New school year, Ho Chi Minh City increases nearly 40,000 students

It is expected that in the 2025-2026 school year, the whole city will have 2.6 million students from preschool to high school, an increase of nearly 40,000 students compared to the previous school year.

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has reported on the implementation of tasks for the 2024-2025 school year and preparations for the new school year 2025-2026.

Increase of nearly 40,000 students

In the 2025-2026 school year, the city will have 2.6 million students, an increase of nearly 40,000 students compared to the previous school year. Of which: Preschool has 478,458 students, primary school has 939,002 students; secondary school has 759,278 students; high school has 352,051 students.

Students of Kindergarten 12 in a class. Photo: NGUYEN QUYEN

In preparation for the 2025-2026 school year, the city plans to put into use 1,287 new classrooms from the state budget. Specifically: Preschool level: 151 classrooms; primary level: 585 classrooms; secondary level: 412 classrooms; high school level: 112 classrooms.

In general, the 2025-2026 school year in the city will still ensure that 100% of children living in the area have enough places to study, ensuring conditions of facilities and equipment to organize activities ateducational institutions to ensure compliance with the requirements of the general education program.

How is the enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year?

The enrollment work for grades 1 and 6 of wards, communes, and special zones uniformly uses the primary enrollment system at: https://tuyensinhdaucap.hcm.edu.vn, with enrollment data taken from the database of the education and training sector at https://csdl.hcm.edu.vn.

Information on "current residence" in the education and training sector database, which has been verified with the national population database (under Project 06), will be the main criterion for admission to primary classes.

The total number of students expected to enroll in grade 1 is 113,417 and grade 6 is 124,108.

As of May 13, 2025, the authentication rate reached 95%. For the remaining 5% who cannot be issued codes due to special reasons, the Department of Education and Training will be responsible for issuing temporary codes to candidates. After the enrollment period, the Department of Education and Training will coordinate with the police to resolve the issue of identification codes for all students participating in the enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year.

The Department of Education and Training has also proactively reviewed data on students of admission age since February 2025 and completed the confirmation of personal information of 237,525 students (113,417 kindergarten children and 124,108 grade 5 students) through the VNEID system with information including identification code, full name, year of birth, current school and current residence.

Early information confirmation will help localities proactively review data before issuing enrollment plans, limit changes in residence after the plan is in place, contribute to significantly reducing the rate of complaints and ensure fairness and transparency in enrollment.

Regarding the organization of admission to grade 10 high school, Ho Chi Minh City has 129,382 grade 9 students taking the junior high school graduation exam, of which 109,720 students registered to take the grade 10 entrance exam. There are 1,079 students eligible for direct admission, the rest wish to study in other types.

Source: https://ttbc-hcm.gov.vn/nam-hoc-moi-tp-hcm-tang-gan-40-000-hoc-sinh-1019171.html