What are the cases where candidates are suspended from taking the high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

What are the cases where candidates are suspended from taking the high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

Under Clause 3, Article 57 of the High School Graduation Exam Regulations issued under Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT (effective from February 8, 2025), candidates will be suspended from taking the high school graduation exam in the following cases:

- Candidates committing the following violations will be suspended from taking the exam:

+ Have already been warned once but continue committing the violations against exam regulations at the level of reprimand or warning during the time allotted for that paper.

+ Bring unauthorized items as stipulated in Article 21 of the High School Graduation Exam Regulations issued under Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT into the exam room/waiting room or while moving between rooms.

+ Take question papers out of the exam room or receive solutions from outside into the exam room.

+ Write or draw irrelevant content on the paper.

+ Engage in quarrelsome or threatening behavior towards responsible individuals in the exam or other candidates.

+ Fail to follow the instructions of the exam room supervisor or the waiting room manager when moving within the exam area and during the waiting period.

The invigilator will prepare a report, seize the materials (if applicable), and report to the head of the exam place to decide on the disqualification form. If the head of the exam place does not agree, the matter is referred to the Head of the Invigilation Board for a decision. Candidates suspended from the exam must submit their papers, exam questions, and scratch paper to the invigilator, leave the exam room immediately upon the decision, and only leave the exam area at the end of the exam session.

Furthermore, a candidate suspended from the exam in a certain year will have all exam results for that year annulled.

What are the cases where candidates are suspended from taking the high school graduation exam? (Image from Internet)

Who is eligible to take the High School Graduation Exam 2025 in Vietnam?

According to Article 19 of the High School Graduation Exam Regulations issued together with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT, the candidates eligible for taking the High School Graduation Exam 2025 include:

- Individuals who have completed the General Education/Continuing Education program in the year of the exam;

- Individuals who have completed the General Education/Continuing Education program but have not graduated in previous years;

- Individuals who already hold a High School Diploma but retake the exam to use the results for enrollment registration;

- Individuals who already hold a Post-secondary Diploma who retake the exam to use the results for enrollment registration.

What are the cases of exemption from all papers of the high school graduation exam 2025 in Vietnam?

According to Clause 1, Article 39 of the Regulation on the high school graduation exam issued with Circular No. 24/2024/TT-BGDDT...Download, the cases of exemption from all papers of the high school graduation exam are as follows:

(1) Individuals summoned to participate in the selection exam for the national team in international or regional cultural Olympiads are exempt from all papers if they meet the following conditions:

- Be summoned in the second semester of grade 12;

- Have excellent training results and Good academic results or higher throughout grade 12;

- Be listed in the exemption list by the MOET.

(2) Members of teams participating in international or regional scientific, technical, cultural, or artistic Olympiads are exempt from all papers if they meet the following conditions:

- Be summoned in the second semester of grade 12;

- Have qualified  training results and academic results or higher throughout grade 12;

- Be listed in the official dispatch on exemption and confirmation of attendance at training and competition by the selection authority sent to the Department of Education and Training before the graduation exam date.

(3) Individuals with severe disabilities and severe disabilities as defined in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 3 of Decree 28/2012/ND-CP; resistance activists affected by chemical poisons with a labor impairment of 61% or more; biological children of persons involved in resistance affected by chemical poisons, themselves suffering a labor impairment of 61% or more are exempt from all papers if they meet the following conditions:

- For disabled individuals following the general education program: Complete the upper secondary education program; meet the exam requirements as per Clause 2, Article 19 of the Regulation on the high school graduation exam issued with Circular No. 24/2024/TT-BGDDT; have a disability confirmation from the competent authority;

- For disabled individuals unable to follow the general education program: Have the personal education plan results for each year at the upper secondary level confirmed by the principal of the school registered for study; have a disability confirmation from the competent authority;

- For individuals involved in the resistance, biological children of those affected by chemical poisons: Complete the upper secondary education program; meet the exam requirements as per Clause 2, Article 19 of the Regulation on the high school graduation exam issued with Circular No. 24/2024/TT-BGDDT; have confirmation of being affected by chemical poisons and a labor impairment of 61% or more from the competent authority.