For the first time, VNU enrolls university students based on competency assessment method.

Participating in this enrollment round are over 1,200 first-year students of VNU who passed the “3 common” exam, now registering to take the exam for the undergraduate training programs of talent, advanced, high quality, international standards. Of which, the first exam day had 730 candidates participating, reaching approximately 90% of the number of candidates registered to take the exam.

This is an exam for training units of VNU to select students with the necessary capacity and qualities and suitable to study in the talented, advanced, high-quality, international-standard undergraduate training systems.

A total of 110 staff participated in the invigilation and service of this first round of competency assessment. VNU mobilized 459 computers in 14 examination rooms to serve the exam.

The general competency assessment test is designed in a multiple-choice format, including mandatory and optional sections, with a test duration of 195 minutes, conducted on a computer. The maximum total score is 140 points.

The compulsory part consists of two parts: part 1 consists of 50 questions for mathematical knowledge (quantitative thinking) and part 2 consists of 50 questions for Literature knowledge (qualitative thinking). In the optional part, candidates can choose 1 of 2 parts: Natural Science knowledge (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) or Social Science knowledge (History, Geography, Civic Education), each part consists of 40 questions.

The National University of Hanoi's Higher Education Entrance Exam is an integration of assessment and evaluation content based on the scientific basis of capacity assessment. It is not a mechanical synthesis of knowledge from subjects, and the basic knowledge is not beyond the knowledge standards of high school, but focuses on assessing core competencies such as cognitive ability, synthesis, analysis, creativity, aesthetic ability and thinking ability. The exam will include 20% of easy level questions, 60% of medium level questions and 20% of difficult level questions. Each correct answer is worth 1 point, wrong or missed answers will not be deducted points.

After the first day of the exam, all candidates expressed their excitement about the National High School Exam method at VNU. Most candidates said that the exam content was in the textbook and included general knowledge.

Tomorrow, September 11, 2014, the exam will continue to take place at two exam clusters: Xuan Thuy exam cluster (at the computer room of the University of Foreign Languages, University of Technology, University of Economics and Faculty of Law); Thanh Xuan exam cluster (at the computer room of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities).

* Du Anh Quan, student of the Faculty of Computer Science, University of Technology, VNU

I think that competency assessment is a very good form of test, suitable for assessing students in many aspects, a comprehensive assessment. The test content shows all the knowledge that we have learned in high school.

I find the exam structure reasonable. Most of the exam content is not difficult, only some questions are a bit difficult for me.

* Nguyen Le Hai, student of Information Technology Faculty, University of Technology

The new exam format is applied for the first time, assessing the overview of all the knowledge we have learned since high school, which can be applied to later fields. Normally, students will ignore social knowledge if they major in natural sciences, this exam format forces students to study all subjects, knowledge areas, and fields equally...

The examination method researched by VNU is an approach to assessing candidates' abilities in an international manner. In my opinion, the method used to enroll students in other majors helps to synthesize all social knowledge, not just university entrance exam subjects.

* Nguyen Thi Thuy Quynh, student of English Pedagogy, University of Languages ​​and International Studies - VNU.

The exam method is different, new and highly innovative. The exam method not only requires the knowledge we have taken in block D but also integrates knowledge from many other subjects, including a rich array of social science knowledge.

Up to now, we have mainly focused on the subjects that we will take the university entrance exam. We have not paid much attention to other subjects so we have encountered some difficulties.

If this form of examination is widely applied, it will take time for students to adapt. Most of them are still studying according to the exam block so they do not pay much attention to other subjects. Exams like this require us to have a comprehensive amount of knowledge, quite evenly between subjects.

* Duong Thao Ngoc Anh (photo on the right), student majoring in Chinese Language and Culture, University of Foreign Languages, VNU.

The test covered most of the material I had learned in high school. Personally, I was not sure about the answers to some of the questions.