Candidates will only take the exam in one fixed exam room.
The 2025 high school graduation exam is the first year to organize the exam according to the 2018 General Education Program.
According to the high school graduation exam regulations recently issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, the exam will test 4 subjects, including 2 compulsory subjects: Math, Literature and 2 optional subjects chosen by candidates from the subjects chosen in grade 12.
Candidates will take part in 3 exams, including: 1 Literature exam, 1 Math exam and 1 optional exam. Candidates will be arranged according to the optional exam combination to optimize the exam room and score.
Thus, compared to previous years, the exam will have 1 less exam session and 2 fewer exam subjects, thereby reducing pressure and social costs while still ensuring the quality of the exam. However, due to the increased number of exam subjects compared to before and candidates being allowed to choose 2 subjects to take the optional exam, the arrangement of exam rooms will be more complicated, and the exam invigilation will have many new points.
Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong - Director of the Department of Quality Management (Ministry of Education and Training) - said that in the process of developing the examination regulations, the Ministry of Education and Training has organized many experimental sessions to optimize the process such as: Exam paper peeling, exam paper distribution, exam paper collection as well as testing the exam room arrangement system.
These complex difficulties will only be at the management level and in the education sector, but for candidates, all methods will be implemented to ensure more convenience and ease than in previous years.
For example, before 2024, candidates may have to change examination rooms after each exam session, which makes it difficult and tiring for candidates to keep track. However, from 2025, candidates will only take the exam in a single fixed examination room throughout the exam sessions.
Innovative exam, aiming at assessing capacity
Regarding the new points of the high school graduation exam from 2025, Prof. Dr. Huynh Van Chuong said that the high school graduation exam results will be used for many different purposes, including recognition of high school graduation, re-evaluation of the teaching and learning process, and for universities and vocational training institutions to use for admission in the spirit of autonomy. Therefore, the exam will be designed to clearly differentiate between groups of candidates.
The exam will have many questions built from real-life situations in science and society, helping candidates clearly see the connection between the knowledge they have learned and the world around them. Specifically, the 2025 exam will distribute the ratio of questions at the levels of knowledge, understanding and application as 4:3:3.
With a knowing and understanding rate of about 70%, it will be inclined towards the purpose of graduation; while a understanding and application rate of about 60% will have a good differentiation effect to serve the purpose of admission.
A notable new point is that the Literature subject may use non-textbook materials when constructing the exam. This helps assess students' ability to read, understand and perceive texts in real-life situations, avoiding rote learning or mechanical memorization. Materials may include passages, poems, or situations related to current events and social life.
