VNU's Competency Assessment Test - Compatible and Appropriate to the Pace of Innovation

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Summary of 4 days of VNU's capacity assessment test

Vice President of VNU Nguyen Kim Son is providing information to the press on the afternoon of June 2, 2015.

Public interest and response to the exam

With the participation rate of about 96%, it shows that the exam attracts the attention of society, especially of students with the competency assessment exam of VNU.

Through participating in the exam, it shows that all candidates have prepared for this exam. Most of the students have tried the sample exams and seem to adapt easily, enter the competition quickly, adapt to the format, not surprised or unfamiliar.

At the test sites outside Hanoi, candidates almost never made any errors in technical operations. Technical errors occurred mainly in the Hanoi area. This proves that technical factors are not a barrier to this test and that high school students are fully capable of participating in computerized tests.

Candidates participated seriously, complied with the regulations of VNU, had no uncooperative behavior, and were active from beginning to end. The results of the VNU's competency assessment exam were fundamentally successful, an important part of that success was the attention of candidates.

Through this exam, VNU also sends sincere thanks for the active cooperation of 45 thousand candidates who made the exam a success, VNU Vice President Nguyen Kim Son shared.

Candidates are lining up to enter the exam room.

Exam plan, suitable organization

The plan and method of organizing the competency assessment exam of VNU can be summarized in the keywords: "A single exam, taken in one session, comprehensive knowledge done on computer, candidates do different exam questions, know the results immediately". This method applied through 8 exam sessions from May 30 to June 2 has shown good results, consistent with the goal of the university entrance exam. This is a method suitable for candidates and adapts to the interests of society in general.

Thanks to careful and thorough preparation and considering many backup plans, the exam went smoothly as planned and achieved many of the set goals. The entire exam did not have any special incidents or problems that affected the overall results of the exam. The infrastructure, equipment, servers, etc. were all operating well without errors and the transmission line was operating stably.

Observing the candidates' process and the actual exam supervision, VNU-Hanoi found that this was an exam without any negative phenomena. Candidates participated with a new mindset, very cooperative, did not expect cheat sheets, and did not have any documents. The cases that were disciplined during the exam all fell under the fault of bringing phones into the exam room. Vice President of VNU-Hanoi Nguyen Kim Son shared: "If the candidates had not forgotten to bring their phones into the room, there would have been no disciplinary action taken during the entire exam."

The staff has mastered the exam.

This was the first time the exam was held, but the results of the 4-day exam showed that the staff of VNU in all roles such as the steering committee, the exam council, the exam supervisors, the technical staff... have mastered the competency assessment exam process. This exam is considered a fundamentally different exam from the traditional exam, but the staff quickly mastered and adapted well to the requirements of operating a new exam. There were no incidents arising from the staff, from the exam supervisors to the technical operators, this is an important factor to ensure that the exam takes place well on schedule and achieves the desired quality.

As a result, the numbers as announced by VNU, with 72.8% of the scores from 70 points or more, show a reasonable rate. This proves that the difficult, easy, and average parts are accurate. There are students who achieved 125/140, proving that the ability of the candidates in the top group is very good.

We affirm that up to this point, the first round of the Hanoi National University's competency assessment exam has been a great success. Through surveys from candidates and parents, most of them are excited and highly appreciate it, emphasized Vice President of Hanoi National University Nguyen Kim Son.

Journalists are working at a working session with VNU after finishing the last shift of the exam, June 2, 2015

Perfecting and continuing to orient towards the best competency assessment exam

In addition to the first but important and fundamental step in the process of innovating the examination method, after the first round of examinations, VNU has considered new updates and reforms so that the competency assessment test is increasingly compatible and suitable for the pace of innovation of high school students, so that students can adapt well and society continues to support this examination method.

VNU still has to continue to add some points in the coming years, this adjustment is in the direction of increasingly perfecting, and all stages such as software, admission regulations, operating procedures and structures, matrices, and exam requirements are all included in the general education program. In the coming time, VNU may include a certain small percentage in the knowledge of life outside. This will be informed on the mass media.

VNU has also distributed 1,500 survey forms to candidates. From there, data was drawn for analysis and experience in organizing competency assessment exams. VNU will continue to listen to opinions from experts, parents and public opinion to organize the best competency assessment exams.