The 10th grade entrance exam in Hanoi is expected to be held in June 6. In the 2024-2024 school year, Hanoi applies the entrance exam method, including 2025 mandatory exam subjects: Mathematics, Literature and Foreign Language.
The fourth exam subject, if any, will be announced in March 3. The fourth exam subject is selected by random drawing among the subjects in the current secondary education program of the Ministry of Education and Training.
However, by this time it is mid-March 3, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training has not yet announced the number of exam subjects. Waiting for nearly a school year to pass, many students and parents have increased pressure and anxiety.
Mr. Nguyen Nhat Linh, a parent with a son in class 9H, Trung Phung Secondary School (Dong Da district), said that since the beginning of March, his family's first thing of the day is to open the internet to "watch" for public information. Announcing exam subject numbers from the Department of Education and Training.
“And yet today is mid-March and the Department still hasn't finalized the exam for 3 subjects or 3 subjects. Having children take the 4th grade entrance exam, I saw how hard it was for 10th graders. Staying up all night every day, staying up all day studying. Why didn't Hanoi announce the number of exam subjects soon so that children would be less tired and less pressured? " Mr. Linh was frustrated.
Waiting for the city to finalize the number of exam subjects, Trinh Bao Ngoc, a 9th grade student, Dong Thai Secondary School (Tay Ho district) said: "I'm having a "heart attack". Not only me, but my friends are also very stressed and tired when they are anxiously waiting for information about the exam plan every day. I hope the city chooses a 3-subject exam plan so that we can reduce exam pressure."
One of the reasons that Hanoi does not announce the 3th exam subject until March every year is to avoid learning bias among 4th grade students. However, Dr. Do Viet Tuan, a math teacher in Hanoi, said that , this should not be relied on to motivate students to study all subjects equally. Because when taking exams, there is still a focus on the content that will be reviewed for the exam, which means there is deviation from learning.
According to Mr. Tuan, creating this unnecessary pressure will create negative public opinion about whether to take the 4th subject or not.
Recently, many social networking platforms have relied on this to create mixed reactions, which is not good for State management agencies, while in the end, decisions must still be made based on opinions. 4th subject exam from parents.
Mr. Tuan stated his opinion: "If the purpose is to help students learn to balance both natural and social subjects, why doesn't Hanoi choose 2 more random subjects from 2 combinations of Natural Sciences and Social Sciences? If students are expected to study comprehensively before the transfer exam, they should take 5 subjects, not just 4, otherwise they should only stop at 3 subjects. And it's clear that the 5-subject exam plan is not feasible, so I think it's appropriate for the exam to stop at 3 subjects: Math, Literature, and Foreign Language."
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