English scores low at university entrance examsNinety per cent of students sitting this year’s national university entrance exams scored 5 out of 10 or less in English when combined with their score in high school graduation exams, according to the Ministry of Education and Training. English is a compulsory subject in the national university entrance exams, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga explained, and many students from ethnic minorities lack the conditions to properly study English at high school, resulting in the low scores. Nonetheless, he pointed out that the teaching of English in high schools has apparently not kept up with changes in the English test. This may be why scores in the English test were so low. The structure of the English test was the same as last year, with listening, speaking, reading and writing elements.

Source: VietNamNet News July 29, 2016 09:00 UTC