When will the Ministry of Education and Training announce the sample questions for the 2025 high school graduation exam?

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha, Deputy Director of the Department of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training, said that the Ministry is researching the structure, format, and test bank, actively organizing seminars, and inviting experts to give comments. The general view is that the test must meet the goal of assessing capacity, suitable for the first generation of students, who have only had 3 years of study under the new program.

In addition, the high school graduation exam format from 2025 onwards will balance between subjects, avoiding large score differences between some Natural Sciences and Social Sciences subjects.

Regarding the construction of the exam question bank, Mr. Ha said that, unlike the previous method, in November 2023, the Ministry of Education and Training organized the first training session with teachers of graduation exam subjects from 63 Departments of Education and Training and a number of universities. Up to now, over 3,000 teachers have participated. This is the core team participating in the construction of the 2025 graduation exam question bank.

The Ministry of Education and Training will announce the simulation exam soon, the content can be taken from the 10th and 11th grade curriculum but still help teachers and students visualize the structure, knowledge content, and required competencies. "This will be done in the fourth quarter of 2023",Mr. Ha said.

The Deputy Director added that for Math, the Ministry of Education and Training is developing a number of new multiple-choice test formats to overcome limitations in students' thinking space. Math exams may no longer be entirely multiple-choice questions with four options. This will be discussed carefully before a decision is made.

The content of the 2025 high school graduation exam will closely follow the goals of the new general education program because candidates have studied completely according to this program. The exam will focus on enhancing capacity assessment.

He also shared that the exam is not only for graduation but also used to evaluate teaching and learning, to see what results students will get from changing subject combinations, and from there find solutions to improve quality.