Announcing specialized competency assessment test according to new structure from 2025

Ho Chi Minh City University of Education uses security scanners to check candidates before entering the 2024 specialized competency assessment exam room - Photo: XUAN HUY

The specialized competency assessment test for university admission has been implemented by Ho Chi Minh City University of Education since 2022. In 2025, the school will continue to organize this exam.

Many improvements in the exam structure of each subject

According to Master Nguyen Ngoc Trung, Vice Principal of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, after 3 years, the specialized competency assessment exam has gradually been widely accepted by society.

Many schools have researched using exam results for admission and have achieved very encouraging initial results.

In particular, in 2024, after five days of opening the registration portal, the rate of candidates registering at the test sites in Ho Chi Minh City and Long An province reached over 80%. The total number of candidates participating in all 5 sessions of 2024 reached 8,540.

“Continue to develop the specialized competency assessment exam for the following years. At the same time, to be consistent with the new general education program, the school's specialized competency assessment exam from 2025 will have many improvements in the exam structure of math, physics, chemistry, biology and literature. As for English, the exam structure will remain the same as in previous years,” Mr. Trung added.

What is the sample test for specialized competency assessment?

According to Mr. Trung, to help candidates learn about the competency assessment test and prepare well for the upcoming exam, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education announced an illustrative test for the new structure from 2025 of the specialized competency assessment test.

The sample test is designed to serve the test takers who are students studying the current high school program, participating in the exams organized from 2025, in which the knowledge content of the grade 12 program accounts for 70-80%, the rest is the knowledge content of the grade 10 and 11 programs.

Math, physics, chemistry, and biology include 40 questions divided into 3 parts: Part 1 includes 25 objective test questions (divided into 2 different formats: objective test with multiple options, with 1 correct answer, and objective test with multiple options, with more than 01 correct answer).

Part 2 consists of 5 multiple choice questions using synthetic data and part 3: 10 fill-in-the-blank questions.

The literature subject will consist of 22 questions and be divided into 3 parts: Part 1 - Reading comprehension with 20 multiple-choice objective test questions; Part 2 - Writing a short paragraph with 1 essay question and Part 3 - Writing an essay with 1 essay question.

For English, the exam structure remains the same as in previous years, with an approach to the test format that assesses proficiency from level 3 to level 5 according to the 6-level foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam. The language used in the exam is diverse, taken from many different fields.

The test duration for math, physics, chemistry, biology, literature is 90 minutes and for English is 180 minutes. Candidates read and take the test on a computer.

Math sample test here.

Physics sample test here.

Chemistry sample test here.

Sample exam for students here.

Sample test for literature here.

Continue to expand the scale of the exam

From 2025, in order to expand the scale of organizing the exam to serve the enrollment work of Ho Chi Minh City University of Education and other universities, the Specialized Competency Assessment Exam is expected to be held at locations including Ho Chi Minh City, Long An, Gia Lai, Da Nang and continue to expand the number of higher education institutions using the results.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/cong-bo-de-thi-danh-gia-nang-luc-chuyen-biet-theo-cau-truc-moi-tu-nam-2025-20240815160034979.htm