Ministry of Education changes university and college admissions method

The Ministry of Education and Training said it will provide common admission software for universities and colleges. However, the choice of whether to use it or not is up to the schools.

In recent days, information that the Ministry of Education and Training is changing the university and college admissions method as the national high school exam day is approaching has made many candidates and parents worried.

On the afternoon of May 12, the Ministry of Education announced that it would provide common software for many universities and colleges to help candidates register for admission. This software automatically filters out successful candidates and then provides data back to the schools.

According to the Ministry of Education, this software is similar to the software of school groups that Hanoi University of Science and Technology and Danang University plan to use.

Candidates for the 2016 admission season.

The Ministry affirmed that this is only a technical solution to support the implementation of better admission regulations, minimize virtual candidates, help schools grasp the whole picture of the admission process, and from there decide on the most suitable list of admitted candidates. As for how to use the results, it is up to the schools to decide.

According to the Ministry of Education, enrollment is the autonomy of schools, so the shared software is for schools to choose, not required to participate. And this is purely a technical factor, not affecting candidates.

Previously, the Ministry of Education said that this year there is a new point in university and college admissions: the emergence of admission groups to support each other and increase the chances of admission for candidates. At the end of April, in addition to the group of schools chaired by Hanoi University of Science and Technology (with 11 participating schools), the Ministry also issued an official dispatch agreeing to allow Danang University to chair group admissions.

At that time, the Ministry said it was encouraging universities in the South and the Ho Chi Minh City area to form admission groups. The Ministry had contacted the Ho Chi Minh City National University to form the group, and the schools there were also doing so. In the near future, if the schools form groups, they will report back to the Ministry.

According to VNE