Students taking the 10th grade entrance exam are allowed to adjust their wishes after the 'competition' ratio is known.

Previously, on April 26, the Department of Education and Training announced the Decision to approve admission to the 2nd and 3rd wishes (NV2, NV3) of the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2022-2023 school year. Notably, this year, many public schools in the province do not enroll NV2 and NV3, which makes many parents worried because it will limit their chances of admission.

Regarding this incident, responding to Nghe An Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan - Chief of OfficeDepartment of Education and Trainingsaid: In the Entrance Examlgrade 10The Department allows schools to register or not to register NV2, NV3. Registering or not registering is to ensure equality of public high schools. This also creates initiative in the enrollment work of schools but also requires schools to improve the quality of teaching and learning to attract students to register for admission to the school.

Candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam at Huynh Thuc Khang School. Photo: Duc Anh

Mr. Nguyen Trong Hoan also said: In recent years, public high schools in the plains districts have not recruited NV2 and NV3. In 2022 alone, the whole province has 10 schools recruiting NV2, which are mountainous schools.

In Vinh city, there are currently 2 specialized schools, 3 public high schools and many non-public schools. Therefore, students have many options depending on their abilities and can register at public schools in neighboring areas such as Nghi Loc 3 High School, Nguyen Duy Trinh High School, Thai Lao High School, Le Hong Phong, Pham Hong Thai...

Previously, the admission scores for Ha Huy Tap High School and Le Viet Thuat High School were not much different from Huynh Thuc Khang High School. Therefore, if a student fails to pass the entrance exam for Huynh Thuc Khang High School, he or she will not pass the remaining schools. In fact, in 2019, Ha Huy Tap High School did not recruit NV2 because the admission scores between the two schools were not more than 2 points different.

Regarding this year's 10th grade entrance exam, a representative of the Department of Education and Training added: This year, each candidate will be able to register 3 wishes (registration period from May 12 to May 14). By May 19, the Department will announce the schools' admission methods and admission rates. After this time, if students want to change their wishes, they can submit a "Change of Wish Application" directly during office hours or send it by express mail to the Department (through the Examination and Quality Control Department). The deadline for submitting a change of wish application is before 5:00 p.m. on May 27, 2022.

Class time of students at Nghi Huong Secondary School - Cua Lo town. Photo: My Ha

To increase the chances of admission for candidates, this year Vinh city students have the opportunity to be directly admitted to IELTS classes at Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, Huynh Thuc Khang High School, Ha Huy Tap High School, and Le Viet Thuat High School if they have an international English certificate and have been admitted to any other public school.

This plan is also applied to many other public schools in the province. This school year, according to the plan, the number of students in public high schools in Vinh city will also increase compared to previous years, so the chances of admission for candidates will also be higher.

Speaking further with Nghe An Newspaper, teacher Cao Thanh Bao - Principal of Ha Huy Tap High School said: Not enrolling NV2 candidates helps the school to be proactive in enrollment and is also a solution for the school to improve the quality of education.

However, he also said that in previous years, although NV2 was recruited, the number of students admitted was not large. Most recently in 2021, the whole school had only 30 students admitted to NV2. Therefore, at the present time, students do not need to worry too much but spend time focusing on studying for the exam. For parents, the most important thing is to correctly identify their children's abilities to orient and choose the right school.