Ho Chi Minh City's 10th grade benchmark scores have dropped sharply, possibly by up to 3 points.

Schedule for announcing 10th grade benchmark scores in Ho Chi Minh City

The 10th grade benchmark scores in Ho Chi Minh City for specialized schools will be announced in a few days. The 10th grade benchmark scores for regular schools will be announced later, after a few weeks.

Low Math score, high Foreign Language score but not unusual

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has announced the 10th grade exam scores for more than 98,000 candidates, and also announced this year's score distribution. According to VietNamNet's analysis, for the Math subject, the results accurately reflect the previously published exam questions, which made candidates "cry" because of the difficulty. Only 49 candidates scored 10 points, 31 candidates scored 9.75 points, 132 candidates scored 9.5 points; 123 candidates scored 9.25 points; 276 candidates scored 9 points.

The highest score achieved by a candidate was 5 and 7,150 candidates achieved this score. In addition, the Math subject also recorded 123 candidates receiving 0.25 points; 142 candidates receiving 0.5 points; 188 candidates receiving 0.75 points; 256 candidates receiving 1 point... In particular, up to 55,263 candidates, accounting for about 55% of the candidates taking the exam, had below average Math scores. Compared to last year, this year's Math scores were much lower, and the number of below average scores was also higher (last year, less than 50% of candidates had below average scores).

Math score distribution for 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City

There was no phenomenon of 10-point rain in Foreign Language (mainly English) but 1,707 candidates got 10 points; 3,158 candidates got 9.75 points; 3,836 candidates got 9.5 points. There were 3,943 candidates got 9 points and this was also the exam point with the most candidates getting it.

In English, 2 candidates scored 0.25. 4 candidates scored 0.5. 13 candidates scored 0.75. Out of nearly 100,000 candidates, more than 29,000 candidates scored below 5.

Meanwhile, the highest score in Literature was 9.5 and only 1 candidate achieved this score. However, this was the subject with the highest score. There were 20 candidates achieving 9.25 points; 197 candidates achieved 9 points. The highest score achieved by a candidate was 7 with 9,182 candidates.

There were 6,952 students with a score of 7.25; 7,509 students with a score of 7.5. Only 11,396 students scored below 5 in Literature. In addition, there were 3 students with 0.25 points in Literature. 13 students with 0.5 points. 21 students with 0.75 points, and 36 students with 1 point.

Benchmarks drop sharply, possibly up to 3 points

Evaluating this year's exam scores, Mr. Tran Tuan Anh, a teacher at Thu Duc High School, said that for Math, the number of scores greater than 5 has decreased significantly compared to last year. The number of candidates with excellent scores has decreased significantly. The score distribution chart for Math this year is also different and shows that students have difficulty with this subject, consistent with the reality reported by the press. For Literature and English, the score distribution this year and last year are similar.

Mr. Tuan Anh predicts that this year's benchmark scores will decrease and decrease significantly at top schools. As for lower-ranked schools, the benchmark scores may or may not decrease and may even increase. However, this also depends on the candidates' registration wishes, besides the score around 5 does not fluctuate much.

Mr. Do Duc Anh, a Literature teacher, said that this year most schools have increased their quotas, so the benchmark scores may have decreased. On the other hand, there was no rain of 10s in English, the Math scores were not good, while the Literature scores were not outstanding. Therefore, the benchmark scores will decrease and may decrease by as much as 3 points.

Foreign Language score distribution for 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Huynh Thanh Phu, Principal of Bui Thi Xuan High School, commented that the general score of the 10th grade exam in Ho Chi Minh City this year was lower than last year, especially in Math when more than 50% of candidates scored below average. Meanwhile, the number of candidates with below average scores was concentrated in scores of 2 and 3. The number of candidates with above average scores was also not high, mainly between 5.5 and 6.25. Thus, it is clear that this year's Math scores are very low compared to 2023.

For English, more than 70% of candidates were above average, but the score range was concentrated around 7 and 8, without the phenomenon of a shower of 10s like in 2023. For Literature, more than 80% of candidates were above average, but the score range was mostly between 6 and 7, with very few high scores.

Mr. Huynh Thanh Phu said that this year's score distribution is lower than 2023. In particular, the number of students who achieved admission scores of 23 or higher is only over 11,000 students. If over 98,000 candidates are allocated to take the exam, the benchmark scores of the top schools this year will decrease by 1-2 points. The middle-ranking schools will decrease by 2-3 points. And the lower-ranking schools will have a phenomenon of students with 10-11 points also being admitted.

Mr. Phu advised that candidates now know their scores so they should stay calm. If they feel that their test scores do not match their ability, they should file a request for review. When the Department of Education and Training announces the standard scores, if you pass any of your wishes, you should study that wish. If you do not pass any of your wishes, you should find another school to study, which could be a continuing education center or a private school or vocational school. However, it is also possible to expect the Department to recruit additional candidates in the second round like in 2023, giving more opportunities to study at public schools.

Only 1 candidate achieved 9.5 points in Literature subject in 10th grade exam in Ho Chi Minh City

In more than 98,000 10th grade Literature exams in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024, only 1 exam scored 9.5. This exam also recorded more than 11,000 candidates scoring below 5 points.

English scores for 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City are sky high, more than 1,700 students got 10

Compared to Math and Literature, the Foreign Language score in the 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City is quite high. The whole city has 1,707 candidates who scored 10.

Math score distribution for 10th grade exam in 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City: More than 56% of candidates scored below 5 points

Of the more than 98,400 candidates in Ho Chi Minh City taking the 10th grade exam in 2024, more than 55,000 students had a Math score below 5. Of these, 142 candidates received a score of 0.5 and 188 candidates only scored 0.75 points.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/diem-chuan-lop-10-tphcm-giam-sau-co-the-toi-3-diem-2293193.html