What are methods for evaluating good upper secondary students in Vietnam from the 2024 - 2025 academic year?

What are methods for evaluating good upper secondary students in Vietnam from the 2024 - 2025 academic year?

Based on Clause 2, Article 9 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the assessment of learning results of students is as follows:

Article 9. Assessment of learning results of students

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2. Learning results in each semester and school year

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For subjects assessed via both feedback and scores, DTB_mhk is used to assess learning results of a student in each semester while DTB_mcn is used to assess learning results of a student in the entire school year. Learning results of a student in each semester and in the entire school year shall be assessed by one of 4 categories: Excellent, Good, Qualified, Unqualified.

a) Excellent:

- All subjects assessed with feedback are placed in Qualified category.

- All subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 6.5 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn with 6 subjects among which have minimum scores of 8.0 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn.

b) Good:

- All subjects assessed with feedback are placed in Qualified category.

- All subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 5.0 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn with 6 subjects among which have minimum scores of 6.5 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn.

c) Qualified:

- Have no more than 1 subject assessed via feedback placed in Unqualified category.

- At least 6 subjects assessed by both feedback and scores have minimum scores of 5.0 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn with 0 subjects have scores lower than 3.4 for DTB_mhk and DTB_mcn.

d) Unqualified: Remaining cases.

Based on Point b, Clause 2, Article 8 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the assessment of training results of students is as follows:

Article 8. Assessment of training results of students

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2. Students' conduct results per semester and the entire academic year

Students' conduct results for each semester and the entire academic year are assessed in one of four levels: Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, and Unsatisfactory.

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b) Training results of students in the entire school year

- Excellent: a student is placed in Excellent category in the 2^nd semester and in Good category or higher in the 1^st semester.

- Good: a student is placed in Good category in the 2^nd semester and Qualified category or higher in the 1st semester; or Qualified category in the 2^nd semester and Good category in the 1^st semester; or Good category in the 2^nd semester and Qualified category or Unqualified category in the 1^st semester.

- Qualified: a student is placed in Qualified category in the 2^nd semester and Good, Qualified, or Unqualified category in the 1^st category; or Good category in the 2^nd semester and Unqualified in the 1^st semester.

- Unqualified: other cases.

Based on Article 15 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the commendations are as follows:

Commendations

1. Principals shall award certificates of achievement for students

a) End-of-year commendation

- Award the title “Học sinh Xuất sắc” (Excellent student) for students who have obtained Excellent training and learning results for the entire school year and achieved DTBmcn of at least 9.0 in subjects that are assessed via both feedback and scores.

- Award the title “Học sinh Giỏi” (Good student) for students who have obtained Excellent training and learning results for the entire school year.

b) Commend students for having unexpected merits in training and learning in the school year.

2. Students with special achievements shall be considered and requested for commendation by schools.

Therefore, from the academic year 2024 onwards, to achieve the title of good upper secondary school student, the annual training result must be evaluated as Excellent and the annual learning result must be evaluated as Excellent. To be specific:

Annual learning result is evaluated as Excellent if the following conditions are met:

- All subjects assessed by comments are evaluated as Satisfactory.

- All subjects assessed by comments combined with numerical scores have DTBmhk, DTBmcn of 6.5 points or higher, with at least 06 subjects having DTBmhk, DTBmcn of 8.0 points or higher.

The annual conduct of upper secondary school students must be evaluated as Excellent if semester II is evaluated as Excellent, and semester I is evaluated not lower than Good.

What are methods for evaluating good upper secondary students in Vietnam from the 2024 - 2025 academic year? (Image from the Internet)

What are cases in which upper secondary school students in Vietnam are exempt from practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education?

Based on Article 10 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the assessment of students exempt from the practice exercises in Physical education and National defense, and security education as follows:

Article 10. Assessment of students exempted from practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education

1. Students who face difficulty in learning due to chronic diseases, disabilities, accidents, or diseases that require treatment shall be exempted from practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education.

2. Application for exempting practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education consists of: Written application of students and medical record or certificates of disabilities issued by hospitals of districts or higher.

3. Exempting practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education for illnesses or accidents only apply to a school year; cases of chronic diseases, physical disabilities or prolonged impairment shall apply to all school years or the entire education level. Principals shall allow students to be exempted from practice exercises of Physical education and National defense and security education in each semester or school year.

4. Students who are exempted from Physical education and National defense and security education as per this Article must attend replacement theory examination and/or assessment to maintain sufficient number of examinations and/or assessments as per the law.

Therefore, upper secondary school students facing difficulties in studying due to chronic illness, disabilities, accidents, or diseases requiring treatment shall be exempted from practice exercises in Physical education and National defense and security education.

What are the responsibilities of the Department of Education and Training of Vietnam in assessing upper secondary school students?

Based on Article 16 of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT, the responsibilities of the Department of Education and Training in assessing upper secondary school students include:

- Directing the organization of student evaluation within their management scope.

- Directing and guiding educational institutions in using student monitoring and assessment books (by class), student monitoring and assessment books (by teacher), and student report cards according to prescribed templates.

- For using electronic records, the Department of Education and Training directs implementation according to a suitable roadmap for local conditions, school conditions, teacher capabilities, and ensures the legality of electronic records.

- Responsible for inspecting, resolving issues during the implementation of Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT in the locality.

- Reporting the results of the student evaluation organization to the Ministry of Education and Training as prescribed.