The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has unveiled significant changes to the 2025 high school graduation exam, marking a shift towards a more comprehensive and technologically advanced evaluation system.

In a surprising turn of events, candidates with 9.5 per subject are missing out on university placements due to soaring cutoff scores. The Ministry of Education provides insights into the causes and potential solutions.

More than one million candidates across the country on Thursday morning started the high school graduation exam with a literature test, which lasted two hours.

The Ministry of Education and Training reports that 66,927 candidates have registered for exemption from the high school graduation foreign language exam this year. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have the highest numbers of exempted candidates.

As of 2025, high-school students will take only four graduation tests as opposed to five or six as seen in previous years, announced the Ministry of Education and Training on November 29.

VietNamNet Bridge – Fields Medalist Professor Ngo Bao Chau has supported abolishing high-school graduation exams due to many irregularities rather than suspending university entrance exams. 

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