Ngo Kim Khoi, the Deputy Director of the University Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training, said that the decision on not allowing to enroll students under the B-group for some branches.

Ngo Kim Khoi, the Deputy Director of the University Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training

“Therefore, the decision by the MOET to not allow FPT University to enroll students under the B-group for it’s IT training branch does not cause the big problem or is too strange at all,” Khoi said. As for psychology, universities have been enrolling students under the C-group only (literature, history, and geography).

However, the B or C-groups are just unofficial convention, not the legal regulations. Why can’t universities and junior colleges make changes with the groups if they find it necessary?

Then we should raise a question: why do we have to have different examination groups? It is because each group requires the exams of the subjects suitable to the training branches. Though the A and B groups both have mathematics and chemistry exams, it is clearly stipulated that the A-group’s mathematics and chemistry questions must be more difficult than the B-group’s.

Therefore, it is reasonable to ask universities to enroll students under the A-group for the IT study branch and the C-group for psychology.

I know that in the past, several universities were allowed to enroll students under the B-group for several branches which should have enrolled students under the A-group. It was because at that time, the universities had difficulties in enrolment sources, or it was difficult for new universities or faculties to enroll students. In such a context, the universities were allowed to diversify the student sources for enrolment.

However, the situation is quite different now. Universities need to attract students with their names, prestige, and high quality of training. Besides, it is necessary to set up regulations on the exam groups in order to create the unity in the system of universities.

However, universities said that they should be given autonomy and that the MOET should not impose the exam groups in this case. They also complain that the changes have not been informed to universities in advance. What would you say about that?

The regulations on exam groups have been applied since 1973. In fact, a lot of changes have been made to fit the new circumstances. For example, economics study branches, which enrolled students under the A-group previously, are now enrolling students under the D-group as well.

However, as I said above, any changes need to fit to the new circumstances, and the changes are made only when they are reasonable. The enrollment by the FPT University proves to be unreasonable.

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