Directors of Departments of Education and Training shall confer the upper secondary school diploma in Vietnam

Directors of Departments of Education and Training shall confer the upper secondary school diploma in Vietnam (Internet image)

Article 24 of the Charter of junior high schools, high schools and high schools with many educational levels issued together with Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT regulates the assessment of student performance in Vietnam as follows:

- Student performance shall be assessed in compliance with regulations on student assessment and ranking from the Ministry of Education and Training.

- Students shall be assessed in accordance with regulations of general education curricula promulgated by the Minister of Education and Training; in a manner that ensures comprehensiveness, fairness, honesty and impartiality; with the aim of improving student performance and a focus on encouraging students' growth; and via different methods, techniques and tools; avoid comparing students against each other or placing students, teachers and students’ parents under pressure.

- For primary school students of multi-level schools having completed their primary school programs and meeting the requirements set by the Ministry of Education and Training, their school principals shall certify that they have completed primary education in their school report books.

- For students having completed their lower secondary school programs and meeting the requirements set by the Ministry of Education and Training, heads of Bureaus of Education and Training managing their schools shall confer upon them the lower secondary school diploma.

- Students having completed their upper secondary programs and meeting the requirements set by the Ministry of Education and Training will be eligible to take the graduation examination. Directors of Departments of Education and Training shall confer the upper secondary school diploma upon those who pass this exam. For students who do not take this exam or fail this exam, principals of their schools shall confer upon them the certificate of completion of general education.

In addition, information technology shall be applied to assessment of student performance following a road map suitable for the actual capacity of each educational institution and in a manner that complies with assessment requirements, aims for student's improvement and promotes teaching and educational methods that nurture student’s virtue and capacity.

More details can be found in Circular 32/2020/TT-BGDDT, which comes into force from November 1, 2020.

Le Vy

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