Candidates allowed to apply for the high school graduation exam via online methods in Vietnam

Candidates allowed to apply for the high school graduation exam via online methods in Vietnam (Internet image)

On March 24, 2023, the Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam issued Circular 06/2023/TT-BGDDT amending the Regulations on high school graduation exams together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT as amended by Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT.

1. Candidates allowed to apply for the high school graduation exam via online methods in Vietnam

According to Clause 3, Article 1 of Circular 06/2023/TT-BGDDT, point a, Clause 1, Article 13 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, candidates who have finished the high school program in the year of exam shall apply for the exam via online methods or directly at the general school where they attend the 12th grade;

2. Responsibilities of candidates in the high school graduation exam

According to Article 14 of the Regulation promulgated together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT (amended in Circular 06/2023/TT-BGDDT), every candidate in Vietnam has the responsibility to:

- Register for the exam in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation and annual guidelines for administration of high school graduation exam issued by the MOET.

- Be present at a designated exam room on time as specified in the Notice of Taking Exam to complete the exam procedures:

+ Present the ID card, either conventional or new format, and receive a Candidate Card;

+ Any mistake or error with respect to the first name, middle name, last name, date of birth or eligibility for privileges should be promptly reported the invigilator or the officer on duty at the Exam Place for correction.

+ Where the ID card or another necessary document is lost, the candidate must immediately report the manager of the Exam Place for consideration.

- In each examination session, the candidate shall be present at the designated exam room on time, follow the instructions of invigilation board and invigilators. Candidates who arrive later than 15 minutes after the official start of the exam shall not be admitted to the exam room.

- Follow these rules in the exam room:

+ Present the Candidate Card to invigilators;

+ Sit on the seat allotted to his/her candidate number;

+ 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;

+ Refrain from communicating with or copying from exam-mates, using authorized materials or attempting to cheat or making noise in the exam room; 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);

+ Stop writing immediately when the end of the exam session is announced;

+ Protect the script and prevent other exam-mates from misusing the answer sheet; immediately report an invigilator in a case where any person misuses or intentionally interfere in the answer sheet;

+ Write the number of submitted pages and sign on the acknowledgement of submission when handing in the written paper scripts. Candidates who fail to do the papers still have to hand in their answer sheets (for written exam) or multiple-choice answer sheets (for multiple-choice exam);

+ Refrain from leaving the exam room throughout the allotted time given to a multiple-choice exam; may leave the exam room and area after two thirds of the allotted time given to a written exam, and submit the script/sheet together with question paper, scrap paper before leaving;

+ May leave the exam room, in exceptional circumstances, with permission of invigilators and accompanied by a supervisor; in case of medical emergency, the leave of candidates must be accompanied by the police until the end of the exam session and subject to decision of the manager of the Exam Place;

+ Only bring the following items into the exam room: pens, pencils, compasses, erasers, rulers, slide rules; calculator without text composing function and memory cards; geographic atlas of Vietnam for Geography paper;

+ Refrain from bring the following items into the exam room: carbon paper, correction pens, alcoholic drinks; weapons, explosives, inflammable materials; handouts, information transmission or storage devices that can be used for cheating in the process of examination and marking.

- When taking a multiple-choice paper, in addition to the rules prescribed at clause 5 of this Article, candidates must follow these rules below:

+ Must fill in their answers on the multiple-choice answer sheets printed in the format of the MOET; only fill in the circles of candidate number, question paper code and answers with stray pencils; erase completely without leaving any stray pencil mark in the old circle and fill in the expected one, in case of changing answers;

+ Fill in correctly all required fields printed on the multiple-choice answer sheet; for the candidate number field, all digits must be written and filled in (even “0” digits at the beginning); write the question paper code correctly on the two copies of acknowledgement of submission;

+ Check if the codes of the component papers in the natural science or social science paper are the same as each other after receiving a question paper; and promptly inform the invigilators within no more than 5 minutes after receiving such a question paper in case of different codes; put the question paper under the multiple-choice answer sheet and only read the question paper after the invigilator has given such a permission;

+ Check if the question paper have enough questions and pages as stated in the beginning of the paper and all pages of the paper have the same question code;

+ Refrain from submitting the script before the end of the exam session; hand in the multiple-choice answer sheet to the invigilators and sign in two copies of acknowledgement of submission at the end of the session;

+ Only leave the exam room after the invigilators confirm that they receive adequate number of multiple-choice answer sheets in the exam room and permit the leave.

- Follow the instructions of invigilators and authorized persons at the Exam Place, in case of any unexpected situations.

Circular 06/2023/TT-BGDDT takes effect from May 9, 2023.

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