The Ministry of Education and Training plans to prescribe 3 entrance exams for grade 10.

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 10th grade admission 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 regular 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 third 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, the remaining exams are no more than 90 minutes, and specialized exams are 150 minutes.

The exam content is based on the general secondary education program, mainly the grade 9 program. Each specialized subject is tested with a separate exam according to the subject program in the general secondary education program. The exam ensures the selection of students with aptitude for 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, and then announce benchmark scores./.