More than 17,000 students in Ho Chi Minh City have skipped the grade 10 exam in 2023

This information was reported by Mr. Ho Tan Minh, the Head of the Office of the Department of Education and Training in Ho Chi Minh City, at a press conference on the socio-economic situation and the COVID-19 prevention and control work in the city on the afternoon of June 1st.

Mr. Ho Tan Minh stated that the entrance examination for grade 10 for the academic year 2023-2024 in Ho Chi Minh City will take place on June 6th and 7th, 2023 at 158 testing locations, including 147 regular testing locations and 11 specialized testing locations. There will be a total of 4,102 examination rooms, including 3,778 regular grade 10 examination rooms with 24 candidates per room, and each testing location will have an additional 3 reserve examination rooms.

According to Mr. Ho Tan Minh, this year, the number of grade 9 students eligible for graduation from junior high schools is 113,802 students. The total number of candidates participating in the grade 10 entrance examination is 96,325 students. Among them, the number of candidates who registered for 3 regular preferences is 88,237 students. The number of candidates who registered for an integrated preference is 1,147 students. The number of candidates who registered for a specialized preference is 6,941 students, including 236 candidates from other provinces.

96,325 students are taking the entrance exam for grade 10 in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Duy Hieu

Until now, the Department of Education and Training has provided guidance on teaching and learning, completed the teaching and evaluation plans, and assessed and classified students in primary and secondary schools for the academic year 2022-2023. They have also organized revision sessions for grade 9 students following the guidelines of the Ministry of Education and Training, which are suitable for the school's reality.

Regarding the preparation of facilities and equipment for the examination, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training has stated that the printing of test papers, storage of exam papers, sealing, and marking of exams, as well as information technology infrastructure, computers, printers, scanners, fire prevention and fighting systems, printing materials, and office supplies necessary for the examination, have all been thoroughly prepared to ensure safety and hygiene at all testing locations.

Mr. Ho Tan Minh provided additional information that in 2023, the Department of Education and Training implemented online enrollment registration through a mobile app combined with GIS maps to assist parents in registering their preferences and avoid choosing schools that are too far from their homes.

Thanks to this system, parents have been able to make more suitable choices. Statistics show that the average distance a student chooses a school from their home is about 7km. Only a few cases involved selecting schools with distances over 10km. In these cases, the Department of Education and Training provided guidance to the schools to offer supplementary counseling and support to students and their parents while still respecting the parents' decisions.

Furthermore, in 2023, the Department of Education and Training made the strongest digital transformation efforts in the registration and organization of the examination. Parents no longer need to register on paper as before; all documents have been digitized. Parents only need to provide their confirmation signatures directly at the school, which reduces errors and greatly facilitates the parents' process.

According to VTV.vn