The Ministry of Education and Training plans to prescribe 3 subjects for the 10th grade entrance exam.

The Ministry of Education and Training is drafting a circular amending and supplementing the regulations on admission to junior high schools and high schools to replace the current circular. Accordingly, there are 2 methods Grade 10 Admissions High school includes admission and entrance exam.

With the admission method, the basis for admission is the training results and learning results of the years of the general education program at the junior high school level or the continuing education program at the junior high school level of the student. If a grade is repeated, the results of the repeated year of that grade will be used.

With the entrance exam method, the number of subjects is 3, including Math, Literature and 1 subject randomly drawn by the Department of Education and Training from the remaining subjects in the general education program at the junior high school level. The 3rd subject is announced before March 31 every year. For admission to specialized high schools, each specialized subject has 1 additional specialized subject.

Regarding duration, Literature exam lasts 120 minutes, Math exam lasts 90 minutes, other exams are no more than 90 minutes, and specialized exams are 150 minutes.

The content of the exam is within the general education program of junior high school, mainly the 9th grade program. Each specialized subject is tested with a separate exam according to the subject program in the general education program of junior high school. The exam ensures the selection of students with talent in that specialized subject.

Notably, the draft circular also stipulates: The announcement of benchmark scores is carried out simultaneously with the announcement of exam scores. Currently, localities often announce exam scores a period of time in advance, then announce benchmark scores./.