The Ministry of Education and Training is asking for opinions on whether to maintain university admission based on academic records?

The number of candidates admitted to university by considering academic records accounts for the highest percentage. The Ministry of Education and Training is asking for opinions on whether to maintain the first round of admission by considering academic records or not.

On the morning of September 18, the Ministry of Education and Training held the 2025 Higher Education Conference. At the event, Mr. Nguyen Tien Thao, Director of the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training), said that in 2025, the total number of candidates registered for the exam will reach 852,000 with 7.6 million admission wishes to more than 4,000 majors and training programs of more than 500 universities and colleges nationwide.

University admission results in recent years

SOURCE: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

At the conference, Mr. Thao raised a number of issues that needed to be discussed and asked for opinions. Specifically, this year there are 17 admission methods, but the admission method based on academic records accounts for 42% of the admitted candidates. Meanwhile, the admission method based on high school graduation exam scores accounts for over 39% of the admitted candidates. So should the admission method based on academic records be maintained in the first round or not?

The second problem is that the number of registered wishes is too large, 7.6 million wishes, each student has an average of nearly 9 wishes while the average in previous years was the highest at 5. Nearly 31% of candidates register from 5 to 10 wishes; from over 10 wishes to under 20 wishes is nearly 30% of candidates; over 20 wishes is 6.7% of candidates. The issue of bonus points also needs to be reconsidered.

"It's time to control the number of registrations per candidate to increase candidates' responsibility," according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

Not limiting the number of wishes helps candidates increase their chances of being admitted and reduces pressure, but it overloads the Ministry's general admission software. The Ministry offers three options for schools to comment on: a maximum of 5, 10 wishes or continuing to have no limit on the number of wishes.

At the conference, a survey on university admissions from 2026 was sent to delegates representing more than 200 schools.

The survey form was sent to the delegates.

PHOTO: TUE NGUYEN

According to the report of the Ministry of Education and Training, the entire 2025 university admission process is conducted entirely online, from registration, fee payment, virtual filtering and admission confirmation, with no errors from the general system.

As for the Northern group (chaired by Hanoi University of Science and Technology), which organized a general admission exam for 65 training institutions, the initial admission exam software was overloaded due to the large amount of calculations. The Ministry of Education and Training requested to extend the nationwide virtual filtering time by 2 more days but still ensure the announcement of admission exam results on schedule (August 22).

The online registration system was opened from August 25 to September 2 (3 days longer than planned). The problems of organizing early admission and dividing the quota between admission methods and combinations in previous years have been basically resolved.

The entire admission process is transparent, there is no longer an unreasonable difference in benchmark scores between admission methods and combinations for the same major and school.

However, in the first round of admission this year, 16 schools identified incorrect criteria, resulting in more than 1,000 candidates being affected, the software could not handle it, and had to be processed manually. Up to now, these errors have been corrected, ensuring the rights of candidates.

As of September 2, the number of candidates who completed admission confirmation was 625,477 (an increase of 13.82% compared to 2024); of which the university sector alone was 613,335 students, equivalent to 52.87% of the total number of candidates taking the high school graduation exam (in 2024 it was 51.3%).

The number of training institutions recruiting less than 30% of their target is only 6.5% (in 2024 it will be 16.4%).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bo-gd-dt-lay-y-kien-co-nen-duy-tri-xet-tuyen-dai-hoc-bang-hoc-ba-185250918100121823.htm