Does it reduce pressure on students?

After the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) announced the regulations for admission to grade 10 from 2025, many parents and students continue to worry and wait for the Department of Education and Training to finalize the third exam subject.

“Never stop worrying,” is what most parents with children taking the 10th grade entrance exam share. Although the Ministry of Education and Training has finalized the exam plan, at this time, students and parents are still anxiously waiting for information about the third subject.

Ms. Nguyen Hoai Phuong (Tay Ho district, Hanoi) shared: "I hope the third exam subject is English. If parents are still worried like this, how much pressure will the children and teachers have?"

According to Circular 30/TT-BGDĐT of the Ministry of Education and Training on the regulations for junior high school and high school admissions, which has just been issued and will take effect from February 14, 2025, the 10th grade entrance exam includes: Math, Literature and a third subject or exam selected by the Department of Education and Training.

Students taking the entrance exam to grade 10 of public high schools in Hanoi for the 2024-2025 school year.

The third subject is selected by the Department of Education and Training from subjects assessed by scores, including: Foreign Language 1, Civic Education, Natural Sciences, History and Geography, Technology, and Information Technology.

Accordingly, the third exam subject can be Natural Science including 3 sub-subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology or History and Geography including sub-subjects: History and Geography.

Thus, the exam will not be a single subject: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography but can be an integrated exam of these sub-subjects according to each subject group.

The new circular also stipulates that localities cannot choose the same third exam subject for more than three consecutive years, starting from the date this circular takes effect.

With the new regulation, although the Ministry of Education and Training has reduced the 4th subject for the 10th grade entrance exam, many students and parents are afraid that if the Department of Education and Training chooses an integrated subject, students will be under more pressure.

Dinh Van Khanh, Co Bi Secondary School (Gia Lam District, Hanoi) said: "If the third subject is Natural Science, we will have to review Physics, Chemistry, and Biology. So, although we say we will take 3 subjects, we have to study and review 5 subjects."

Furthermore, according to the new circular, the third exam or combined exam of some subjects will be announced after the end of the first semester but no later than March 31 every year.

Nguyen Do Ngoc, a student at Trung Phung Secondary School (Dong Da District, Hanoi) expressed his hope that the Hanoi Department of Education and Training would soon finalize the third exam subject so that students would have more time to review.

The 2024-2025 school year is the closing year of the 2018 General Education Program implementation cycle. Accordingly, the 10th grade high school entrance exam will be implemented for the first time according to the new program.

Ms. Dinh Quynh Nga (Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi) said that currently, teaching integrated subjects according to the new curriculum still has some shortcomings. Therefore, if the Department of Education and Training chooses the third subject as an integrated subject, the exam will be more difficult for students.

Therefore, the third exam should be announced early and not wait until the end of March to avoid unnecessary pressure.

Regarding Circular No. 30/TT-BGDDT, the Ministry of Education and Training said that the circular was built on the principle of inheriting the appropriate contents of Circular No. 11/2014/TT-BGDDT promulgating the Regulations on Secondary School and High School Admissions; supplementing new regulations suitable to the educational and social context.

The Circular ensures the core principle of not causing costly pressure on parents, students and society, with the spirit of streamlining and minimizing administrative procedures; in line with the policy of digital transformation in the field of education and training.

“This is the consistent viewpoint emphasized in Resolution 29-NQ/TW of the Party Central Committee on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training; especially in the content of innovation in testing and assessment. This viewpoint continues to be expressed in Conclusion No. 91-KL/TW of the Politburo on continuing fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training,” the Ministry of Education and Training informed.

Immediately after the Ministry of Education and Training issued a circular on regulations for junior high school and high school admissions, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training had official information about the 10th grade entrance exam in 2025.

Accordingly, the 10th grade entrance exam in 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City will take place with 3 subjects: Literature, Math and English.

According to the analysis of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, the education program at the secondary level ensures that students have access to basic knowledge and issues and determine their own orientation, which is the basis for choosing appropriate subjects at high school. Therefore, the third exam subject must ensure that it does not affect the psychology, review process and subject selection at the high school level of students.

On the other hand, Foreign Language is also a compulsory subject, from grade 3 to grade 12. Other subjects such as Natural Sciences, History and Geography, Technology or Information Technology may not be chosen by students when entering grade 10. Randomly selecting the third subject leads to students having to take subjects that are not related to their career orientation, thereby causing psychological "shock" and stress before the exam.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/quy-che-moi-thi-vao-lop-10-co-giam-ap-luc-cho-hoc-sinh-10297993.html