Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son

The Ministry of Education and Training recently organized an online conference on tertiary education with 500 connection sites at universities, junior colleges, and related agencies and units.

Son said at the webinar that high school finals need to become more dynamic and adaptable amid the pandemic. The finals need to be organized in a way to allow stronger decentralization so that localities can become more proactive in the organization.

“2022 will witness the first steps to be taken and will likely be a transitional year when we prepare to make more comprehensive innovation in the year after 2022,” Son said.

Regarding the plan and scenarios for high school final reform and enrollment for universities, Son said the ministry would collect opinions from agencies and units to build the plan.

However, he said, the two national universities and regional schools can immediately set to work on consolidating and building examination center systems. Regional universities will act as the nucleus for examining, assessing and enrolling students in the time to come.

The head of the educational sector noted that some regional schools have good facilities but others don’t. The Finance and Planning Department of the ministry therefore needs to discuss with schools the allocation of regular and mid-term investments for some projects, with high priority given to the building of examination centers.

This will create a basis for the implementation of new policies on exam reform.

Some adjustments were made to the high school finals in the last few years. Localities were given higher autonomy in organizing exams and responsibility for the organization. However, MOET is still in charge of raising exam questions for the entire country.

The time for high school finals is applied to all localities nationwide. The exam not only assesses whether students can get a high school diploma but also decides admissions to universities and colleges.

The current high school final exam is still cumbersome, making it difficult for localities to flexibly organize the exam during the pandemic. Some experts said it would be better for MOET to give more autonomy to localities, allowing local education departments to raise exam questions and organize the exams depending on their real conditions. 

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