MSc Pham Thai Son, Director of the Center for Admissions and Communication, University of Food Industry, Ho Chi Minh City, said that the school uses the results of the competency test of the Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City as the admission result, not an exam. separate exam.
According to Mr. Son, organizing a separate exam is not easy and there are many factors of chance. As with exam questions, the school does not have a team of high school teachers or mobilize this team to create problems, and there are many innovations in problem-solving that schools may not be able to catch in time.
Dr. Ha Thuc Vien, Vice Rector of Viet Duc University informed that in 2023, in the enrollment methods of the university, there will continue to be the TestAS test to assess the entrance capacity entirely in English.
Students in the competency assessment exam of the National University of Ho Chi Minh City in 2022 (Photo: MQ).
TestAS is a competency assessment test, not aimed at directly testing knowledge, but focusing on assessing skills of recognition, reasoning and problem solving.
One of the features of the competency test is to predict the candidate’s ability to succeed when studying a certain major. The test is held at the Viet Duc School and transferred to the centralized marking at the TestDaF Institute, Germany.
According to school leaders, taking this test allows the school to fairly compare the candidate’s ability when studying in the education system in countries around the world.
To build and organize an entrance exam like this, Dr. Ha Thuc Vien said, it is necessary to prepare very carefully the knowledge test models to select the best and most suitable candidates.
Mr. Vien said that organizing a separate exam needs to consider many factors. Although the separate selection method brings some benefits to the organizers, it does not mean that it ignores the necessary and sufficient factors for an exam of an examination nature, screening good and good candidates.
The leader of a university in Ho Chi Minh City stated that this is an optional exam, candidates can choose or not to increase their chances of being admitted. However, candidates should consider to avoid having to rush into exam preparation, taking many exams, which negatively affects the learning process.
When the schools race to organize their own exams, according to him, many problems may arise such as: exam quality, candidates rushing to practice, many candidates from far away have no conditions to take the exam. lost opportunity…
“With private exams flourishing, doesn’t the road to reduce our exam load seem to be getting farther and farther?” he wondered.
This person said that, if the training school is not special like pedagogy, y… getting the results of the competency assessment exam from the big universities that organize the admission is a way to both select quality candidates and reduce the quality. pressure for the school, reducing “trouble” for candidates.
