On the morning of January 8, the Ministry of Education and Training issued regulations on secondary and high school enrollment.

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According to this regulation, provinces can choose to conduct entrance exams, consider admission to grade 10 or combine the above methods.

For the entrance exam, the exam includes Math, Literature and a third subject (or a combined exam). The third subject is selected by the Department of Education and Training from subjects assessed by scores, including: Foreign Language 1, CivicEducation , Natural Sciences, History and Geography, Technology, and Information Technology.

It is worth noting that provinces and cities do not choose a third subject for more than three consecutive years.

The time for the Literature test is 120 minutes, Math 90, the third subject 60 or 90 minutes, the combined test 90 or 120 minutes.

Provinces and cities can announce the third exam subject after the end of semester I but no later than March 31 every year.

For high schools under the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, colleges, and research institutes that organize their own entrance exams, the third exam subject or a combination exam of a number of remaining subjects will be selected by the Ministry of Education and Training, universities, colleges, and research institutes directly managed by them.

2025 is the first year that the 10th grade exam will be held according to the 2018 General Education Program. Previously, the number of subjects for the 10th grade exam was decided by localities. However, the Ministry of Education and Training believes that there should be common regulations for national consistency.

The Ministry first proposed a three-subject exam, with the third subject randomly drawn at the end of September 2024. However, this proposal met with strong opposition. In October, the Ministry announced a draft of the admission regulations, with the expectation that the third subject would be changed annually to avoid biased and cramming.

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