What are regulations on periodic assessment of students in lower secondary and upper secondary education levels in Vietnam?

What are regulations on periodic assessment of students in lower secondary and upper secondary education levels in Vietnam? - image from internet

Pursuant to Article 7 of the Circular 22/2021/TT-BGDDT stipulating periodic assessment of students in lower secondary and upper secondary education levels in Vietnam as follows:

- Periodic assessment (does not apply to learning topics) consists of mid-semester assessment and end term assessment and is implemented via: examination (on test paper or on computer), practice exercises, or learning projects.

+ Time of examination (on test paper or on computer) of subjects (excluding learning topics) with up to 70 periods/school year is 45 minutes; time of examination (on test paper or on computer) of subjects (excluding learning topics with more than 70 periods/school year is from 60 minutes to 90 minutes or up to 120 minutes for specialized subjects.

+ For examination (on test paper or on computer) where assessment is made via scores, exam questions are developed based on exam mechanisms and characteristics in a manner that satisfies requirements of the subjects under formal education program.

+ For examination (on test paper or on computer) where assessment is conducted via feedback, practice exercises, or learning projects, provide instructions and assessment criteria based on requirements of subjects under formal education program prior to implementation.

- In each semester, each subject assessed via feedback shall be assessed once in the middle of the semester and once at the end of the semester.

- In each semester, each subject assessed via both feedback and scores shall be given assessment scores once during the semester (hereinafter referred to as “DDGgk”) and once at the end of the semester (hereinafter referred to as “DDGck”).

- Students who fail to obtain sufficient assessment scores as per Clause 2 and Clause 3 of this Article due to force majeure shall be eligible for attending the re-examination and re-assessment with corresponding qualification criteria. Organization of re-examination and re-assessment shall be performed in each semester.

- In case students fail to attend re-examination and re-assessment according to Clause 4 of this Article shall be assessed as “Chưa đạt” (Unqualified) or given a score of 0 for the missing examination and/or assessment.

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