Nghe An officially reduces subjects in the 10th grade entrance exam
(Baonghean.vn) - Compared to previous years, the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2020-2021 school year will have changes to reduce pressure on candidates.
This year's exam will still be conducted in the form of entrance exam and admission based on the number of applications of students applying to the school. Entrance exam will be conducted if the number of applications is greater than the assigned quota and admission will be considered with the remaining schools.
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Review session of 9th grade students at Hermann Gmeiner High School. Photo: My Ha |
Regarding the exam format, this year the exam will still be held in three subjects: Math, Literature and Combination. However, while in previous years the combination exam included three subjects: Foreign Language and the remaining two subjects were randomly drawn from among the subjects in the fields of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, this year the number of subjects in the combination exam has been reduced to two.
Specifically, the combined subject exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions, including 33 questions for foreign languages and 17 questions for the remaining subjects selected from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History and Civic Education. The scores for Math and Literature are given a coefficient of 2 and for the Combined subject are given a coefficient of 1.
The exam is expected to take place on June 6 and 7, 2020. The exam content will be within the scope of the secondary school curriculum issued by the Ministry of Education and Training, mainly grade 9.
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Candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam. Photo: My Ha |
Thus, with this change, this year's exam for students taking the 10th grade entrance exam has reduced a lot of pressure during the exam preparation process. Previously, for many years, Nghe An organized the 10th grade entrance exam with 3 subjects, in which Math and Literature were compulsory subjects, the 3rd subject was randomly drawn.
For the past two years, the organization of the third exam, the Combination exam with three subjects, has caused many difficulties for teachers and students, especially since from the time the subject is known to the exam organization, there is only about 2 months of review time.