Head of Nghe An education sector: Difficult exam questions will accurately differentiate excellent, good and average students
Difficult exam questions are a hot topic after candidates completed the 2025 High School Graduation Exam. Although exam scores are expected to be lower than previous exam seasons, the head of Nghe An's education sector said he is not worried about the low exam scores.
The test differentiates candidates well.
Responding to Nghe An Newspaper on the afternoon of June 27, Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of the Department of Education and Training said that 2025 is the year that ends the 5-year cycle of implementing teaching and testing according to the new curriculum.New General Education ProgramTherefore, the Ministry of Education and Training has taken drastic measures to promptly direct the innovation of teaching and learning organization and to strengthen the review, practice, and mock exams for students.
Therefore, after the first cycle and the implementation of this year's Graduation Exam, it can be affirmed that the exam was successfully organized. In particular, the exam questions were scientifically constructed, suitable for the program, talents, and strengths of the students.
Analyzing more closely the difficult exam questions, Mr. Thai Van Thanh said that it is not surprising that the exam questions in 2025 are more difficult than in 2024 and previous years. Through this year's exam subjects, it can be seen that the exam questions have a very clear differentiation. However, this creates favorable opportunities for universities to select high-quality human resources.
In fact, during the teaching and learning process according to the new program, teachers have prepared students' mentality in advance because this is the first year of exams based on the assessment of students' abilities, talents, and strengths that they have chosen in elective subjects to promote students' autonomy, creativity, and desires, giving them confidence and comfort.
I believe that after this exam, students with high scores will be proud of their academic results and they will have the opportunity to pass the entrance exams to the top schools in the country. That will also meet the high-quality human resources, the requirements of the country when entering the new era.
Mr. Thai Van Thanh - Director of Department of Education and Training
According to the leader of the Department of Education and Training, it is normal for candidates to compare the exam questions between the 2025 and 2024 exams, but the nature of the exam is different for the purpose of creating exam questions to assess students' abilities. In addition, if the exam questions are difficult on a common level, it will accurately differentiate students between excellent, good, and average.
Enhance teaching according to students' abilities
The 2025 high school graduation exam is a measure to assess the quality of education. Therefore, according to Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh, after the end of the first 5-year cycle, the Ministry of Education and Training will have instructions to review and adjust the program to suit the requirements of national development in the new era, suitable for the age characteristics of Vietnamese students and taking into account regional factors.
Localities will also direct educational innovation towards enhancing problem-solving teaching, project-based teaching and focusing on building learning projects to develop students’ abilities and strengths. Thereby, helping students experience knowledge and apply knowledge to solve practical problems.
In Nghe An, after this exam, the Education sector will also strengthen the direction of units and schools to focus on teaching in line with the orientation of developing students' capacity. In particular, schools are required to continue to change teaching methods, gradually eliminating the way of teaching presentations and imparting knowledge in a one-way manner, and shifting to active, proactive and creative teaching; encouraging students to discover and seek new knowledge. That is also one of the creative entrepreneurial spirits in schools.
In addition, what many administrators, teachers and parents are interested in and want is that along with innovation in teaching, there must also be changes in testing and assessment based on ability. The head of Nghe An education sector said that this is a difficult issue and it takes time to have a plan and implementation process.
Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training trained local core teachers on designing competency tests. With this skill, teachers understand how to assess competency.
In the coming time, key subject cadres of localities need to continue to accumulate and practice to perfect their test design and teaching design skills in the direction of promoting students' abilities; organizing teaching to help students meet the requirements of the new General Education program. At that time, students participating in exams will feel normal because it is in line with their qualities, abilities and spirit of comprehensive development.
Immediately after completing the 2025 high school graduation exam, the Department of Education and Training also prepared facilities, selected and directed testing sites to ensure security, safety, and convenience for grading.
The Department also mobilizes teachers with capacity, good moral qualities, and objectivity to mark exams to ensure accuracy and fairness for students.
Under the direction of the Ministry, the Department will establish the Examination Council of the 2018 General Education Program and the 2006 General Education Program in a systematic and regulated manner.
