Waiting for specific instructions

While private schools in Hanoi have announced their plans for enrolling students in grade 6 for the 2025-2026 school year, public secondary schools and high-quality schools are still waiting for instructions from the Department of Education and Training (DET).

Recently, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued Circular No. 30/2024 on regulations for junior high school and high school admissions. It stipulates that the junior high school admission method is based on selection; at the same time, the Departments of Education and Training are assigned to provide specific guidance on selection criteria, ensuring that the selection process is fair, objective, transparent, and appropriate to the local situation.

According to the Circular, the enrollment of students into grade 6 is carried out once a year. The unified enrollment method applied in all localities is selection. The selection criteria are specifically guided by the Department of Education and Training, ensuring that the selection is fair, objective, transparent, and suitable to the actual situation in the locality. The new regulation also reduces regulations on administrative procedures in enrollment registration. Accordingly, the enrollment registration for junior high school is carried out online. In case of not meeting the conditions to register for online enrollment, it can be done in person or by post.

Many school administrators shared that the new method of admission to grade 6 not only reduces pressure on students but also helps schools to be less tired. The school network in Hanoi currently has all types of schools, meeting the diverse learning needs of students.

However, after the Ministry of Education and Training issued Circular 30, with the content of eliminating entrance exams for grade 6, high-quality secondary schools, or secondary schools with a much larger number of applications than the quota (in densely populated areas), the story of how to enroll grade 6 students to ensure the rights of learners is not a small problem.

Ms. Le Kim Anh - Principal of Cau Giay Secondary School (Hanoi) said that the new regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training are appropriate, however, with the characteristics of high-quality schools, enrollment will be difficult if only applying admission criteria. The school will wait for specific and detailed instructions from the Hanoi Department of Education and Training and Cau Giay District. At the same time, the school will proactively research the most suitable enrollment plan to be able to find a differentiation of subjects in the context of parents' needs being greater than the school's enrollment quota.

In response to concerns about grade 6 enrollment, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training said that the admission method will continue to be applied to public secondary schools in the 2025-2026 school year. The Department is currently urgently developing a plan for enrollment in the first grades, including grade 6 enrollment. After being approved by the City People's Committee, the Department will widely publicize it as a basis for units and schools to organize enrollment in accordance with regulations.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thanh - Director of the Department of Secondary Education (Ministry of Education and Training) emphasized: In order for the admission process to be carried out fairly, objectively, transparently, reducing pressure on students and being consistent with reality, based on the regulations issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, the Departments of Education and Training must develop a set of admission criteria applicable to schools. The principle of Circular No. 30 is that admission at any secondary school must carry out the task of universalization in the area. This is the basis for the Departments of Education and Training to develop admission criteria to ensure admission requirements.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/tuyen-sinh-lop-6-tai-ha-noi-cho-huong-dan-cu-the-10300067.html