The requirement set by the Ministry of Education and Training is that each student can only be admitted if they wish. Each university has many ways to give a wish that leads to injustice for candidates. I would like to highlight two issues.
The first problem is that the graduation exam scores are low but the admission scores are high.
Everyone knows that this year's exam is very difficult for Math and English, many experts predict that the university admission score will decrease. Due to the addition of encouraged points and conversion of scores applied by the majority of universities, the situation of low exam scores but the standard scores still increase, lowering the standard scores of previous years.
Looking at those numbers, everyone thinks that universities can recruit good candidates. But that is an extremely great inequality and unfairness and goes against the objective and fair principle of enrollment as stated by newspapers.
The Ministry has introduced many different rates for schools to convert scores but did not control the formula, leading to difficulties for students to use graduation scores for admission. Due to the structure of the allocation of quotas between admission methods.
problem 2: Unfairness in enrollment.
We know that the starting point of each method is different for a wish, so how can it be fair for the exam questions when converting.
The admission method based on transcripts is not objective. We know that a teacher who teaches multiple classes in the same subject has had different tests and assessments. Many teachers in the same school teach the same subject and have different evaluations. Expanding to different schools, different departments and different regions, the assessment is even different because the test is not equivalent. Because they love students, raising their grades, taking advantage of students to beautify their academic records and hoping that their students will be admitted to university are the common mentality of all teachers. The higher the admission method is, the higher the academic transcript score, the higher the admission rate.
The admission method based on English certificates also causes problems. Recently, many schools have used English certificates and mainly IELTS for university admission, causing concerns about unfairness between urban and rural students. Students in big cities have more access to university than rural students.
This is unfair to students in rural areas or disadvantaged localities who do not have access to English. While the knowledge of other subjects is not inferior to rural students. Looking at the high school graduation exam scores, it is clear.
In my opinion, the English certificate only stipulates the output when graduating from university, which is reasonable. We know that, in addition to studying hard, to get a foreign language certificate, we also have to spend a large amount of money to study and take exams, so poor children face many difficulties.
The admission method using a separate exam also causes disadvantages for students who are not qualified. In recent years, some universities have mainly considered admission through separate exams, which has caused difficulties and hardships for students. Because students have to review both the graduation exam and the university's own exam, so they face many difficulties.
Moreover, the separate exam questions of universities are different from the graduation exam questions. Education reform is that parents want to reduce pressure on their children, but many universities increase admission using separate exam questions, so they increase pressure. Students who do not have the conditions are considered to have lost an admission right. At that time, students will focus all their efforts on the graduation exam to have a chance to be admitted, but the lower the admission quota according to this method, the narrower the students' opportunities.
If universities increase admission using separate exams, students who are not qualified will suffer more disadvantages. The important thing is how to train to meet the job needs that society needs when graduating.
With the above arguments, I propose that the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) direct universities to temporarily suspend admissions for meetings, and have a formula for converting points for each block to be fair for candidates nationwide. If there are too many shortcomings, re-admission should be delayed for a while but fair for candidates.
While waiting for the Ministry to issue a conversion formula, I propose as follows:
1. English certificates, mainly IELTS, are awarded according to the following levels: From 5.0 to 6.5 are awarded 1 point; from 7.0 to 7.5 are awarded 1.5 points; from 8.0 are awarded 2 points. Currently, some schools have used this certificate to replace one subject's score, leading to high benchmark scores and inconsistent conversion between schools.
2. Because the graduation exam score is low but the transcript score is high, it is stipulated that the combination of considering the graduation exam score and the transcript score must be 4 points apart. For example, if a candidate with a total score of 3 subjects plus 22 points (not multiplied by the coefficient of any subject) is admitted, then another candidate admitted with a high school transcript must have 26 points.
3. The scores for ability and thinking should be given to schools separately at a certain ratio.
4. Using an admission plan like Ho Chi Minh City University of Science and Technology is reasonable or taking graduation exam scores like medical schools is fair for candidates.
