This morning, June 3, more than 43,500 candidates of Thanh Hoa province officially entered the 10th grade public high school entrance exam for the 2025-2026 school year with the first subject being Literature.
Literature exam for 10th grade entrance exam for public high schools in Thanh Hoa province.
With a time limit of 120 minutes, the Literature exam consists of 2 parts: Reading Comprehension (4 points) and Writing (6 points). In which, the Reading Comprehension part uses the excerpt from the poem “Ngạn ngo tim” by Nguyen Ngoc Hung. The Writing part uses the excerpt from the short story “Bến Tàu trong thành phố” by Xuan Quynh.
Leaving the exam site of Lam Son High School for the Gifted (Thanh Hoa City), candidate Trinh Anh Khoa, Tran Mai Ninh Secondary School (Thanh Hoa City) excitedly said: "This year's exam is not difficult or challenging for students. Therefore, students only need to have a solid grasp of knowledge and know how to reason to do well and get high scores. With this exam, I am confident that I will get about 9 points."
Meanwhile, candidate Do Thi Hai Yen, Cam Thuy Town Secondary School (Cam Thuy) shared: “This year is the first year of the entrance exam for grade 10 of public high schools according to the 2018 GeneralEducation Program. Compared to last year's exam, I see that the exam structure has not changed much, quite suitable for candidates. Because the teachers have reviewed many types of exam questions and genres, so with this exam, I think I will get about 8.5 - 9 points."
The first candidates walked out of the exam room at Lam Son High School for the Gifted to the welcome of their parents.
Analyzing this year's exam further, teacher Le Thi Thanh Huong, a teacher at Cu Chinh Lan Secondary School (Thanh Hoa City) commented: "This year's exam has good material, suitable for students, closely following the exam structure previously announced by the Thanh Hoa Department of Education and Training. The exam has profound educational significance. However, it still ensures clear differentiation, requiring candidates to have a firm grasp of knowledge and test-taking methods to achieve high results."
Ms. Thanh Huong clearly analyzed: “The Reading Comprehension section has clear, concise, easy-to-understand statements for students to think and answer, and the level of questions is appropriate. Questions 4 and 5 help classify candidates. The Literature Essay section requires analysis of an excerpt from the short story “The Wharf in the City” by Xuan Quynh. This is a new material outside the textbook program but has a close, familiar theme that is easy for students to perceive, especially the part about attachment and understanding in family affection, sibling affection... However, to fully meet the requirements of the topic, it is necessary to be subtle, detailed, meticulous and have depth in perception to be able to call the thesis accurately and achieve high results”.
Parents pick up their children after the Literature exam.
Sharing the same opinion, Ms. Le Thi Hong Quyen, a Literature teacher at Lam Son Town Secondary School (Tho Xuan) shared: "The test is very suitable, but still ensures differentiation. With this test, candidates will lose less points in questions 1 and 2. The topic of the Writing section requires candidates to discuss family affection, compassion, tolerance, behavior between family members... very meaningful, because the test requires connecting knowledge learned in school with life, promoting candidates' thinking".
“The new point of the 10th grade entrance exam is that the 10th grade Literature entrance exam will not use content from textbooks. Instead, the exam will focus on works and excerpts selected from outside the textbook. This is to assess students' ability to apply knowledge and skills in reading, analyzing and writing,” Ms. Quyen added.
The candidates were happy because the Literature exam was quite suitable.
Teacher Vu Thi Anh, Literature teacher, Cam Thuy Town Secondary School (Cam Thuy), also said: "The Literature Essay section chooses materials outside the textbook program, an excerpt praising brotherhood based on attachment and understanding, family affection - a familiar and close topic that is rich in humanity for students. This will help students demonstrate their clear and outstanding literary ability. With this exam, candidates will be able to express their emotions, creating a comfortable mindset for the next exams."
Police force directs traffic at the exam site
This afternoon (June 3), candidates participating in the 2025-2026 Public High School Entrance Exam will continue to take the English exam, with a 60-minute test time.
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Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/de-thi-mon-ngu-van-goi-mo-tu-duy-250800.htm
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