To announce the high school graduation exam plan as of 2025 in Vietnam

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To announce the high school graduation exam plan as of 2025 in Vietnam

On November 28, 2023, the Minister of Education and Training issued Decision 4068/QD-BGDDT approving the "Plan for organizing the exam and recognition of high school graduation from 2025".

Aims to properly evaluate the learning outcomes of learners according to the goals and standards to be achieved according to the requirements of the General Education Program (GDPT) 2018; Take the exam results to recognize high school graduation and use them as one of the bases to evaluate the quality of teaching and learning in educational institutions and the direction of educational management agencies. Provide sufficiently reliable data for higher education and vocational education institutions to use in enrollment in the spirit of autonomy.

The content of the exam and recognition of high school graduation as of 2025 will closely follow the content of the 2018 General Education Program.

In particular, literature is tested in the form of an essay; the remaining subjects are multiple-choice.

Candidates take compulsory exams in Literature, Mathematics and 02 elective subjects from the remaining subjects learned in grade 12 (Foreign languages, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and legal education, Informatics, Technology).

Regarding organization time: The high school graduation exam from 2025 will be held nationwide in the same format, with the same exam period, at the same time according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.

Regarding contestants: Contestants are learners who have completed the high school program, the high school continuing education program in the year the exam is held, or have completed the high school program, the high school continuing education program but have not taken the high school graduation exam, or have taken the exam but have not graduated from high school and wish to take the exam to be recognized as a high school graduate. Learners who already have a high school diploma or an intermediate diploma wish to take the exam to use the results as a basis for admission to higher education or vocational education.

Roadmap for implementing the High School Graduation Exam Plan as of 2025 in Vietnam

- The exam plan will be implemented as of 2025.

- Period 2025 - 2030: Maintain a stable paper-based testing method.

- Phase after 2030: Gradually pilot computer-based testing with multiple-choice subjects in eligible localities (can combine paper-based testing and computer-based testing).

When all localities nationwide have sufficient conditions, they will switch to organizing the high school graduation exam on computers for multiple-choice subjects.

- Continue to research according to the roadmap and criteria to build a common library/test question bank when qualified to implement decentralization in localities, educational institutions organize exams to assess output quality at the high school level instead of a national exam, at the same time as today. During implementation, depending on actual conditions, adjustments can be made to ensure compatibility with the country's economic and social context.

More details can be found in Decision 4068/QD-BGDDT, taking effect from the date of signing.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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