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Appendix 10

VIETNAM

GRADUATION EXAMINATION FOR GENERAL SECONDARY, GENERAL STREAMING SECONDARY, AND LOWER SECONDARY LEVELS

Date, subjects and content of examination.

  • Graduation examination for upper secondary, and upper streaming secondary is organized twice a year.

-  Session one at the end of the school year when completing the curriculum of the level.

-  Session two: at the end of August for those who failed in the first session.

  • Graduation examination for lower secondary level is organized once a year.

      Date of examination is defined by The ministry of Education and Training (MOET) within the school year.

  • Subjects for examination.

      Subjects and form of examination is announced on 31 March every year.

  • Content: the content of subjects for examination will be defined by the curriculum (upper secondary, upper streaming secondary, lower secondary) that the students follow during the level of education.

Marking of examination papers.

  • MOET is responsible for marking of the examination papers for upper secondary and upper streaming secondary level.
  • The service of education and training of provinces is responsible for marking examination papers for lower secondary level.

EXAMINATION FOR SELECTING EXCELLENT STUDENTS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF EDUCATION AT NATIONAL LEVEL

Candidates for Examination:

Students of the last grade of the education level, for the upper secondary level alone, students of grade 11 are permitted to sit for examination (with the level of grade 12).

So, examination for selecting excellent students at national level is conducted for only 3 grade levels; grade 5, grade 9, grade 12.

Subjects of Examination

Grade 5: Two compulsory subjects. Mathematics and Vietnamese language and possibly other subjects as defined each year. Duration of time for each subject is 90 minutes/a subject.

Grade 9 and grade 12: each student can only sit for one examination (for one subject).

Duration: Grade 9: 150 minutes/a subject

     Grade 12: 180 minutes/a subject/a day

For grade 12, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and informatics subjects are covered by the exam, each subject has two days for examination.

Figure 10 : The National Educational System of Vietnam
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Last updated : 15 August 2001


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