Thứ Sáu, 22/05/2015, 16:35 (GMT+7)
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Deputy PM Dam urges ensuring smooth organisation of national high school graduation exam

The biggest requirement set for this year’s national high school graduation exam was ensuring strict implementation of the exam, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
 

Image for illustration. Photo: Huu Chi
Image for illustration. Photo: Huu Chi

The leader led a working session to inspect preparation for the national exam in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 21.

The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to combine the annual national high school graduation exam and the university entrance exam from this year forward instead of being held separately, as in previous years.

The results of the exam will determine if students graduate from high school and qualify for admission to tertiary education at a university, college or vocational training school.

The deputy PM affirmed that the long-term goal of the exam’s organisation was to impact teaching methods. The deployment of this year's exam as well as organisation of the exam in the coming years should be geared strongly towards creating the most favourable conditions for candidates.

He also asked that tertiary education quality and career building be improved to ensure quality for students.

Deputy PM Dam asked the Ministry of Education and Training to thoroughly clear up public queries about the exam and facilitate travel of candidates from mountainous localities to exam venues, as well as assisting schools during the exam period.

According to Hai Duong provincial Steering Committee for 2015 High School Graduation Exam, this year 20,635 local candidates will take the exam, with 12,495 taking their exam in venues organised by universities and 8,140 candidates in exam clusters chaired by the provincial Department of Education and Training, with 12 exam venues of 276 rooms.

Hai Duong leaders affirmed that vocational consultancy and information about the exam has been thoroughly provided to students.

According to the latest statistic from the Division of Testing and Education Quality Assurance under the Ministry of Education and Training, nearly 1,004,490 students nationwide enrolled for this year’s national high school graduation exams. Of the number, 279,001 candidates only wish to take the high school graduation exam, over 592,934 wish to use the exam results for university or college enrollment, and 132,552 have graduated high school in the previous year and want to register for college or university.

Students will sit for tests from July 1 to 4 in three compulsory subjects – maths, literature and a foreign language - and one optional subject – physics, chemistry, biology, history or geography.

Mathematics, literature, history, and geography will be taken in the form of an essay, while multiple-choice tests will be applied for physics, chemistry, and biology. For foreign language test, participants will be tested in both forms.

(Source: nhandan.org.vn)

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