Shocked when 88% of candidates scored below average in History

In the 2018 high school exam, Dong Nai province had 28,833 candidates taking the exam, an increase of nearly 3,000 candidates compared to last year, of which 8,870 candidates took the exam for graduation. Information from the Dong Nai Department of Education and Training said that this year, 67.25% of candidates achieved average or higher scores in Geography, 97.11% in Civic Education, 54.43% in Math, 49.84% in Chemistry, 51.27% in Literature, and 33.66% in Biology.

Notably, the History subject had only 12.76% of exams with scores of 5 points or higher, of which 180 students received a failing score. That means 88.24% of candidates did not pass the average score.

Many candidates failed to score 5 points in History in the 2018 High School Exam. (Illustration: Viet Phuong).

According to the Dong Nai Department of Education and Training, the whole province had 5 exams with a score of 10, including 2 Foreign Language exams and 3 Civic Education exams. 107 exams had a score of 9.5 and 667 exams had a score of 9 or higher.

Previously, information from the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that with about 28,000 candidates taking the History exam in the national high school exam, 80.9% of the papers had below average scores; 19.1% of students scored above average, which also shocked public opinion.

It is expected that on July 11, the Ministry of Education and Training will announce the national high school exam scores.