The Ministry of Education and Training has announced the schedule for the 2026 high school graduation exam.
The 2026 high school graduation exam schedule will take place from June 10-12, with candidates officially taking the exam on June 11 and 12.
The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued guidelines on the organization of the 2026 high school graduation exam. Accordingly, the specific schedule for the 2026 high school graduation exam is as follows:
The Ministry of Education and Training will organize a trial online registration period for 12th-grade students on the Examination Management System from April 17th to April 21st.
According to the plan, the Ministry of Education and Training will announce the results of the 2026 high school graduation exam at 8:00 AM on July 1st. The graduation recognition process will be completed no later than July 3rd.
According to the Head of the Quality Management Department (Ministry of Education and Training), the 2026 high school graduation exam will maintain stability in terms of examination methods and question design, with only minor adjustments to align with the two-tiered local government management model and the reorganization of provincial-level administrative units.
According to the plan, the 2026 high school graduation exam will be held earlier than in previous years, so candidates need to proactively adjust their study plans and prepare themselves mentally for the exam.
The 2026 high school graduation exam will take place over three sessions (one session for Mathematics, one for Literature, and one for an elective subject).
Candidates who are 12th-grade students taking the 2026 high school graduation exam will have to take two compulsory subjects: Mathematics and Literature, along with one exam consisting of two subjects chosen from the remaining subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Industrial Technology, Agricultural Technology, Informatics, Foreign Language, History, Geography, Economics and Law Education. Candidates may choose to take a foreign language exam different from the foreign language they studied in high school.
The exam content is based on the high school curriculum, primarily focusing on grade 12 material, with some questions covering knowledge from grades 10 and 11. The exam is structured according to the Ministry of Education and Training's matrix, encompassing the following levels of thinking: knowing, understanding, and applying.
According to the head of the Quality Management Department, the 2026 high school graduation exam will continue to be designed to meet the requirements of testing students' abilities and qualities, with a proportion of differentiating questions similar to 2025, including questions that apply knowledge to solve real-life problems.
Multiple-choice exams will follow the same format as the sample exam released by the Ministry of Education and Training last year, including multiple-choice questions, true/false questions, and short-answer questions. Points in multiple-choice exams will not be evenly distributed across all questions, but will be awarded at different levels.
Literature is the only subject currently tested in essay format, and the exam will continue to use materials outside of textbooks. According to the head of the Quality Management Department, starting from the 2025 exam, this adjustment has had a positive impact, encouraging teachers and students to innovate teaching methods, aiming to develop competencies and skills and reduce the practice of "copying model essays".
