Students say they are overloaded
Bui Nguyen Huy, a student of the 12A6 class of the Quang Trung High School in Dong Da district in Hanoi, said that if the six-subject exam is applied, Huy and many other students would fail the university entrance exam.
Huy said that he plans to take the exams to the Hanoi University of Technology. Under the current regulations, Huy will have to take A-group exam which includes three subject exams – mathematics, physics and chemistry – or natural sciences subjects. Therefore, Huy now gathers strength on three subjects and pays less attention to other subjects.
As such, if the six-subject exam mechanism is applied, Huy fears that the total marks he gets from the university entrance exam would be not high enough to pass.
A lot of Huy’s friends share the same view, saying that the higher number of exam subjects would put a heavier burden on them, because they would have to spend their time on too many subjects. Therefore, they believe that it would be better to maintain the current examination mechanism.
Ngo Van Dat, a student of the 10A2 class of the Trung Van High School in Tu Liem district, got shocked when hearing about the new plan by MOET.
“It would be better to keep the current mechanism which proves to be the optimal. This allows students to choose the subjects and majors they love,” he said.
Teachers still wavering
Doan Duc Hanh, Deputy Headmaster of the Quang Trung High School, thinks that the MOET’s new plan is unfeasible.
She thinks that it would be better to keep the current mechanism with different exam groups (students have to take three exam subjects for every group). If necessary, students would be required to take additional conditional exams, depending on the characteristics of schools and the study branches.
“Additional foreign language exam would be required for the majors that need high foreign language skills. Meanwhile, additional literature exam could be required for the majors relating to social sciences,” Hanh said.
“It’s still unclear about the knowledge students need to have when attending the exams. If only basic knowledge is required, it would be not a problem if students have to take 6 or even 10 exam subjects. However, if deep knowledge is required, three subjects would be enough,” Hanh continued.
Truong Minh Tam, a lecturer of the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, also said that six-subject exam mechanism proves to be unfeasible.
Polytechnique schools would not be interested in social sciences subjects such as history or literature, while the students, who follow social studies, would be not keen on natural sciences subjects, she explained.
In case MOET still thinks that it is necessary to apply a six-subject exam mechanism to ensure that students have comprehensive knowledge in different fields, Tam thinks that it is necessary to remove the high school final exams.
Universities say “no”
Not only high school students and teachers, but universities also do not think that the new plan is a good choice.
Le Quoc Hanh, Head of the Training Division of the Hanoi University, said that he personally thinks six-subject exam mechanism is not necessary.
“I understand that MOET wants students to have comprehensive knowledge, but schools want to drive students to their specific training characteristics,” he said. For example, arts schools highly appreciate students’ aptitudes than mathematics or physics.
He has also warned that the new plan, if applied, would lead to the “changes of a lot of links in a system”, including the changes in the way of learning and teaching, in preparing for exams…
Source: Tien phong
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