A woman in Da Lat in the Central Highlands has achieved a perfect 9.0 score in IELTS, driven by her passion for reading and note-taking rather than intensive test preparation.
From a border village in the southern Tay Ninh Province, a Vietnamese student overcame educational barriers to achieve an impressive 8.5 on the IELTS through self-study.
Around 90,400 IELTS and Aptis certificates are said to have been inappropriately issued by the British Council in 2022, inspectors of the education ministry said Friday.
The 56,200 IELTS certificates inappropriately issued by the IDP in 2022 can be used for examination, admission and training purposes, the education ministry said Thursday.
Many students are worried their university results will be canceled or their current applications will be rejected after 56,200 IELTS certificates were found to be in violation of regulations.
Spending too much time practicing exam sample questions while lacking vocabulary, or applying too many tricks from the internet seems to not work for those studying for the IELTS tests.
The Ministry of Education and Training on Wednesday gave approval for IELTS to allow candidates to improve their scores in individual skills without taking the whole test again.
There will be many consequences if students with IELTS certificates are exempted from exams or given bonus points for high school admission, according to VnExpress readers.
Inferring advantages for students with IELTS scores in the high school admission process may breed inequality, as not everyone has the means to study and take the test, the education ministry said.
The Ministry of Education and Training has called on provinces and cities to stop giving priority to candidates with IELTS certificates for admission to 10th grade.
Four times more 16–22-year-olds took the 2022 IELTS tests compared to 2018 as Vietnam exempts students with certain IELTS scores from testing for English on high school graduation exams.
A 10-year-old boy in Ho Chi Minh City, who developed an early interest in English and devours books and videos in the language, has scored 7.5 in IELTS.