What items are allowed to be brought into the exam room of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam?

What items not allowed to be brought into the exam room of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 4 Article 14 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with the Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT (amended by Clause 6 Article 1 of the Circular 02/2024/TT-BGDDT) stipulating items allowed to be brought into the exam room of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam:

Responsibilities of candidates

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4. Follow these rules in the exam room:

a) Present the Candidate Card to invigilators; sit on the seat allotted to his/her candidate number;

b) During the exam, with a view to serving the exam, only bring the following items into the exam room: pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, eke rulers, parabola rulers, compasses, calculators without text composing functions and memory cards; geographic atlas of Vietnam complied according to the compulsory education program in 2006 (with no mark or interlineations);

Refrain from bring the following items into the exam room: carbon paper, correction pens, alcoholic drinks; weapons, explosives, inflammable materials; handouts, information transmission devices (information-receiving and broadcasting devices, audio and video recorders) or information storage devices that can be used for cheating in the process of examination;

c) Before doing the exam, write the candidate number and details in the question paper, the script or the multiple-choice answer sheet, scrap paper; after receiving the question paper, carefully check the number of pages thereof and the printing quality. Any missing, torn or blurry pages should be immediately reported to the invigilators in the exam room within 5 minutes from the distribution time of question paper;

d) During the time in the exam room, keep quiet; immediately notify the invigilators when other persons copy or intentionally interfere in his/her exam; refrain from communicating with or copying from exam-mates or allowing other persons to copy his/her exam, using illegal materials or attempting to cheat; raise one hand to ask for permission before saying/asking. Stand up and openly present their opinions when allowed to speak; Refrain from writing or drawing any secret mark, refrain from using pencil except for filling in circle in the multiple-choice answer sheet; write one single ink color in the script (red ink is prohibited);

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As regulated above, following items are allowed to be brought into the exam room of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam:

- Pens, pencils, erasers, rulers, eke rulers, parabola rulers, compasses;

- Calculators without text composing functions and memory cards;

- Geographic atlas of Vietnam complied according to the compulsory education program in 2006 (with no mark or interlineations).

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What are requirements for retaining scores of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 38 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with the Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT (amended by Clause 13 Article 1 of the Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT) stipulating retained scores:

Retained scores

1. Candidates who took all required papers in last year’s exam but have not been qualified to graduate and have no record of score disposal can reuse any result meeting the following requirements in the exam of the immediately following year to be qualified for high school graduation assessment:

a) Independent papers scoring at least 5,0;

b) Combined papers scoring at least 5,0 and component subjects thereof each scoring more than 1,0;

c) Component subjects of a combined paper scoring at least 5,0.

2. Those who choose not to use the retained score shall take all papers and his/her scores will be used for the high school graduation assessment in the same way for candidates without retained scores.

As regulated above, candidates may retain scores of the high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam if they satisfy following requirements:

- They took all required papers in last year’s exam but have not been qualified to graduate;

- They have no record of score disposal in the exam of the immediately following year to be qualified for high school graduation assessment.

Papers/subject eligible to be retained include:

+ Independent papers scoring at least 5,0;

+ Combined papers scoring at least 5,0 and component subjects thereof each scoring more than 1,0;

+ Component subjects of a combined paper scoring at least 5,0.

Who are eligible to participate in high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 1 Article 12 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with the Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, candidates eligible to participate in high school graduation exam in 2024 in Vietnam include:

- Students who have finished the high school program in the year of exam;

- Those who had finished the high school program but have yet taken or did not pass the high school graduation exams of previous years;

- 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;

- Other special cases subject to decision of the Minister of MOET.