Proposing ‘graduation exam questions suitable for the context of Covid-19’

One month from now, the 2022 high school graduation exam will take place (July 7-8). Although the Ministry of Education and Training has announced References Since the end of March, the exam content is in the high school program, mainly grade 12 and does not include the simplified sections, many localities are still worried that the test results of candidates will be affected if the questions are not suitable for the context. The quality of teaching and learning declines.

At the online conference on exam work between the Ministry of Education and 63 provinces and cities on June 8, Mr. Cao Xuan Hung, Director of Nam Dinh Department of Education and Training, said that this year’s high school graduates were affected. During the three years of the negative impact of the epidemic, the students faced a lot more difficulties than the previous courses due to frequent interruptions in face-to-face learning.

“We have directed schools to follow the streamlining program announced by the Ministry. However, we still recommend the Ministry to consider and issue the appropriate high school graduation exam,” said Mr. Hung.

Follow survey of the Ministry of Education, with the participation of more than 95,300 teachers, about 65% of teachers at all levels assessed that online teaching and learning during the time of Covid-19 prevention and control was only “relatively effective”. About 20% even said “not effective”.

The representative of Quang Tri province also shared that the quality of 12th grade students this year has been affected by having to study online for a long time. Similar to Nam Dinh’s proposal, Quang Tri believes that considering the test questions in line with reality is the way to ensure the interests of candidates.

Mr. Le My Phong, Deputy Director of Quality Management, Ministry of Education and Training, affirmed that the content that has been simplified due to the impact of Covid-19 in the past three school years will not be included in this year’s exam questions. This is also reflected in the reference topic announced by the Ministry on March 31, and schools, teachers and students can rest assured to review in that direction.

According to Mr. Phong, the ministry has reviewed the exam matrix of 15 subjects, ensuring that the content is in the high school curriculum, mainly in grade 12. Up to now, the basic question bank has ensured both quantity and quality. .

Due to the impact of Covid-19, students have to learn a lot online, the Ministry of Education has repeatedly issued guidelines for the implementation of the general education program in the direction of retaining the minimum requirements for each subject.

For example, with the 12th grade Literature program in the last school year, a series of works were included in the category of “recommended reading” rather than mandatory such as “Lorca’s guitar” by author Thanh Thao, ” Medicine” by Lu Xun, “The Old Man and the Sea” by Hemingway. In History, students only need to read many items on their own from “Soviet Union and Eastern European countries” or “Southeast Asian countries and India”. Such simplified sections will not appear in the high school graduation exam.

Proposing appropriate test questions can help ensure high school graduation rates. However, in the context that most universities use graduation exam scores for admission, many schools top university Like Hanoi Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy, and Hanoi National University, they want to increase the number of difficult questions in the exam to ensure differentiation, help schools facilitate enrollment, and avoid the situation that some candidates Students with 30 points still do not pass the desired field.

Prof. Nguyen Dinh Duc, Head of Training Department of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, said that universities really want to improve the quality of high school graduation exams. He assessed that the exam questions of 2017 and 2018 had good differentiation, suitable for schools to use test results for admission. “I hope the Ministry of Education and Training develops high school exam questions that meet the requirements of the graduation exam but also help classify candidates better,” Mr. Duc shared.

Duong Tam