Ho Chi Minh City increases more than 5,000 9th grade students, many schools increase 10th grade quota

Grade 9 students at Minh Duc Secondary School, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. This year, the number of grade 9 students has increased, so most high schools have increased their enrollment quota for grade 10 - Photo: H.HG

According to the Departmentof Education and Training of Ho Chi Minh City, most public high schools in the city have increased their enrollment quota for grade 10.

Ho Chi Minh City expects to have 116,296 students graduating from secondary school.

Accordingly, the schools with the highest increase in enrollment are those in suburban and outlying areas, with the number of students increasing from 90 to 180 depending on the school. In the inner city, most schools also increased their enrollment from 45 to 135 students.

This year, Ho Chi Minh City will have a new high school, Tran Dai Nghia Secondary and High School, which is expected to enroll 225 10th grade students.

The reason for the increase in the target is because this year, Ho Chi Minh City is expected to have 116,296 students graduating from secondary school by the end of May 2024, more than 5,000 students more than last year.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training still maintains the rate of 70% of junior high school graduates entering public grade 10 as every year.

The Department will announce specific public grade 10 enrollment targets for each high school for the 2024-2025 school year this April.

Increase enrollment aspirations for specialized and integrated 10th graders

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training said that this year each candidate will be allowed to register for 3 wishes to enter specialized and integrated 10th grade (last year each candidate only had 2 wishes).

Specifically as follows: Each candidate will have a maximum of 6 wishes to enter grade 10. Of which, there are 3 wishes to enter grade 10 at a normal high school as before. In particular, the wish to enter specialized or integrated grade 10 will increase from 2 to 3.

That is, each candidate will be allowed to register 3 wishes for regular grade 10 and 3 wishes for specialized grade 10 (or 3 wishes for integrated grade 10). Candidates who have registered for specialized grade 10 will not be allowed to register for integrated grade 10 and vice versa.

Implement the regulations of specialized high schools issued by the Ministry of Education and Training

This year, Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities across the country will implement the regulations on specialized high schools issued by the Ministry of Education and Training. Le Hong Phong and Tran Dai Nghia specialized high schools will no longer enroll non-specialized 10th graders and integrated 10th graders.

Therefore, 9th grade students will no longer have 2 wishes to enter non-specialized 10th grade in specialized schools, and no longer have 2 wishes to enter integrated 10th grade in specialized schools.

In previous years, a candidate had a maximum of 7 wishes to enter grade 10. Of these, 3 wishes were to enter grade 10 in a normal high school, 2 wishes were to enter grade 10 in a specialized school (or 2 wishes were to enter grade 10 in an integrated school), and 2 wishes were to enter grade 10 in a non-specialized school in a specialized high school.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/tp-hcm-tang-hon-5-000-hoc-sinh-lop-9-nhieu-truong-tang-chi-tieu-lop-10-20240411201327567.htm