When are candidates qualified to be recognized as high school graduates in Vietnam?

When are candidates qualified to be recognized as high school graduates in Vietnam?

In Article 42 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, regulations on high school graduation recognition are as follows:

1. Candidates who meet the requirements of taking the exam, have no discipline record at the level of score disposal and above, have all papers and component subjects in combined papers scored greater than 1 point in scale 1-10 and have the grade-point average for graduation assessment from 5 and above are qualified to be recognized as high school graduates.

2. Candidates who meet the requirements of taking the exam and have the grant of exemption from all of papers as prescribed in Article 36 of this Regulation shall be recognized as high school graduates.

In addition, Article 41 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT stipulates grade-point average for graduation assessment. As follows:

1. Grade-point average for graduation assessment: consists of scores of papers for high school graduation assessment as prescribed in point a clause 3 Article 12 of this Regulation, bonus points, extra points (if any) and the grade-point average of 12th grade, score of each paper/subject will be converted into scale 1-10. 

a) The grade-point average (GPA) for high school students is calculated as follows:

GPA for graduation assessment =	Total score of 4 papers + Total extra score (if any)	+	(GPA of 12th grade) x 3	+	Bonus point (if any)
	4
	10

b) The graduate point average (GPA) for continuing education students is calculated as follows:

GPA for graduation assessment =	Total score of 3 papers	+	Total extra score (if any)	+	(GPA of 12th grade) x 3	+	Bonus point (if any)
	3		4
	10

2. Grade-point average for graduation assessment shall be rounded to the nearest one hundredth by examination software.

Thus, for high school graduation recognition, candidates must be eligible to take the exam and have a graduation score of 5 points or higher or be exempt from all exams in Vietnam.

When are candidates qualified to be recognized as high school graduates in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

In what cases are candidates received the amount of extra points in Vietnam?

According to Article 40 of the Regulation of high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT amended by Clause 14, Article 1 of Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT, candidates will receive the amount of extra points when:

1. Students participating in contests and other activities shall receive the amount of extra points as follows:

a) Get individual prizes in the contest of sciences for excellent 12th-graders: Win first, second, third prize in the national contest or first prize in provincial contests: +2.0 points; get consolation prize in the national contests or second prize in provincial contests: +1.5 points; Get third prize in provincial contests: +1.0 points;

b) Get individual or team prizes in practical contests of Physics, Chemistry, Biology; arts, sports contests, exhibitions of national defense education, science and engineering contests, international letter-writing competitions held by education authorities in cooperation with other authorities from provincial level and above for high school students. Individual prizes: first, second or third prize in national contests, first prize in provincial contests or gold medal is granted 2,0 extra points; consolation prize in national contests, fourth prize in national science and engineering contests, second prize in provincial contests or silver medal is granted 1,5 extra points; third prize in provincial contests or bronze medal is granted 1,0 extra point. Team prizes: extra points shall only be awarded to candidates with team prizes at national level; the number of players, athletes and actors of teams shall comply with the rules provided by the organizer of each contest; persons winning team prizes shall be entitled to the same amount of extra points awarded to those winning individual prizes as provided for in this Point. Candidates winning different prizes in different contests shall be eligible for the extra points granted to the highest prize.

c) Candidates with prizes from several contests shall only receive the highest extra score for the highest prize.

According to this Article, candidates participating in the national high school exam will receive extra points when meeting the above conditions in Vietnam.

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