HA NOI — High school graduation and university enrolment examinations will continue to be held separately in 2010. The "2 in 1 exam" project will not be ready until further preparations are made, according to Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Vinh Hien.
During a press conference hosted by the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) last Thursday, the ministry’s Chief Administrator, Tran Quang Quy, said that the ministry in 2010 would conduct a 4-year review on the performance of a 2006 Prime Ministerial directive on educational quality improvement, in which he proposed examination reforms would be submitted for the Government’s decision. The question of when a single, all-purpose examination would be held nationwide would be answered thereafter. This single examination would serve two purposes: high school graduation and university admission.
The reason for the delayed combination of the two examinations was that the organisation of a single, all-purpose exam needed to be based on careful preparations by the ministry, local departments of education, universities and high schools, deputy minister Hien added. He said that the delay of the "2 in 1 exam" scheme was decided on because the ministry would be stretched conducting multiple tasks next year, among which were syllabi and textbook reviews and an education development strategy for 2020.
According to the deputy minister, the proposed "2 in 1 exam" programme so far had not been backed by the majority of the public. Therefore, examination reform, which was aimed at a single all-purpose examination, should be phased out.
At a recent high school graduation exam, test site clustering and cross marking were piloted for the first time. It could be done better with more experience, deputy director of the Bureau of Tests and Quality Assessment (MoET) Tran Van Nghia said. This was the reason why the ministry thought more time was needed for situation analysis and better conditions.
It was too early to say whether test site clustering and cross marking would continue next year, but this year’s positive effects would be taken into consideration, Nghia said. During the press conference, which briefed the 2009 high school graduation results and ongoing preparations for university enrolment, the ministry referred to the recent highschool graduation as "an exercise for the single all-purpose examination". They called it "an exercise", because in reform proposals, the "2 in 1" examination would also be locally held by provinces. As strong measures like test site clustering and cross marking were applied in high school graduations, it was hoped that there would be more reliable marks that could be used for university admissions. — VNS
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