Female student achieves highest math score in the world

That is Van Hoang Minh Anh, a 10th grader at Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City. Minh Anh achieved the highest math score in the world at the secondary school level in the 2024 Pearson Edexcel International General Certificate of Secondary Education exam for students studying the integrated English program. The exam had thousands of students around the world participating. Minh Anh took the exam when he was a 9th grader at Le Quy Don Secondary School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

Van Hoang Minh Anh said that he is passionate about studying math and inherited his talent for math from his mother - a former math major. Studying the integrated English program since primary school, in addition to improving his English, also helped him master knowledge of Math and Science in English. "At school, in addition to pure textbook knowledge, teachers also expand on theory, learn to apply and apply math knowledge to reality. This teaching method helps me master knowledge, strengthen my passion, and explore new things," Minh Anh said.

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Van Hoang Minh Anh (second from left) and Tran Ha Thanh Truc (second from right) were awarded Pearson Edexcel certificates.

In addition to Minh Anh, Tran Ha Thanh Truc, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted, achieved a perfect score of -9 (international scale from 1 to 9) in all three subjects of Math, Science, and English at the high school level. In particular, Tran Ha Thanh Truc's English score was the highest among the Vietnamese students taking the exam.

At the Pearson Edexcel certificate awarding ceremony for 700 students in Ho Chi Minh City studying the integrated English program (English Project 5695 teaching and learning Math, Science and English integrating the British and Vietnamese programs) this morning, 99% of students achieved results at all three levels of primary, secondary and high school, of which more than 80% achieved good or higher. At the secondary level, 74% of students achieved excellent and good scores in Math, much higher than the global rate of 49%. 100% of high school students taking the exam achieved results in the three subjects of English - Math - Science. Of which, the rate of students achieving absolute scores in Math was 35%, higher than the global rate of 20%. In English and Science, the rate of achieving excellent scores was 54%, twice as high as the global rate.

Basis for making English the second language in schools in Ho Chi Minh City

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu, Director of the Department of Education and Training, said that the integrated English program approved by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee 10 years ago is a breakthrough in improving the English proficiency of students in Ho Chi Minh City. The program not only teaches English as a regular foreign language, but also teaches Math and Science in English according to a high-quality curriculum framework, scientifically integrating the Vietnamese general education program and the British program. This allows students to enjoy the superiority of both education systems. The output of the program is an internationally recognized certificate - Pearson Edexcel.

This affirms the quality of the program and the right direction of the city's education sector in improving English proficiency and subjects taught in English, while encouraging students to take international certification exams and promoting global integration.

Mr. Hieu said that one of the key tasks set out in Conclusion 91 of the Politburo is to gradually make English the second language in schools. The successful implementation of the integrated English program is a strategic vision of Ho Chi Minh City in improving foreign language proficiency. Students' achievements in international certification exams are the basis for continuing to expand the application of the program, realizing the direction of Conclusion 91 to make English the second language in schools.

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