VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has once again stirred up the public with the announcement that the information about training (full time, continuing education, or refresher training courses) and graduation grades will be shown on high school diplomas.

 

 

Le Thi Hoang Vy from Ba Diem High School said: “It would be unfair for students not to show the graduation grade and training mode on diploma.”

“The ability of students must be shown on a diploma as recognition of their achievements,” she said. 

The girl went on to say that the diploma will ‘not have much significance’ if there is no detailed information about students’ capability. 

“The diploma to be received by average students will be just like the one to be obtained by students who make great efforts in study,” she commented.

“If I had known about this, I would not have spent too much time on learning, because I just needed a score of 5 for every exam subject to pass the exam”.

Under the current regulations, students have three compulsory exam subjects for high school finals – math, literature and foreign language – and one optional subject. 

Bui Gia Hieu, headmaster of Nhan Viet High School, thinks that it would be better not to show the training mode, but to show the grades on diploma. 

He noted that students would not have motivation for studying.

“If the diploma does not show the graduation grades, it would be better not to organize high school finals,” Hieu commented. “Students will be recognized as finishing general education based on their learning records at general schools.”

The headmaster of a high school in HCM City also heavily criticized the idea of removing the information about the grade on diploma, warning that this will do more harm than good.

This will prompt students to cram only for the learning subjects likely to be asked about, while they will ignore other subjects. Meanwhile, the purpose of general education is providing general knowledge in many different fields to students.

“I am sure that students will only spend time on the learning subjects important for them to apply for university study,” he warned. 

Meanwhile, Nguyen Tien Dat, deputy director of the HCM City Education and Training Department, said it was a good idea not to show the training mode on diplomas.

He said about 13,000 students failed the entrance exams to state-owned high schools every year, and many of them have to go to continuing education schools.

Tien Phong