Equivalent conversion of admission scores between admission methods

Regarding the new points in university admission registration in 2025, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung, Deputy Director of the Department of HigherEducation , Ministry of Education and Training said that 2025 is the first year that students graduate under the new general education program. In the high school graduation exam, there are adjustments such as reducing the number of exam sessions and exams; increasing the choice of exams for candidates,...

Based on changes in the high school graduation exam regulations, as well as proposals from training institutions, especially to ensure fairness, transparency, and more convenience for candidates when applying to schools, the Ministry of Education and Training plans to make some adjustments in the admission regulations.

Accordingly, this year, the admission regulations are expected to completely eliminate early admission, only applying to the group of excellent candidates who are admitted directly. All other subjects will participate in the admission according to the general plan of the entire system of universities and colleges of education. This change ensures the connection between university and high school training, because in practice, when students lack the basic knowledge of the entire 12th grade, it will be a major barrier to meeting the requirements of studying at the university level.

“All admission methods are applied to early admission as in previous years without any change. The only change is the adjustment of the time when schools organize admission and announce the results, unified in one round according to the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training. In other words, candidates have 3 years to prepare their transcripts, have exam results, and have painstakingly prepared certificates, all of those methods depend entirely on whether the training institution uses them or not. The Ministry's regulations allow schools to use them, the only difference is the time of admission,” Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung emphasized.

The second change is that if training institutions use high school results for admission, they must use the results of the entire 12th grade, unlike previous years when schools could only use the results of 5 semesters. This ensures that candidates are equipped with the necessary basic knowledge to study university programs.

The third new point in this year's draft regulations is technical. Accordingly, the regulations require training institutions to have a plan to convert equivalent admission scores between admission methods. The purpose is to make it simpler and more convenient for candidates and to ensure fairness and transparency in the admission process.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung said that to solve this problem, the difficult part mainly belongs to the training institutions and the Ministry of Education and Training. For candidates, the registration process remains unchanged, they continue to choose the major or training program they are interested in and want to enter the school. Schools do not divide quotas by method and will have a plan to convert equivalent admission scores to ensure that regardless of the method students are admitted by, priority is always given to using their highest results in all methods.

“You do not need to choose a method or combination of codes. What you need to care about is preparing a really good profile, with high school transcripts, graduation exam scores, and competency assessment exam scores. For all of those methods, schools will have equivalent conversion plans and the Ministry of Education and Training's software system will accompany and support schools to choose the highest results for you when considering admission. In fact, training institutions have been prepared for this. Especially in recent years, schools have conducted research and evaluation to ensure fairness between the methods and combinations proposed in the admission plan,” Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung shared.

The fourth new point is that the Ministry of Education and Training does not limit the maximum of 4 admission combinations for each major. The goal of this change is to ensure that candidates, regardless of choosing different high school graduation exams, still have the same chance of being admitted to their desired major; creating the most favorable conditions for candidates in all regions.

The total score of the schools must not exceed 10% of the admission score.

The fifth change, according to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung, is that in addition to priority points by region and by subject, for bonus points, incentive points, and bonus points (generally called bonus points according to each training institution's own plan), the Ministry of Education and Training limits the total score according to the scale to no more than 10%. This issue is approached in the direction of listening to the opinions of the departments of education and training and candidates. Due to various objective conditions and reasons, many candidates cannot access exams that can create bonus points, such as foreign language certificates.

“Not 100% of the more than 1 million high school graduation candidates nationwide have access to foreign language proficiency tests or other exams. When students do not have scores on those tests, it does not mean they are not good. Therefore, we limit this so that training institutions can still give priority to students with different exam results that the entire system cannot confirm for all participating candidates,” said Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung.

Regarding the threshold for ensuring admission to health sectors that require a practice certificate and teacher training sectors, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung said that the Ministry of Education and Training still maintains the threshold for ensuring quality according to regulations every year. Therefore, candidates who have prepared for the entrance exam to health and teacher training schools can be completely assured that the conditions they have prepared will definitely continue to be used to apply to these schools.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Anh Dung, the Department of Higher Education has consulted with the leaders of the Ministry of Education and Training and expects that in the next 1-2 weeks, official enrollment regulations can be issued, from which training institutions will have a basis to adjust and announce the enrollment plan for 2025.

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