Recently, the Ministry of Education and Training has issued a draft Circular amending and supplementing the Regulations on Secondary School and High School Admissions to replace the current Circular, which is expected to stipulate a 3-subject exam for grade 10.
Ho Chi Minh City students in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2023-2024 school year. In Ho Chi Minh City, the 10th grade entrance exam is a very stressful exam when only 70% of students pass public schools. Photo: Le Tien
Specifically, the draft states two methods of admission to grade 10: selection or entrance exam. For entrance exams, the draft stipulates that the number of exam subjects is 3, including: Math, Literature and one exam subject randomly drawn by the Department of Education and Training from the remaining subjects in the general education program at the secondary school level.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the three subjects of math, literature, and English have long been selected as entrance exams for grade 10. Notably, in September, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issued sample entrance exams for grade 10 for these three subjects according to the new program. Before the new draft, Dan Viet reporters recorded the opinions of students, parents, and teachers in Ho Chi Minh City.
New Draft: Supporters, Opponents
As a 9th grade student at Phu Tho Secondary School (District 11, Ho Chi Minh City), Nguyen Hai Dang has a different opinion from the majority. Instead of keeping the 3 subjects for the 10th grade entrance exam including math, literature, and English, Dang wants to replace English with another elective subject.
"I really want to be able to take another elective subject, such as the Natural Science subject group. I feel that the Natural Science subject group is easier to study, and at the same time, those are also the subjects I want to focus on studying for the university entrance exam later. Many of my classmates also have the same thoughts as me," Dang said.
Commenting on learning forums, many students in Ho Chi Minh City expressed their desire to keep the 3 subjects for the 10th grade entrance exam as they are. According to a recent survey by Tuoi Tre Online newspaper, 78% of readers agreed to have the 10th grade entrance exam with 3 subjects: math, literature, and English.
Ms. Nguyen Minh Anh (Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh City), a parent whose child is in grade 9, said: "My family has invested in sending my child to learn English since he was young. In my opinion, English is a very necessary subject, a foundation for children to enter life firmly. Therefore, I do not want to have to change English into another subject."
Sharing with Dan Viet reporter, Ms. Pham Thi Minh Hong - Principal of Nguyen Thai Binh Secondary School said that 100% of teachers in the school agreed to keep the old exam subjects.
"English has long been a subject that Ho Chi Minh City focuses on teaching students, even parents invest a lot in their children's learning, so for students in Ho Chi Minh City, continuing to take the 10th grade entrance exam in English is not too difficult. Along with that, this year is the first year that students can take the exam according to the new program, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has also issued the exam structure for these 3 subjects, so I really want to keep the exam subjects as they are", Ms. Hong shared.
Be mentally prepared even if you have to draw lots for the exam.
To prepare well for the 10th grade entrance exam, students should actively review their knowledge, not learn by rote, not learn in a biased way, but learn to the point where they are sure. Photo: Le Tien
Instead of choosing to support or not support the new draft, Mr. Khuu Manh Hung - Head of the Department of Education and Training of District 12 (HCMC) said that he has directed schools in the district to be ready for any changes that may occur, not to learn by rote, not to learn in a biased way, and to learn as much as possible.
According to Mr. Hung, no matter which subject students choose, they must study it. In the case of choosing English, the advantage is that this is a subject that is of interest. But if students choose a subject by lottery, they will have to pay attention to all subjects.
Responding to the question of whether students will be affected by the short review time if they choose to take the exam by drawing lots, Mr. Hung said: "If students do not study by rote, but focus on reviewing all subjects from the beginning, they will not be affected much. They must proactively study before the Ministry announces the optional exam subjects."
Regarding this issue, Mr. Ho Tan Minh - Chief of Office of the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City expressed his wish that Ho Chi Minh City will continue to proactively choose the third exam subject. According to Mr. Minh, each locality will have different strategies and orientations for educational development, depending on actual conditions.
In addition, the goal of the 2018 General Education Program is not to evaluate students based on knowledge of a subject, but to evaluate their qualities, abilities, and ability to apply knowledge to solve problems. Therefore, no matter which subject is chosen for the third exam, there is no need to worry about students studying lopsidedly, only focusing on the exam subjects.
Mr. Ho Tan Minh said that in recent years, the 10th grade exam in Ho Chi Minh City has always been innovative, with the orientation of increasing questions applying learned knowledge to solve real-life situations.
For many years, the city's 10th grade entrance exam has been stable with three subjects: math, literature and a third subject: foreign language, and students' learning results have always ensured the goals and orientation of the program.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training explains the ministry's plan to choose the form of drawing lots for the 10th grade entrance exam.
At the regular Government press conference, Deputy Minister Pham Ngoc Thuong said that fixing the 10th grade exam subjects could cause cramming and biased learning, so the ministry is considering the option of drawing lots for a third exam subject.
Mr. Thuong said the ministry is researching ways to choose the third subject, maybe this year it will be a social subject, next year it will be a natural subject, and then another subject, or maybe by drawing lots.
According to Mr. Thuong, the Ministry of Education and Training has conducted a comprehensive survey and very thorough evaluation of the 10th grade entrance exam over the past 10 years.
The ministry's leaders acknowledged that the third subject selection method is "the most popular". If left to the local authorities, this could be influenced by the subjective will of the leaders, causing many consequences.
Source: https://danviet.vn/boc-tham-mon-thi-vao-lop-10-nen-chuan-bi-tam-ly-san-sang-20241014185043834.htm
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