Eligibility requirements for high school graduation exam in Vietnam 2023

Eligibility requirements for high school graduation exam in Vietnam 2023 (Internet image)

1. Candidates for high school graduation exam in Vietnam 2023

Candidates for the high school graduation exam in 2023 include:

- Group 1: Students who have finished the high school program in the year of exam;

- Group 2: Those who had finished the high school program but have yet taken or did not pass the high school graduation exams of previous years;;

- Group 3: 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.

(Clause 1, Article 12 of the Regulation on high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT)

2. Eligibility requirements for high school graduation exam in Vietnam 2023

- Group 1:

They 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.

- Group 2:

They 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.

A person who was disqualified from the previous year’s high school graduation exam due to poor conduct in grade 12 must obtain the confirmation of their compliance with local regulations and legal policies from the commune-level People’s Committee so that the high school where they were in grade 12 confirms their eligibility in terms of conduct according to regulations.

- Group 3:

Must ensure that they have studied and passed the exam with a sufficient amount of high school cultural knowledge according to the provisions of the Education Law and current guiding documents of the Ministry of Education and Training.

- Candidates must register and submit all documents on time.

(Clause 2, Article 12 of the Regulation on high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, amended by Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT)

3. Registration of papers in the high school graduation exam in Vietnam 2023

-  For high school graduation assessment purpose:

High school candidates prescribed in group 1 and 2 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 group 1 and 2 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;

- Candidates prescribed in group 3 may register for independent papers, combined papers or component subjects of the combined papers at their option.

(Clause 3, Article 12 of the Regulation on high school graduation exam issued together with Circular 15/2020/TT-BGDDT, amended by Circular 05/2021/TT-BGDDT)

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