Ho Chi Minh City: 99,578 candidates registered for the 2025 high school graduation exam

(NLDO) - Ho Chi Minh City has 97,940 candidates taking the 2025 high school graduation exam under the 2018 general education program and 1,638 candidates under the 2006 general education program.

On June 10, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong led the ministry's inspection team to inspect the preparation for the high school graduation exam in Ho Chi Minh City. The team inspected the test printing area and two testing locations in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Pham Ngoc Thuong works in Ho Chi Minh City on preparations for the high school graduation exam.

Informing the inspection team, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that for the 2025 high school graduation exam, Ho Chi Minh City has 99,578 candidates registered, an increase of 8,891 students compared to the previous year. Of which, 97,940 candidates took the exam under the 2018 generaleducation program and 1,638 candidates under the 2006 general education program. The number of independent candidates increased by 5,000 compared to the previous year.

To meet this scale, Ho Chi Minh City has arranged 171 examination sites with a total of 4,242 examination rooms distributed reasonably throughout the area. Specifically, 168 examination sites with 4,180 examination rooms are for candidates under the 2018 General Education Program and 3 examination sites with 62 examination rooms for candidates under the 2006 General Education Program. Each examination site is arranged with 3 spare rooms to handle arising situations.

Ho Chi Minh City has mobilized 855 officials from the exam site management board, 12,726 exam supervisors (an increase of 1,409 compared to last year), 2,394 exam site service staff, 513 police officers on duty at exam sites, 92 officials from the exam printing and copying board, and an expected 300 officials from the exam paper transportation and handover board.

All examination rooms ensure a minimum area of ​​30 m²/room, with 24 examination tables/room arranged according to regulations. The security and storage system is fully equipped with secure iron cabinets, 2-layer locking system and standard sealing along with the preparation of more than 10,000 sets of records of all kinds.

It is expected that about 850 examiners will participate in grading the exam with separate essay and multiple-choice grading rooms, fully equipped with surveillance cameras, ensuring absolute security.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/tp-hcm-99578-thi-sinh-dang-ky-du-thi-tot-nghiep-thpt-2025-196250610104330774.htm