Ministry of Education and Training announces sample questions for high school graduation exam from 2025

The Council builds the exam format structure to serveHigh school graduation examSince 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training has established the exam format structure of 17 subjects, including: Literature, Math, Foreign Language, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, History, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Technology (Industrial Technology and Agricultural Technology).

The Ministry of Education and Training said that the sample test according to the new format structure has been tested in the provinces/cities: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ninh Binh, Gia Lai, Thai Nguyen with about 5,000 students.

Based on the analysis of the test results, experts who are the authors of the 2018 general education program, textbook authors, lecturers and teachers have completed the exam format structure and sample questions for publication.

The exam questions for each specific subject are as follows:

The Ministry of Education and Training said that through the sample test, learners will understand how many parts the test consists of, what types of multiple choice questions there are, and what competencies are assessed.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, at this time, the 2018 General Education Program has only been implemented up to grade 11, so the knowledge content used in the illustrative questions mainly belongs to grades 10 and 11.

Exam structure and time

From 2025, Literature will be tested in the form of essays on paper, while other subjects will be tested in the form of objective multiple-choice tests on paper.

For multiple choice exams, there are up to 3 types of multiple choice questions used in the exam.

The first is multiple choice questions. This format has been used for many years in Vietnam. According to the exam format from 2025, Foreign Language subjects will only use this format. The remaining multiple choice subjects will have a part using this format.

The second is the True/False multiple choice question. Each question has 4 ideas, candidates must answer True/False for each idea of ​​the question. This format requires candidates to have comprehensive capacity, knowledge and skills to achieve maximum score, limiting the use of "tricks" to choose answers from noisy options like in the multiple choice test format. The probability of randomly scoring the maximum score is 1/16, 4 times smaller than the current multiple choice test format.

The third is the short answer multiple choice question. This format is similar to the essay question format, and is evaluated through the final result that the candidate must fill in on the answer sheet. This format requires the candidate to have solid capacity, knowledge and skills, and limits the use of "tricks" to choose answers from confusing options like in the multiple choice test format.

Two new test formats, through practical testing, have been shown to be suitable for designing exams in the direction of assessing capacity, while improving the ability to classify candidates.

Regarding the time of each exam, Literature is 120 minutes; Math is 90 minutes; other subjects are 50 minutes.

The number of questions for each specific multiple choice test is as follows:

2024 is the last year to hold the exam for candidates studying the 2006 general education program. From 2025 onwards, the content of the high school graduation exam will closely follow the content and objectives of the 2018 General Education Program.

Candidates will only take 4 subjects, including 2 compulsory subjects (Literature, Math) and 2 optional subjects (among the remaining subjects studied in grade 12 including: Foreign Language, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Economic and Legal Education, Information Technology, Technology)./.