National High School Exam: Using 20-point scale, replacing graduation assessment method

According to the Draft Regulations on the organization of the 2015 National High School Exam announced by the Ministry of Education and Training at a press conference on the afternoon of December 18, the Ministry will organize 8 exam subjects: Math, Literature, History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Foreign Language.

To be considered for high school graduation recognition, candidates must take 4 subjects, including 3 compulsory subjects (Math, Literature and Foreign Language) and 1 subject chosen by the candidate from the exam subjects.

Candidates who are not allowed to study Foreign Language or study in conditions that do not ensure quality can choose a replacement subject for Foreign Language from among the elective subjects.

The 2015 National High School Exam will change the way of calculating graduation scores for candidates.

The new point in the Draft Regulations on organizing the 2015 National High School Exam is that the Ministry of Education and Training will use a 20-point scale.

Associate Professor, Dr. Mai Van Trinh, Director of the Department of Testing and Education Quality Assessment (Ministry of Education and Training) said that the use of the 20-point scale has two purposes: to consider high school graduation, and at the same time to serve as a basis for universities and colleges to use in enrollment. To achieve the above purpose, the requirement to differentiate the candidates' level reflected through the results of the subjects in the exam must be set at a higher level than in separate exams like in previous years.

To help universities and colleges select candidates that are suitable for their current diverse resources, training quality, reputation and class, the exam results must have a high degree of differentiation.

To achieve differentiation, the quality of the test plays an important role, while the invigilation and grading are also factors that directly affect the test results of candidates. Therefore, expanding from a 10-point scale to a 20-point scale will help the grading work differentiate the test results of candidates in more detail, supporting the admission process of schools. For the above reasons, the Ministry of Education and Training advocates using a 20-point scale in the national high school exam.

Another new point in the Draft Regulations on organizing the 2015 National High School Exam is that the Ministry of Education and Training proposes the following method for calculating high school graduation scores:

Graduation score = Total score of 4 exams + total incentive score (if any)/8 + average score of grade 12. Graduation score is taken to two decimal places, automatically performed by computer software./.

According to VOV