Improving the primary school admission process in Ho Chi Minh City

The preliminary report on primary school enrollment (TSĐC) for the 2024-2025 school year of the Department of Education and Training (GD-DT) of Ho Chi Minh City said that in the past school year, the ratio of primary and secondary school students compared to the total enrollment target in each locality was high.

Simplify the admissions process

Typically, in Thu Duc City, the rate at both levels is over 98%. District 7 has a ratio of actual students enrolled compared to the total target at both levels reaching 100%. In addition, there are localities such as District 8, Tan Phu, Cu Chi district...

According to the assessment of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the advantages of the TSĐC system are thanks to the effective application of technology: Deploying a GIS map system throughout the city to help allocate students to schools near their homes. Implementing centralized online enrollment through a single portal: tuyensinhdaucap.hcm.edu.vn; integrating data with the industry management system, ensuring accuracy and synchronization; prioritizing student allocation according to "current residence", creating conditions for studying near home; ensuring fairness in admission with a transparent process; meeting diverse needs of the people; balancing the number of students between schools, ensuring the quality of education; actively supporting parents, establishing hotlines and support groups throughout the enrollment process; promptly handling arising issues, ensuring the rights of the people...

Ho Chi Minh City prepares careful conditions, ready for the primary school enrollment plan

After 2 years of implementing the TSDC model, the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City assessed that it has achieved positive results through the application of IT. Administrative procedures have been reduced, the time to process documents has been shortened to 10-20 minutes instead of having to travel many times as before, reducing 70%-80% of the time to process procedures. The simplified admission process allows parents to track the status of their application online, limiting travel and waiting. "The survey showed that 62.7% of parents were completely satisfied and 23.8% were temporarily satisfied with the school's admission guidance, while only 1.6% were dissatisfied. Notably, 51.9% of parents did not encounter any difficulties during the admission process, with the rate of evaluating the procedures as quick and convenient" - the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City acknowledged.

Build realistic admission criteria

After 2 years of implementing the unified TSĐC, according to the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the system also encountered some limitations, such as the lack of basis for student allocation. That is the situation of not clearly defining the areas assigned to schools, the "drop by drop" allocation is not consistent over many periods and schools lack initiative in mobilizing students...

"In the 2025-2026 school year, the city's TSĐC work will overcome the limitations of the previous year. Specifically, it will be directed to synchronously and timely implement directive documents from the Department of Education and Training to schools. Strengthen supervision and coordination of enrollment work, ensuring that the school board understands the process and supporting information. Develop realistic enrollment targets, with evidence of facilities and thorough inspection. Improve the student allocation process, clearly identify areas and increase the initiative of schools" - an official from the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City said.

According to the leader of an education and training department, basically, enrollment for the first grade classes of the 2025-2026 school year will be the same as last year, based on the student's residential information - including "current residence", "relationship with the head of household" and related information - determined through the electronic identification application (VNeID) of the student's parents or legal guardians, as the basis for enrollment. "The specific plan in each locality will wait for the city's general plan to implement" - this person said.

Meanwhile, according to the principal of a secondary school, many schools are currently implementing the advanced school model, high-quality school in Ho Chi Minh City are waiting for the decision of each locality, the reason is that this model is temporarily stopped according to the decision of the Ministry of Justice, while previously schools following the above model recruited students according to their own methods and models. For example, the survey method for entering grade 6.

Talking to reporters, leaders of some local education and training units said that currently, localities are still preparing conditions carefully, ready for the TSĐC plan, so that by the end of June, the enrollment plan will be completed.

Support parents to register online

According to the HCM City Department of Education and Training, in this year's TSĐC, the department will add a team to support online registration and provide full enrollment information to parents to improve transparency and convenience. In addition, the department will also build a strict inspection and monitoring system and an effective complaint handling mechanism.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/cai-thien-quy-trinh-tuyen-sinh-dau-cap-tai-tp-hcm-196250325204627513.htm