What IELTS point is required for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam?
- What IELTS point is required for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
- In addition to English certificates, which Certificates are eligible for exemption from foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
- Who is eligible for exemption from all papers of the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
What IELTS point is required for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
According to the Appendix issued together with Circular 02/2024/TT-BGDDT on Certificates eligible for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam, the English certificates are specified as follows:
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | - TOEFL ITP 450 points - TOEFL iBT 45 points - TOEIC (4 skills) Listening: 275 points; Reading: 275 points; Speaking: 120 points; Writings: 120 points | Educational Testing Service (ETS) |
2 | IELTS 4.0 | British Council (BC); International Development Program (IDP) |
3 | - B1 Preliminary - B1 Business Preliminary - B1 Linguaskill | Cambridge Assessment English |
4 | Aptis ESOL B1 | British Council (BC) |
5 | Pearson English International Certificate (PEIC) Level 2 | Pearson |
5 | Level 3 foreign language certificate according to the 6-level Foreign Language Proficiency Framework applied in Vietnam | Exam organizers according to the regulations on foreign language proficiency assessment according to the current 6-level foreign language proficiency framework applied in Vietnam |
Thus, an IELTS certificate of 4.0 points is eligible for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam.
In addition, the issuers of IELTS certificates eligible for exemption from the foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam are the British Council (BC); and the International Development Program (IDP).
In addition to English certificates, which Certificates are eligible for exemption from foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
According to the Appendix issued with Circular 02/2024/TT-BGDDT, in addition to English certificates, Certificates eligible for exemption from foreign language papers in the 2024 High School Graduation Exam include:
* Russian
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | The Russian centre of science and culture in Hanoi |
* French
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | - TCF 300 points - DELF B1 | Centre International d'Etudes Pedagogiques (CIEP) France Education International (FEI) |
* Chinese
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | - HSK Level 3 | Chinese Foreign Language Office (Han Ban); The National Committee for the Test of Proficiency in Chinese; General Department of Confucius Institutes (China); Center for Language Education and Cooperation |
2 | - TOCFL Level 3 | Steering Committee for the Test of Proficiency (Huayu) |
* German
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | - Goethe-Zertifikat B1 - Deutsches Sprachdiplom (DSD) B1 - Zertifikat B1 | German Commission for General Education Abroad (ZfA) |
* Japanese
No. | Eligible certificate | Certificate Issuers |
1 | JLPT Level N3 | Japan Foundation |
Who is eligible for exemption from all papers of the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam?
Under Article 36 of the Regulations attached to Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, people meeting the following requirements will be eligible for exemption from all papers of the 2024 High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam:
(1) A person chosen to become a member in the national team for the International or Regional Olympiad of academic subject shall be exempt from all papers of the high school graduation exam if he/she:
- is chosen in the second semester of 12th grade;
- has his/her conduct classified as Good and academic performance classified as Good or above in the 12th grade; and
- is named in a list of exemption of the MOET.
(2) A person chosen to become a member in the national team for the International or Regional Olympiad of engineering or arts shall be exempt from all papers of the high school graduation exam if he/she:
- is chosen in the second semester of 12th grade;
- has his/her conduct classified as Average and academic performance classified as Average or above in the 12th grade; and
- is named in an official dispatch on request for exemption and confirmation of training and taking test made by the recruiter sent to the DET before the date of high school graduation exam.
(3) People suffering from disabilities and infected with chemical toxins
People suffering from extremely severe disabilities and severe disabilities as prescribed in clause 1, clause 2 Article 3 of the Government’s Decree No. 28/2012/ND-CP dated April 10 2012; revolutionary activists infected with chemical toxins with the degree of impairment from 61% and above; offspring of revolutionary activists infected with chemical toxins with the degree of impairment from 61% and above must satisfy the following requirements:
- In the case of disabled students who follow the general education program: They must finish the high school program and meet the requirements as prescribed in clause 2 Article 12 of Regulations attached to Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT to take the exam; and have the certificate of disability issued by the competent authority;
- In the case of disabled students who do not meet the requirements of the general education program: They shall have the certificate of the implementation of the individual education plan each year at high school level approved by the headmaster of the school at which they studied; and have the certificate of disability issued by a competent authority;
- In the case of revolutionary activists and their children infected with chemical toxins: They must finish the high school program and meet the requirements as prescribed in clause 2 Article 12 of Regulations attached to Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT to take the exam, and have the certificate of infection with chemical toxins with the working capacity loss from 61% and above issued by a competent authority.
Thus, candidates chosen to become members of teams for international and regional exams as above will be exempt from all papers of the High School Graduation Exam in Vietnam.
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