 2 of this Regulation.
3. Students may drop out of school for personal reason, unless they are considered for forced leave from school or discipline. These students shall apply for admission following the procedures applicable to other applicants if they wish to return to school.
4. Training institution regulations shall provide for conditions, competence and procedures for handling of applications for temporary leave, receipt of returning students and forced leave from school; and retention and recognition of accumulated study results of students who drop out.
Thus, university students who are forced leave from school due to asking someone to sit their exam cannot have their study results retained.
What acts are university students not allowed to do?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 61 of the 2012 Law on Higher Education in Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Prohibited acts of students
1. Offending the honor, dignity, abusing the body of lecturers, management staff, employees, other students at higher education institutions and other people.
2. Cheating at study, examination and enrolment.
3. Engaging in activities of social evils or disturbances in higher education institutions or at public places and other acts of violations of law.
4. Organizing or participating in illegal activities.
According to the above regulations, students are not allowed to do the following acts:
- Offending the honor, dignity, abusing the body of lecturers, management staff, employees, other students at higher education institutions and other people.
- Cheating at study, examination and enrolment.
- Engaging in activities of social evils or disturbances in higher education institutions or at public places and other acts of violations of law.
- Organizing or participating in illegal activities.
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