What is application for persons who obtain high school graduation diplomas to retake exam in Vietnam?
What is application for persons who obtain high school graduation diplomas to retake exam in Vietnam? I have graduated from high school but now I want to register to retake the high school exam to get a score for university admission. So how do I prepare my application? Where can I submit my application?
What is application for persons who obtain high school graduation diplomas to retake exam in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 12 of Regulation on high school graduation exam (issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT) stipulating candidates and eligibility requirements for examination are as follows:
1. Candidates include:
a) Students who have finished the high school program in the year of exam;
b) Those who had finished the high school program but have yet taken or did not pass the high school graduation exams of previous years;
c) Those who obtain high school graduation diplomas or Diploma Level 4 of VQF/ Intermediate Professional Education Diploma now take the exam as the basis for university and college admission;
d) Other special cases subject to decision of the Minister of MOET.
2. Eligibility requirements for examination:
a) Candidates prescribed in point a clause 1 of this Article must also meet the requirements that in 12th grade their conduct must be classified as Average and above and academic performance must not be classified as Poor. The classification of conduct is not required for continuing education learners in guided self-study mode and learners with no requirements of conduct classification.
b) Candidates prescribed point b clause 1 of this Article must obtain lower secondary graduation diplomas and also meet the requirements that in 12th grade their conduct must be classified as Average and above and academic performance must not be classified as Poor. A person who was disqualified from the previous year’s high school graduation exam due to poor academic performance in grade 12 must take the final exam for any subjects with GPA below 5.0 (at the school in which they were in 12th grade or at the school registered for the exam) and the new GPA meets academic performance requirement as prescribed;
c) Candidates who have graduated post-secondary schools as prescribed in point c clause 1 of this Article must have studied and passed a given number of high school academic subjects as per the Law on Education and its guiding documents of the MOET;
d) Candidates must register for the exam and submit all required documents in due time.
3. Registration of papers:
a) For high school graduation assessment purpose: high school candidates prescribed in point a, b clause 1 of this Article must take 4 papers, including 3 independent papers: Mathematics, Literature, Foreign Language and 1 combined paper at the candidate’s option; continuing education candidates prescribed in point a, b clause 1 of this Article must take 3 papers, including 2 independent papers: Mathematics, Literature and 1 combined paper at the candidate’s option; in addition, the candidate may register for the exam of Foreign Language paper for university and college admission purpose;
b) Candidates prescribed in point c clause 1 hereof may register for independent papers, combined papers or component subjects of the combined papers at their option.
According to Article 13 of Regulation on high school graduation exam (issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT) stipulates registration for the exam:
2. Application for the exam:
a) Regarding candidates in point a clause 1 Article 12 hereof, the application consists of: 2 identical application forms for the exam; original, or authenticated copy from original, or certified copy extracted from master register, or copy enclosed with original for comparison (hereinafter referred to as certified copy) of high school academic transcript or continuing education academic transcript at high school level or evaluation report of continuing education candidate in self-study mode granted by the head master; documents supporting the candidate’s eligibility for incentives or privileges (if any). In order to enjoy the regional privileges, the candidate must have the copy of their permanent residence book; 2 4x6cm photos;
b) Regarding candidates in point b clause 1 Article 12 hereof, without regard to required documents in point a of this clause, the application for the exam shall also include: the confirmation of poor academic performance, as mentioned in Point b clause 2 Article 12, provided by the high school where the candidate studied for 12th grade or by the exam registration place; a copy of lower secondary graduation diploma; a confirmation of retention scores (if any) issued by the head master of the high school where the candidate took the exam in the previous year;
c) Regarding high school graduates, the application for the exam include: 2 identical application forms for the exam; a copy of high school graduation diploma; 2 4x6 cm photos;
d) Regarding post-secondary school graduates, the application for the exam includes: 2 identical application forms for the exam; 2 4x6 cm photos; a copy of lower secondary school graduation diploma, a copy of learning record or academic transcript of high school academic subjects as required in the Law on Education and its guiding documents of the MOET.
Thus, according to current regulations in Vietnam, people who have graduated from high school to participate in the national high school exam need to prepare the documents specified above depending on whether you have graduated from high school or not. In addition, you need to submit your application at the exam registration place prescribed by the Department of Education and Training.
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