Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposes to choose Foreign Language as the 3rd subject for 10th grade entrance exam

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, Foreign Languages ​​as the third subject in the 10th grade entrance exam helps students determine their career goals.

The above information was stated by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training in a document sent to the Department of Secondary Education, Ministry of Education and Training for comments on some contents of the proposed amendments and supplements to the regulations on secondary school and high school admissions of the Ministry of Education and Training for the second time.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training believes that the decision to include a third subject in the 10th grade exam must ensure that it does not affect psychological issues, the review process, and the choice of subjects at the high school level of students.

Based on the 2018 General Education Program, high school has 6 compulsory subjects including: Literature, Math, Foreign Language, Physical Education, National Defense - Security Education, History. In which, Foreign Language is compulsory for students to study throughout grade 3 to grade 12.

The remaining subjects include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, History, Geography, Technology and Information Technology. When entering high school, students may not choose to study them during the 3 years of study (due to their career orientation). Therefore, randomly choosing subjects other than Math and Literature leads to students having to take exams in subjects that are not in their orientation, thereby causing psychological "shock" and stress before the exam for them.

Ho Chi Minh City proposes to choose Foreign Language as the third subject for the 10th grade entrance exam. (Illustration: Thy Hue)

"On that basis, choosing Foreign Language as the third subject ensures psychological stability, consistent with the career orientation goals of all students due to the consistent characteristics of the 2018 General Education Program.

At the same time, the choice of Foreign Language subject meets the goal set by the Politburo, gradually making English the second language in schools and aiming for learners to become global citizens in the future," the Department of Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City emphasized.

According to the draft Circular of the Ministry of Education and Training, the 10th grade entrance exam from the 2025-2026 school year will have 3 subjects, including Math, Literature and a third subject or a combined exam selected by the Department of Education and Training and the university with the high school, announced before March 31 every year.

In addition to the above comments, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training recommends allowing each locality to decide when to announce benchmark scores based on local enrollment characteristics, ensuring the rights of candidates and in accordance with the Ministry's school opening schedule.

This is aimed at helping localities proactively adjust their enrollment plans to suit the conditions and actual needs of the region. Avoid the situation where a candidate is admitted to many schools and many types at the same time, causing an imbalance in enrollment targets of the schools.

This will create conditions for high schools to proactively prepare facilities and personnel appropriate to the actual number of students, ensuring fairness in enrollment and optimizing the allocation of students according to their wishes and abilities.

In addition, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training proposed issuing a unified national junior high and high school admission regulation.

This regulation will be the basis for the Departments of Education and Training to develop admission regulations suitable for their localities; helping the admission of junior high and high schools to become more public, transparent and meet the requirements of society.

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