TPO - Students and parents believe that the third subject of the 10th grade entrance exam ensures annual rotation, forcing students to study all subjects equally and causing more pressure than before.
After much controversy over the drawing of lots for the third subject of the 10th grade entrance exam, the Ministry of Education and Training has removed this phrase from the Draft Circular promulgating the Regulations on Admission to Secondary and High Schools. However, the new Draft stipulates that there are 3 methods of admission to 10th grade of high schools: entrance exam, selection, or a combination of entrance exam and selection.
For the entrance exam, to ensure consistency, the Draft stipulates 3 subjects including Math, Literature and a third subject or a combined exam selected by the Department of Education and Training of provinces and cities and announced before March 31 every year.
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Parents worry about the third exam for grade 10 putting pressure on students. (Photo: Nhu Y) |
Ms. Nguyen Thu Nhung, whose child is in grade 9 this year at Dong Da Secondary School (Hanoi), said that because of worries about the 10th grade entrance exam, her family has sent her child to extra classes in Math, Literature, and Foreign Languages since he was in grade 8. At the beginning of this school year, there was information about drawing lots for the third subject or a combination exam chosen by the Department of Education and Training.
Thus, the possibility that the third exam can fall into any subject or combine subjects into a combination will be much more stressful than before.
“When this information was released, parents worriedly asked each other to find classes for their children to learn more about their weak subjects. For example, my child is good at Natural Sciences and is planning to go to 10th grade, so he will also choose this combination, but he is weak in Social Sciences, so he is very worried. If he takes the exam in the same combination of subjects that his child is weak in, it will be very stressful,” said Ms. Nhung.
On forums, many parents agree with the plan to take 3 exams for grade 10 high school, but are concerned and worried about the third exam subject being secretly announced so close to the exam date. Parents think that the Ministry of Education and Training should adjust the time to announce the exam subjects earlier so that students can review.
Taking many exams is stressful
Mr. Tran Manh Tung, a math teacher in Hanoi, said that the Ministry of Education and Training has a general direction for the national 10th grade entrance exam: if the exam plan is to include 3 subjects to ensure consistency and avoid each locality doing it differently, that is correct. However, for the third subject, students should be allowed to register for the subject according to their abilities and strengths. With this plan, the exam organization will be more difficult but students will have more advantages.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Thuy, Principal of Nguyen Tri Phuong Secondary School, Ba Dinh District (Hanoi) said that previously, Hanoi "finalized" 3 exam subjects including Math, Literature, Foreign Language and the 3rd exam subject was announced in March every year. With the new plan proposed by the Ministry of Education and Training in the draft, it can be seen that 1 exam is reduced for students. However, if the exam is organized in combination subjects, students can study and take 4 or 5 subjects at the same time.
The annual 10th grade entrance exam in Hanoi is always stressful and pressured because the number of students admitted to high school is only about 62%. Therefore, no matter how many subjects are tested, students and parents still feel pressured. Especially this year's entrance exam is the first year following the new General Education program, students will have a certain confusion. After 1-2 years, teachers and students will gradually get used to the rhythm and there will be no more worries.
"To solve the pressure problem, students should not go to extra classes, exams should follow the curriculum and more schools should be built at the high school level," said Ms. Thuy.
According to Ms. Thuy, at school, from the beginning of the year, it was determined that the two subjects of Math, Literature, and Foreign Language would be tested as tools for students to use in the long term, so they focused on careful teaching. For the remaining subjects, any subject can be tested, so teachers should also ensure that students have a firm grasp of the knowledge. "Every month, the school periodically tests all subjects once to assess the quality of students. From there, teachers know whether students have grasped the knowledge or not to teach extra lessons. Therefore, parents and students do not need to worry too much and take extra classes for the subjects," Ms. Thuy advised.
The principal of another secondary school in Hanoi is concerned about the content: "the combined test of subjects selected from subjects assessed by scores in the general education program at the secondary level" needs to be clarified, to avoid the situation where some localities will organize combined tests of knowledge of 2 subjects, 3 subjects, causing pressure on students. Because, the integrated Natural Science test currently includes 3 subjects: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, plus 2 subjects of Literature and Math, it will be 5 subjects.
The Draft Regulations stipulate the exam time, in which Literature is 120 minutes; Math is 90 minutes or 120 minutes; the third exam is 60 minutes or 90 minutes; the combined exam is 90 minutes or 120 minutes.
Source: https://tienphong.vn/phu-huynh-lo-lang-phuong-an-thi-mon-thu-3-vao-lop-10-post1684222.tpo
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