Actively review knowledge and skills

During this acceleration phase, in addition to studying and reviewing in class, every night when she gets home, Nguyen Thi Thuy Trang, class 12A1, Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School, tries to do 2-3 additional practice tests. In the morning, Trang wakes up early to review what she has learned. If she doesn't understand something, she will ask her teachers or friends right away when she gets to class. Trang said: "I chose the exam block with the subjects of Math, Physics, Chemistry, planning to enter Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics or Ho Chi Minh City Banking University. Therefore, my goal is to get 8-8.5 points or more for each subject."

With the desire to study Journalism and Communication at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Dang Khoa, class 12A7, Chon Thanh High School, plans to take the following subjects: Math, Literature, English and History. Khoa has set himself a specific review plan. In addition to studying and reviewing according to the teachers' instructions, Khoa proactively searches for and solves many types of questions to practice his test-taking skills.

“When I learned that the 2025 high school graduation exam would be conducted in a new format, I was quite worried. But after researching and reviewing the reference questions from the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), I think any change has both advantages and disadvantages. Although the Literature exam no longer includes lessons from textbooks, it makes it difficult for students to summarize knowledge, but that is an advantage for me to be creative,” said Khoa.

Students of Chon Thanh High School register for the 2025 high school graduation exam online

In the 2024-2025 school year, Chon Thanh High School has 377 grade 12 students. In addition to the two compulsory subjects of Math and Literature, students have registered for two of the following subjects: English, Information Technology, Technology, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography and Economic and Legal Education. Accompanying the final year students, the school has selected a team of teachers with capacity, qualifications, skills and enthusiasm to take on teaching grade 12. During the teaching process, teachers focus on closely following the 2018 General Education Program; classifying types of exercises according to the format of the graduation exam according to the new program. The school also organizes mock exams for students to get acquainted with the high school graduation exam environment...

“The school has deployed reference exam questions from the Ministry of Education and Training and reference questions from the Provincial Subject Council. Teachers in the school's professional groups have also developed their own questions for students to get used to. In addition, the school has organized mock exams with the same organization as the 2025 high school graduation exam regulations. We use the results of these mock exams in combination with the students' learning results to simulate the graduation exam results. On that basis, the school classifies groups of students according to the exam results to give them priority in exam preparation” -   Vice Principal of Chon Thanh High School Nguyen Dinh Tham said.

No more "cramming" in Literature exam preparation

Ms. Do Thi Xuan Huong, Head of the Literature Group, Chon Thanh High School, shared that according to the reference exam for Literature subject of the 2025 high school graduation exam of the Ministry of Education and Training, the exam will no longer use textbooks as the standard, but students will approach a completely new text. Therefore, in the review process, students must study many texts to discover common characteristics in each unit of knowledge for a genre in general. In addition to mastering the characteristics of the genre, students need to learn artistic elements, combined with real life experience to read and understand the meaning of the texts. "Rote learning" Literature will no longer be useful when taking the exam according to the new program.

Teacher Do Thi Xuan Huong, Chon Thanh High School, reviews Literature for 12th grade students according to the types of questions.

“During the teaching process, we reinforce students’ theory, do exercises in the form of questions; regularly practice how to understand the problem correctly, how to answer correctly, how to apply practical knowledge. We also guide students to study at home, collect more knowledge to form a knowledge system to support them when doing exercises” - Ms. Do Thi Xuan Huong said.

Discussing the reference questions for this year's Literature subject, teacher Hoang Thi An, Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School analyzed: The Literature subject takes texts outside the textbook for all 3 parts: reading comprehension, paragraph writing and essay writing. For the reading comprehension part, students need to apply knowledge from all 3 years of high school. The part stating the meaning of the lesson and the message drawn for themselves is the part that increases students' interaction and perception. For the paragraph writing, students must apply knowledge about argumentative paragraphs, and at the same time be creative and think for themselves. The essay writing part also requires students to develop their understanding, present their thoughts and feelings related to current life.

Ms. An affirmed: To achieve good results in Literature, there needs to be interaction and coordination between teachers and students during the review process. The new exam questions are more practical, so if students know how to observe and apply them to the exam, they will have many advantages. On the other hand, this year, the Literature grading scale also scores spelling and expression, so students need to pay more attention to practicing writing skills. Ms. An always relies on the advantages of the new program to encourage and motivate students, helping them reduce the pressure of studying and taking exams.

Speed ​​up your review, determined to achieve the best results

With only about 2 months left until the 2025 high school graduation exam officially takes place, the learning atmosphere of grade 12 students is currently very urgent and serious. In addition to the regular morning classes, every afternoon, teachers of the final grade classes volunteer to review for free for students. Both teachers and students focus 100% of their efforts and determination on this exam.

Tran Ngoc Yen Nhu, class 12A7, Chon Thanh High School, expressed her determination: This is a very important exam for me. Although the learning process is quite stressful, I still diligently practice a lot of questions, review the key knowledge carefully to supplement my knowledge. With the subjects of Math, Literature, English, Economic Education and Law, I hope to get 24 points or more, to get into the school of my dreams.

Mr. Dau Khac Ha, teacher at Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School, encourages students to practice solving more Math problems on the internet and reputable online teaching sites.

To improve the quality of the Math exam, Mr. Dau Khac Ha, a teacher at Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School, suggested: Teachers need to closely follow the reference questions of the Ministry of Education and Training, and increase teaching students key knowledge. In addition to self-studying at home, students should refer to and practice solving more Math questions on the internet, reputable online teaching sites...

12th grade students of Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School in Literature class

According to the 2018 general education program, this year's high school graduation exam has many new points. In addition to reducing the number of exam sessions, reducing exam subjects, increasing the rate of using learning assessment scores, the exam will focus on assessing students' abilities. Mr. Doan Kim Truong, Vice Principal of Nguyen Binh Khiem Secondary and High School, said: "We are proactive and flexible in guiding students' review, helping them understand the nature of knowledge, practice skills in relating to reality, improve self-study ability, the ability to correctly identify types of questions, questions to determine correctly and do well on the test... Based on the reference exam, teachers basically prepare correct lectures, suitable for each group of students to convey knowledge".

The high school graduation exam is an important milestone, marking the end of a student's 12-year journey of study, and also the first threshold for them to step into life. Taking the graduation exam for the first time under the 2018 General Education Program will certainly bring a lot of pressure. However, "pressure will create diamonds", the more pressure will create more motivation for students to prepare well for the journey to the bright future ahead.