List of mountainous communes with students eligible for admission to ethnic boarding schools in Nghe An

According to the Decision of the Provincial People's Committee, in the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2023-2024 school year, the Provincial Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities will enroll 7 classes with 245 students, and the High School for Ethnic Minorities No. 2 will enroll 6 classes with 210 students. This year, students in mountainous districts can register for the entrance exam to 1 of the 2 schools according to their personal wishes.

Previously, according to the latest instructions of the Ministry of Education and Training in Circular 04/2023-BGDDT dated February 23, 2023 promulgating the Regulations on organization and operation of ethnic boarding schools, there are 3 admission subjects.

Students of the Provincial Ethnic Minority High School. Photo: My Ha

Firstly, the student is an ethnic minority whose parent or guardian has been a permanent resident for 36 consecutive months or more as of August 2023.

These are students in communes, wards and towns in region III and extremely disadvantaged villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas, extremely disadvantaged communes in coastal and island areas according to regulations of competent authorities (hereinafter referred to as extremely disadvantaged communes and villages); Communes, wards and towns in region II and region I in ethnic minority and mountainous areas according to regulations of competent authorities.

The second group is ethnic minority students with very few people as stipulated in Decree No. 57/2017/ND-CP dated May 9, 2017 of the Government regulating preferential admission policies and learning support for preschool children, students and pupils of ethnic minorities with very few people.

The third subject is students of Kinh ethnicity whose father, mother or guardian has been a permanent resident for 36 consecutive months or more as of August 2023 in particularly difficult communes and villages.

Class time of students at Ethnic Minority Boarding High School No. 2. Photo: My Ha

In comparison with these regulations, in Nghe An province, there are 133 communes in regions I, II, III that are eligible to enroll students in grade 10 of ethnic boarding schools. These are communes in the districts of Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong, Anh Son, Thanh Chuong, Tan Ky, Que Phong, Quy Chau, Quy Hop, Nghia Dan, Quynh Luu and Thai Hoa town. Among these, there are some communes that are only given priority to enroll students in extremely disadvantaged areas.

According to the enrollment guidelines of the Department of Education and Training, depending on each subject, the enrollment quota will be allocated to the Provincial Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities and Boarding High School for Ethnic Minorities No. 2 with a rate of 10 - 60%.

Some preferential policies for students when studying at provincial boarding high schools for ethnic minorities. In addition, schools also have their own attractive policies depending on the characteristics of the schools. Photo: My Ha

Candidates wishing to apply to a high school for ethnic minority boarding students must register and take the general entrance exam for grade 10 of high school. In particular, ethnic minority students with very few people, junior high school students who are subject to the provisions of Article 9 of the Regulations on Boarding High Schools for Ethnic Minorities who have won national or higher prizes in culture; arts; physical education and sports; and science and technology competitions for high school students will be directly admitted to the boarding school for ethnic minorities.

List of 133 communes and some villages in particularly difficult areas with students eligible for admission to grade 10 of ethnic boarding schools. Photo: My Ha