Nghe An: This afternoon, more than 2,000 12th grade students entered the Provincial Excellent Student Selection Exam.

This afternoon (December 21), 2,222 12th grade students from more than 90 high schools and Continuing Education and Vocational Training Centers across the province will officially enter the Provincial Excellent Student Selection Exam for the 2021-2022 school year with the first subjects being Chemistry, History, English, French and Russian.

This is also the first time Nghe An has organized an exam in a cluster format to ensure social distancing and safety.

Specifically, if previously, the exam was mainly held in Vinh city, now it is divided into 5 clusters with 5 exam locations at Le Viet Thuat High School - Vinh city for candidates in Vinh city.

Candidates from Vinh city will take the exam at Le Viet Thuat High School. Photo: My Ha

The exam cluster is located at Nam Dan 1 High School - Nam Dan for candidates from districts and towns of Cua Lo, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen, Nam Dan, Thanh Chuong.

The exam cluster is located at Con Cuong High School for candidates from Anh Son, Do Luong, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong and Ky Son districts.

The exam cluster is located at Thai Hoa High School - Thai Hoa town for candidates from Tan Ky, Thai Hoa, Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong localities.

The exam cluster is located at Nguyen Xuan On High School - Dien Chau for candidates from Dien Chau, Quynh Luu, Yen Thanh districts and Hoang Mai town.

Candidates declare their health and undergo a health check before entering the exam room. Before taking this exam, candidates and invigilators were also tested for Covid-19 to ensure safety. Photo: My Ha

This is an important exam to recognize and evaluate the quality of teaching at schools and is an opportunity for candidates to assert themselves. The results of the exam are also the basis for 12th grade students to apply to universities.

According to regulations, this year the exam will still be organized in 2 groups, in which Group B includes high schools in 5 mountainous districts: Con Cuong, Tuong Duong, Ky Son, Quy Chau, Que Phong; and non-public high schools. The remaining high schools belong to Group A. Candidates will take the exam in Math, Literature, English, Russian, French, History, Geography, Biology, Chemistry, Informatics and Civic Education.

This year, due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, Nghe An only organized the provincial excellent student selection exam for grades 9 and 12 to ensure admission rights for final year students.

As for the remaining levels of education, this year due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, the organization of teaching and learning in localities has encountered many difficulties, many localities still teach online, so this year the Department of Education and Training has directed the Departments of Education and Training not to organize exams to select excellent students in grades 6, 7, 8; high schools, vocational education centers - continuing education and continuing education centers do not organize exams to select excellent students of schools, excellent students of centers in grades 10, 11.

This also partly avoids putting pressure on both teachers and students in a special learning context like the 2021-2022 school year.