Procedures for question paper setting for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam

 Procedures for question paper setting for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam (Internet image)

1. Candidates of the exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam

According to Article 4 of the regulations issued with Circular 17/2023/TT-BGDDT, candidates of the exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam include:

- Regarding the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level:

+ High school students whose training (or conduct) and study performance are classified as "Good" or above according to their results at the end of the semester (or academic year) adjacent to the exam and are selected for the team of the participating unit;

+ Each candidate may only participate in one exam subject in an academic year.

- Regarding the exam for the selection of Olympic teams:

Regulations on candidates:

+ High school students selected by the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam among the students that achieve prizes in the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in the same academic year on the principle of high to low based on test scores, ensuring that the number of students selected for each exam subject does not exceed 8 times the number of students required for the national team participating in the International Olympic Competition for such an exam subject;

+ High school students not participating in the exam for the selection of excellent students at the national level in the same academic year but are already members of the national team participating in the Regional Olympic Competition or members of the national team participating in the International Olympic Competition of the preceding academic year.

2.  Procedures for question paper setting for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam

 Procedures for question paper setting for exams for the selection of excellent students at the national level in Vietnam are stipulated in Article 18 of the Regulations issued with Circular 17/2023/TT-BGDDT as follows:

- Compilation of question papers:

+ The Leader of the Question Paper Setting Team shall cooperate with the Secretary Team in eliminating information concerning any person who compiles proposal question papers. The Question Paper Setting Team shall review and classify questions in proposal question papers (hereinafter referred to as “proposal questions”) according to the structure of question papers. The Question Paper Setting Team shall access each question in proposal question papers, select proposal questions meeting the requirements to use as a source of references for the compilation of question papers and submit reports to the Heads of the Council in writing. In case two or more proposal questions are selected in the same unit of the structure of a question paper, selection shall be done via voting. The compilation of question papers shall ensure the principles of transforming proposal questions and shall not use more than one question from one compiler of proposal question papers.

+ If the source of proposal question papers is not sufficient as a source of references for the compilation of question papers, the Leader of the Question Paper Setting Team shall submit reports to the Chairperson of the Paper Question Setting Council to request assignments to members for proposals of ideas and organization of a Team meeting for international moderation, adjustments, and transformation of proposed ideas to compile the question papers;

+ The Leader of the Question Paper Setting Team shall adequately submit reports to the Chairperson of the Council on the viewpoint, compilation procedure, and fundamental content of the compiled question papers. It is required to specify which proposal question paper or proposal idea is used to compile the content of the question papers.

- Moderation of question papers:

+ Moderators shall read and assess the question papers compiled by the Question Paper Setting Team following the requirements prescribed in Article 15 of Regulations issued with Circular 17/2023/TT-BGDDT and propose schemes to adjust and amend such question papers if necessary;

+ Assessments of compiled question papers provided by the moderators are considered a reference to assist the Chairperson of the Paper Question Setting Council in signing and approving the question papers.

- Completion of question papers: Every member of the Question Paper Setting Team shall, based on the suggestions of the moderators, jointly proofread and complete the question papers and sign and present them to the Chairperson of the Paper Question Setting Council for approval.

- Exam guard duty: A Question Paper Setting Team of a specific subject shall be on guard duty during the whole examination session of such a subject to handle issues concerning the question paper (if any).

- The setting of practical question papers for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology shall comply with the guidelines on practical question paper setting.

Vo Tan Dai

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