What is scale for grading students' academic performance based on their GPA in Vietnam? What is calculation of students' grade of a unit of study in Vietnam?
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What forms of undergraduate education are there in Vietnam?
In Article 4 of the Regulation on Undergraduate education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, modes of study are specified as follows:
Modes of study
1. Full-time mode of study:
a) Teaching activities shall take place in training institutions, and practicals, internships, practical experiences and online teaching may be carried out outside of training institutions;
b) Teaching activities shall take place between 6 AM and 8 PM from Monday to Saturday; activities specific to training programs shall be organized according to regulations of training institutions.
2. Part-time mode of study:
a) Teaching activities shall take place in training institutions or institutions involved in joint training according to regulations on joint training in Article 5 of this Regulation; and practicals, internships, practical experiences and online teaching may be carried out outside of training institutions and institutions involved in joint training;
b) Teaching time may be scheduled flexibly.
3. For academic disciplines needing to be prioritized for socio - economic development for each period, the Ministry of Education and Training shall provide guidelines for the modes of study applied to them.
Thus, currently there are 2 forms of undergraduate education:
- Formal training
- Training while working and studying
For academic disciplines needing to be prioritized for socio - economic development for each period, the Ministry of Education and Training shall provide guidelines for the modes of study applied to them.
What is scale for grading students' academic performance based on their GPA in Vietnam? What is calculation of students' grade of a unit of study in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)
What is calculation of students' grade of a unit of study in Vietnam?
According to Clause 3, Article 9 of the Regulation on Undergraduate education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, regulations on assessment and calculation of grades of units of study are as follows:
3. The grade of a unit of study shall be the total of all component grades multiplied by their corresponding weights, rounded to 1 decimal place and assigned a letter grade.
Unless otherwise provided for in Point d of this Clause:
a) Level-based pass grades applicable to units of study counted towards the average grade include:
A: from 8,5 to 10,0;
B: from 7,0 to 8,4;
C: from 5,5 to 6,9;
D: from 4,0 to 5,4.
b) Non-level-based pass grade applicable to units of study not counted towards the average grade:
P: at least 5,0.
c) Fail grade:
F: under 4,0.
What is scale for grading students' academic performance based on their GPA in Vietnam?
In Article 10 of the Regulation on Undergraduate education issued with Circular 08/2021/TT-BGDDT, it regulates the academic performance assessment by semester and by year as follows:
Academic performance assessment by semester and by year
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4. Training institutions using the year-based training system and 10-point scale shall calculate average grades based on grades of units of study on the 10-point scale and not converted letter grades to the 4-point scale. In this case, training institution regulations shall provide regulations on handling of academic performance equivalent to and substituting regulations in Article 12 of this Regulation.
5. Student academic performance shall be classified based on the semester average grade, academic year average grade or GPA as follows:
a) On the 4-point scale:
From 3,6 to 4,0: excellent;
From 3,2 to under 3,6: very good;
From 2,5 to under 3,2: good;
From 2,0 to under 2,5: average;
From 1,0 to under 2,0: poor;
Under 1,0: very poor.
b) On the 10-point scale:
From 9,0 to 10,0: excellent;
From 8,0 to under 9,0: very good;
From 7,0 to under 8,0: good;
From 5,0 to under 7,0: average;
From 4,0 to under 5,0: poor;
Under 4,0: very poor.
6. Study progress shall be determined based on the number of credits accumulated from the beginning of the course (“N”) and average number of credits of an academic year according to the standard learning plan (“M”) as follows:
a) First year: N < M;
b) Second year: M ≤ N < 2M;
c) Third year: 2M ≤ N < 3M;
d) Fourth year: 3M ≤ N < 4M;
dd) Fifth year: 4M ≤ N < 5M.
Thus, students are classified according to their GPA according to the following scale:
(1) On the 4-point scale:
From 3,6 to 4,0: excellent;
From 3,2 to under 3,6: very good;
From 2,5 to under 3,2: good;
From 2,0 to under 2,5: average;
From 1,0 to under 2,0: poor;
Under 1,0: very poor.
(2) On the 10-point scale:
From 9,0 to 10,0: excellent;
From 8,0 to under 9,0: very good;
From 7,0 to under 8,0: good;
From 5,0 to under 7,0: average;
From 4,0 to under 5,0: poor;
Under 4,0: very poor.
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