Nghe An officially abolishes admission to grade 10 based on foreign language certificates

On March 19, 2024, the Provincial People's Committee issued Decision 608/QD-UBND approving the enrollment plan for grade 10 high school in Nghe An province, enrollment for grade 10 Phan Boi Chau Specialized High School, grade 10 ethnic boarding high school and grade 6 ethnic boarding middle school for the 2024-2025 school year.

According to this announcement, the entrance exam for grade 10 in Nghe An will be conducted by the method of examination and selection. The admission area is students with permanent residence in Nghe An province; students transferring from other localities must be approved by the Department of Education and Training.

The entrance exam will be implemented for schools with the number of students registering for their first choice exceeding the enrollment quota for the 2024-2025 school year; admission will be considered for the remaining schools.

Particularly for schools under the Project "Piloting the construction of advanced kindergartens and general schools following the international integration trend in Nghe An province, period 2021-2030", admission will be based on the selection method for classes implementing advanced models and entrance exams for the remaining classes.

The Director of the Department of Education and Training reviews and specifies admission criteria.

This year the entrance examgrade 10will be held on June 5 and 6, 2024 with 3 exams including: Math, Literature and Foreign Language (English or French).Of which, written exam for Math and Literature (120 minutes); Foreign Language exam is organized in the form of objective multiple choice test, including 50 questions; candidates do the test on multiple choice answer sheet; candidates' test results on multiple choice answer sheet are graded by computer software.

The score of the Math and Literature exam is the sum of the component scores of each question in the exam, the exam score is given on a 10-point scale, rounded to 0.25; the score of the Foreign Language exam is the sum of the scores of all questions in the exam, each question is 0.2 points. Exam score coefficient: 3 subjects with coefficient 1. The additional points for the subjects enjoying priority regime are not more than 3 points in the total score of the exam.

The admission score is the sum of the three test scores and additional points for priority candidates. The successful candidate must not have any test score of zero.

According to the instructions, the test content is within the scope of the secondary school education program issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, mainly in grade 9.