After the exam, I have to wait nearly 2 months to know the standard score to enter grade 10?

Khanh Hoa will announce the benchmark scores for the 10th grade entrance exam to public high schools on July 29 - Photo: MINH CHIEN

The entrance exam for grade 10 public high schools in Khanh Hoa province for the 2024-2025 school year will take place on June 3 and 4.

Recently, on June 18, the Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training announced that it would accept applications for re-examining public 10th grade entrance exams from June 18 to June 25.

High schools receive candidates' re-examination records, enter them into the 10th grade entrance exam management system and complete them before 5:00 p.m. on July 5, and submit the records to the Department of Education and Training (through the quality management department) before 5:00 p.m. on July 8.

Mr. Do Huu Quynh - Deputy Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training - said that the announcement date of the re-examination results is July 23, the re-examination scores will be updated immediately on the website. On July 29, the department will announce the benchmark scores for grade 10.

Before the above announcement, many students and parents wondered because the announcement of benchmark scores was slow, causing anxiety.

Mr. NTD (a parent whose child took the entrance exam for grade 10 at Ha Huy Tap High School) said: "Every year, after the exam, the schools will announce the benchmark scores. This year, we have to wait until July, so the whole family is very worried. If the benchmark scores are announced early, we will consider the second option or sending our child to a private school."

"If we wait for the benchmark scores to be announced, will students have enough time to register for admission to another semi-public school after the review? Now my whole family has to wait for the official benchmark scores, and plans for my child to travel after the exam have to be put on hold," Ms. LNA, a parent whose child is taking the 10th grade entrance exam, wondered.

Discussing this issue, Mr. Do Huu Quynh said that every year the department announces the 10th grade benchmark scores before marking the re-examination. This year the department marks the re-examination first and then announces the benchmark scores because it has to prepare for the high school graduation exam taking place on June 27, 28 and 29. After that, priority is given to marking the test papers, announcing the scores for the high school graduation exam, and then returning to mark the re-examination for the 10th grade high school entrance exam.

"This does not affect the selection of candidates' second choice or admission to semi-public schools," Mr. Quynh affirmed.

New way of admission to grade 10 helps limit luck

According to the leader of Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training, one of the new points of the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024-2025 school year this year is to adjust the allocation of admission rates for the first and second wishes for public high schools that enroll students by exam.

Accordingly, these schools will carry out 3 steps. Step 1 is to enroll 70% of the first choice. Students who are admitted to the first choice will not be considered for the second choice; if admitted to a school, they must study at that school according to their initial registration.

Step 2, the school continues to enroll both the first and second choices at the same school, but must ensure that the admission score for the second choice is 3.0 points higher than the admission score for the first choice.

Step 3, if all students have registered for the second admission option but there are still vacancies, continue to consider the first admission option until the quota is met.

According to the department, the new admission method, with 70% for the first choice, will result in higher input quality (standard scores) for public schools, limiting luck, while also ensuring the goal of student streaming (most good and excellent students will go to public schools, the rest will go to vocational schools, non-public schools and continuing education centers).

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/thi-xong-phai-cho-gan-2-thang-moi-biet-diem-chuan-vao-lop-10-20240621153109896.htm