When are candidates in Vietnam granted an exception of high school graduation recognition in 2025?

When are candidates in Vietnam granted an exception of high school graduation recognition in 2025?

Under Article 40 of the Regulation on High School Graduation Exam issued with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT (effective from February 8, 2025), the cases for granting an exception of high school graduation recognition in 2025 are as follows:

(1) Learners belonging to the categories stipulated in points a and b, Clause 1, Article 19 of the Regulation on High School Graduation Exam issued with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT are granted an exception of high school graduation recognition in cases of accidents, sickness, or unexpected special situations before the exam date by no more than 10 days or during the first exam session, preventing them from attending the exam.

- Conditions: Meet the conditions for exam participation, with both training and academic results of the entire year in grade 12 being assessed at a fairly good level or higher;

- Application includes: Admission and discharge hospital records (or certification of ongoing treatment) issued by hospitals from the district level or higher (if involved in accidents, sickness) or certification from the People's Committee of the commune where they reside (if there are unexpected special situations); the school’s minutes proposing an exception of high school graduation recognition where the exam registration was done and proof of training and academic results in grade 12.

(2) Learners belonging to the categories stipulated in points a and b, Clause 1, Article 19 of the Regulation on High School Graduation Exam issued with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT are granted an exception of high school graduation recognition if they are involved in accidents, sickness or unexpected special situations after having completed at least one exam subject and cannot continue the exams or if they voluntarily sit the remaining exams after being involved in accidents, sickness or unexpected special situations.

- Conditions: Meet the conditions for exam participation, scoring at least 5.0 (five) points in all completed exam subjects to consider high school graduation recognition, training of the entire year in grade 12 being assessed from a fairly good level or higher, and academic results at a satisfactory level or higher;

- Application includes: Candidate's application for an exception of high school graduation recognition; admission and discharge hospital records from district-level hospitals or higher (if involved in accidents, sickness) or certification from the People's Committee of the commune where they reside (if there are unexpected special situations) and proof of training and academic results in grade 12.

(3) Athletes eligible for an exception of high school graduation recognition as per regulations in Article 5 of Decree 36/2019/ND-CP.

- Conditions: Meet the conditions for exam participation; achieve outstanding achievements in national or international sports competitions; the time of the high school graduation exam coincides with the time athletes are training abroad or participating in international sports competitions;

- Application includes: Candidate's application for an exception of high school graduation recognition; evidence of outstanding achievements in national or international sports competitions; evidence of the coincidence between the high school graduation exam schedule and the time athletes are training abroad or participating in international sports competitions.

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What are the eligibility requirements for graduation recognition for candidates taking the high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

Under Article 45 of the Regulations on the high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT (effective from February 8, 2025), the eligibility requirements for graduation recognition for candidates taking the exam in Vietnam are as follows:

- Candidates eligible to take the high school graduation exam, not subject to the disciplinary annulment of exam results, achieving above 1.0 score in all subjects on a 10-point scale, and having graduation assessment points of at least 5.0, are recognized as high school graduation.

- Candidates eligible to take the high school graduation exam, exempt from all papers in the graduation assessment process as per clause 1 Article 39 of the Regulations on the high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT are recognized as high school graduation.

What is the formula for calculating the graduation assessment score for candidates taking the high school graduation exam in Vietnam?

Under Article 44 of the Regulations on the high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 24/2024/TT-BGDDT (effective from February 8, 2025), the formula for calculating the graduation assessment score for candidates taking the high school graduation exam in Vietnam is as follows:

Where:

- The high school graduation assessment score includes:

+ Scores of the papers taken by the candidates for graduation assessment, converted to a 10-point scale to calculate the graduation score;

+ The GPA of all years at the upper secondary level (The average of all years) is calculated by the following formula:

++ GPA of grade 10, GPA of grade 11, GPA of grade 12 is the arithmetic mean of all subjects evaluated by scores for each respective year.

++ The GPA of each school year and the GPA of all school years are rounded to 2 (two) decimal places.

+ Priority (PT), and encouragement (EC) points if applicable.