New regulations on calculating priority points

The Ministry of Education and Training regulates the official method of calculating priority points for schools and majors that have the coefficient of the main exam subjects according to the new regulations of this year's admission period.

On the afternoon of August 9, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the conclusion of the Council for determining the criteria to ensure the quality of university and college entrance exams in 2014. This conclusion includes the method of calculating priority points for schools and majors that have the coefficient of the main exam subjects according to the new regulations of this year's exam.

According to this regulation, for schools and majors that have announced the main exam subjects: Determine and publicly announce the basic admission score and admission score taking into account the coefficient 2 of the main subject according to the regulations in Official Dispatch No. 2241/BGDĐT-KTKĐCLGD dated May 5, 2014 on instructions for determining criteria to ensure input quality. Priority points are determined according to the formula:

In which, DTT is the actual priority score; DQc is the priority score determined according to the regulations (average score is rounded to 2 decimal places).

This regulation is a way to ensure fairness for candidates.

Mr. Tran Van Nghia, Deputy Director of the Department of Testing and Education Quality Assessment, Ministry of Education and Training, explained the calculation method: “For example, a candidate taking the A block exam, receiving 3 priority points, has a Math 5, Chemistry 3, Biology 4 exam result. The school chooses a basic admission score of 15. If there is no regulation on the main subject, the student will get a total of 15 points (5 + 3 + 4 + 3 priority points) equal to the basic admission score.

But if Biology is the main subject, the school's basic admission score with the main subject coefficient is: 15 x 4/3 = 20.

If the coefficient is not multiplied by the candidate's priority score, the candidate's total score including the main subject coefficient is 5 + 3 + 8 + 3 (priority score) = 19.

Thus, if the priority coefficient is not multiplied, after multiplying the main subject coefficient, the candidate will have a result lower than the basic admission score.

Meanwhile, if the coefficient is multiplied by the priority score, the candidate's score will be: 5 + 3 + 8 + 3 x 4/3 = 20. This score is equal to the basic admission score taking into account the main subject coefficient.

Thus, if the priority score coefficient is not multiplied, in some cases candidates will be at a disadvantage when considering majors that have regulations on main exam subjects.

Mr. Nghia noted that the Ministry has calculated the case where the main exam score of the candidate is equal to the average score of the three subjects to eliminate the influence of the main subject result. According to the calculation, if the main subject score is equal to the average score, then it is the same no matter how it is considered.

When the main subject has a higher result than the average of the three subjects, the candidate will have an advantage - that is, if the main subject is not counted, the exam result will be below the floor, but if the main subject is counted, it will be above the floor.

On the contrary, if the main subject score is low, there may be a case where the exam result is above the floor when the main subject coefficient is not calculated, but when the main subject coefficient is calculated, it is below the floor.

List of majors and schools announcing main exam subjects in the following attached file.

According to Vietnam.net