Ministry of Education and Training issues regulations for high school graduation exams in 2024
The Ministry of Education and Training has just issued Circular No. 02/2024/TT-BGDDT dated March 6, 2024 amending and supplementing a number of articles of the current High School Graduation Exam Regulations.
Accordingly, the 2024 High School Graduation Exam will basically remain stable as in the 2020-2023 period, especially remaining the same as the 2023 High School Graduation Exam.
The Ministry of Education and Training only makes some technical adjustments to the Regulations to ensure consistency in the organization of exams nationwide.
Specifically, clearly define the subjects in the exam regulations to make it easier for candidates to register. To ensure priority for candidates to avoid confusion during the exam registration process, the exam registration units are responsible for looking up information from the national population database to confirm priority according to the place of permanent residence for candidates; candidates are required to be responsible for keeping their account and password information confidential.
The regulations also clearly stipulate the responsibilities of candidates during the exam. In addition to the regulations on items that candidates are allowed to bring into the exam room to serve the purpose of taking the exam, the new point is to add specific regulations on items that candidates are prohibited from bringing into the exam room. Regulations for candidates who only take 1 or 2 components of the combined exam (independent candidates).
Regarding the professional aspects of exam preparation, additional requirements for the exam preparation area, printing and copying of exam papers, and marking during the exam period are added. In particular, the period of protection of State secrets for exam papers is clarified so that candidates and parties involved in the exam organization process are fully aware and do not violate the regulations on State secrets.
At the same time, specific regulations are made in the regulations of the test-making area, test-printing, marking and tasks of the rounds to ensure consistency with the implementation process of individuals and units participating in organizing the test.
The Regulation also adds a list of foreign language certificates used to exempt from the foreign language test in the annual High School Graduation Exam to create fairness for candidates and foreign language certificates that have been recognized to date.
In addition, there are also some other major technical changes in the exam question-making, exam invigilation, and grading councils, or the inclusion of content from the annual exam organization guidelines into the regulations to ensure greater consistency in implementation during the exam organization process./.
