In early 2024, Quang Tri, Tuyen Quang, Vinh Long, Binh Duong, Lao Cai, Quang Binh announced the 10th grade admission plan for the 2024 - 2025 school year, which stipulates direct admission or plus 1-2 priority points. into public grade 10 for candidates with IELTS of 4.0 or higher and equivalent.
However, on February 23, the Ministry of Education and Training pointed out that the practice of localities directly recruiting and adding points to candidates who won the provincial excellent student award and had a foreign language certificate is not in accordance with the regulations for admission to grade 2. .
The Ministry requests the People's Committees of provinces and cities to properly implement the admission regulations for middle and high schools. "For provinces that have approved plans and admission methods for grade 10 high school that do not comply with regulations on direct admission and priority, they must be adjusted and publicly announced," The Ministry stated.
Recently, the Provincial People's Committee Quang Binh issued a decision to adjust the enrollment plan for grade 10 for the 2024-2025 school year.
Accordingly, candidates participating in the 10th grade entrance exam at Vo Nguyen Giap High School for the Gifted will no longer be exempt from the English test, or receive the maximum score (10 points) for admission when they have one of the following language certificates: English is equivalent to level 3 or higher of the six-level foreign language competency framework used for Vietnam.
The Ministry of Education and Training blew the whistle, many localities simultaneously changed the 10th grade entrance exam plan. (Illustration)
The provincial Lao Cai also decided to adjust the plan for secondary school graduation and the high school enrollment plan for the 2024 - 2025 school year in the area. Specifically, the province does not apply for direct admission of students who win first, second, and third prizes in the exam to select excellent middle school students at the provincial level.
At the same time, the province does not use foreign language certificates to exempt test scores and convert test scores to specialized subjects; Exam exemption and maximum score calculation for non-specialized foreign language subjects.
Previously, Lao Cai province stipulated that non-professional candidates would be exempt from the English test and maximum score if they had one of the following certificates: IELTS 4.0, TOEFL 45 points. As for students taking the entrance exam to specialized schools, they will be exempted from the English test and have their maximum points converted if they possess IELTS (5.5 or more), TOEFL (65 or more) certificates.
Provincial People's Committee Binh Duong Decide to adjust the plan and method of admission to grade 10 public and private high schools in the province for the 2024-2025 school year.
Accordingly, the form of direct admission to high schools in the province will be eliminated for 9th grade students who win first, second, and third prizes in the exam to select excellent middle school students at the provincial level in the 2023-2024 school year.
The province also abolished the policy of adding bonus points if students have a level 3 English proficiency certificate and waived the English test exemption if they have a level 4 or equivalent certificate of English proficiency or higher.
Representative of the Department of Education and Training Tuyen Quang said that he had proposed to the Provincial People's Committee to adjust the enrollment plan for middle school, high school and continuing education for the 2024-2025 school year.
Accordingly, direct admission to high schools in the province will be carried out in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training, without using the results of the exam to select excellent students in the 9th grade at the provincial level and foreign language certificates.
Along with that, completely abolish the incentive point system in admission to high schools in the province, do not use the results of the exam to select excellent students in the 9th grade at the provincial level and foreign language certificates.
Representative of the Provincial Department of Education and Training Quang Tri said that, at the request of the Provincial People's Committee, the Department has just reviewed and submitted a plan to adjust the contents related to the 10th grade entrance exam for the 2024 - 2025 school year.
"In the last two school years, in the admission plan for grade 10, the province has regulations to convert to 10 points in English subjects for candidates with IELTS certificates of 4.0 or higher. Depending on the foreign language learning practices of students in each locality, there are different opinions on this issue." The representative of the Department of Education and Training of Quang Tri province said that it is expected to abolish the direct admission regulations and waive the English test for grade 10 in the 2024 - 2025 school year for candidates with IELTS certificates according to regulations of the Ministry of Education and Training.
Previously, Quang Tri stipulated that candidates with an IELTS certificate of 4.0 or higher or equivalent were exempted from the English test, converting into 9 points for this subject. The conversion points for IELTS 4.5 and 5.0 certificates are 9,5 and 10 points. Two years ago, this province applied this admission method, but with a higher bonus score: Reaching 4.0 IELTS, candidates were given 10 points.
According to the admission regulations for middle and high schools of the Ministry of Education and Training, candidates can only be directly admitted to public 10th grade if they belong to one of four groups: attending ethnic boarding high schools; are from a very small ethnic group; are disabled; won national and international awards in culture, arts, sports, science and technology.
If you are the child of a martyr, invalid, sick soldier, person exposed to toxic chemicals, labor hero, armed forces, living and studying in an area with difficult socio-economic conditions, the candidate is allowed to plus incentive points, the point level is regulated by the locality.
Groups of candidates with excellent student awards at the provincial or city level or with international foreign language certificates do not receive any priority. However, over the past 5 years, many localities have added 1-2 priority points, waived exams, and directly recruited candidates with 4.0 IELTS or higher or won excellent student awards at the provincial level.
