HCMC: Is there a Plan for Organizing the City-level excellent student contests for the 2024 - 2025 school year yet?

Ho Chi Minh City: Is there a Plan for Organizing the City-level excellent student contests for the 2024 - 2025 school year yet?

To select and commend students who have achieved outstanding results in studying various subjects.

To encourage and motivate teachers and students to promote creativity, teaching excellence, and studying excellence; to improve teaching and learning quality, and to enhance the management and directives of educational management levels;

Simultaneously, to identify talented students in various subjects to nurture them, aiming to train talents for the city and the country.

To ensure safety, seriousness, accuracy, objectivity, and fairness.

On August 21, 2024, the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training issued Plan 5200/KH-SGDDT for 2024 on organizing the city-level excellent student selection exam for grades 9 and 12 for the academic year 2024-2025.

Grade 9 students will take the city-level excellent student contest for the academic year 2024 - 2025 on March 14, 2025. The grading period: from March 15, 2025, to the end of March 17, 2025.

To be specific: the timeline leading up to the exam is as follows:

- From August 15, 2024, to September 15, 2024: Develop the exam plan.- From February 25, 2025, to February 28, 2025: Submit the list to issue exam decisions.- From March 3, 2025, to March 12, 2025: Prepare for the exam organization.- March 10, 2025: Hold the Steering Committee meeting and Exam Proctor meeting.- March 13, 2025: Hold the Exam Proctor meeting, check the facilities at the Exam Centers.- March 14, 2025: Conduct the exam.

Grade 12 students will take the city-level excellent student contest for the academic year 2024 - 2025 on February 25, 2025. The grading period: from February 26, 2025, to the end of February 28, 2025.

To be specific: the timeline leading up to the exam is as follows:

- From August 15, 2024, to September 15, 2024: Develop the exam plan.

- From January 27, 2025, to February 1, 2025: Submit the list to issue exam decisions.

- From February 17, 2025, to February 21, 2025: Prepare for the exam organization.

- February 21, 2025: Hold the Steering Committee meeting and Exam Proctor meeting.

- February 24, 2025: Hold the Exam Proctor meeting, check the facilities at the Exam Centers.

- February 25, 2025: Conduct the exam.

>> More details can be found in Plan 5200/KH-SGDDT for 2024: Download

Ho Chi Minh City: Has a plan to organize the city-level excellent student contest for the academic year 2024 - 2025 been released? (Image from the Internet)

What are the details of the Education program for Grade 9 and Grade 12 students in the academic year 2024 - 2025 in Vietnam?

According to the provisions of Article 2 of Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, it is stipulated as follows:

The general education program is implemented according to the schedule as follows:

1. From the academic year 2020-2021 for Grade 1.

2. From the academic year 2021-2022 for Grade 2 and Grade 6.

3. From the academic year 2022-2023 for Grade 3, Grade 7, and Grade 10.

4. From the academic year 2023-2024 for Grade 4, Grade 8, and Grade 11.

5. From the academic year 2024-2025 for Grade 5, Grade 9, and Grade 12.

The 2018 general education program applies to students from Grade 1 to Grade 12 in the academic year 2024 - 2025.

Hence, the education program for Grade 9 and Grade 12 students in the academic year 2024 - 2025 is the 2018 general education program.

Are the new exam subjects for the city-level excellent student contest in Ho Chi Minh City mandatory subjects in the 2018 general education program in Vietnam?

According to Section 2 of Plan 5200/KH-SGDDT for 2024 on organizing the city-level excellent student selection exam for Grades 9 and 12 for the academic year 2024-2025, the new exam subjects for Grade 9 in Ho Chi Minh City are Natural Sciences, History and Geography, Technology (Industry-oriented), Technology (Agriculture-oriented).

The new exam subject for Grade 12 in Ho Chi Minh City is Economic and Legal Education.

In Section 3 of the general education program issued in conjunction with Circular 32/2018/TT-BGDDT, it is stipulated as follows:

1. Basic Education Stage

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1.2. Secondary Education Level

a) Education Content

Compulsory subjects and educational activities: Literature; Mathematics; Foreign Language 1; Civic Education; History and Geography; Natural Sciences; Technology*; Information Technology; Physical Education; Arts (Music, Fine Arts); Experiential activities, career orientation; Local educational content.*

Elective subjects: Ethnic minority language, Foreign Language 2.

b) Education Duration

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2. Career Orientation Education Stage

2.1. Education Content

Compulsory subjects and educational activities: Literature; Mathematics; Foreign Language 1; History; Physical Education; National Defense and Security Education; Experiential activities, career orientation; Local educational content.

Elective subjects: Geography, Economic and Legal Education*, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Technology, Information Technology, Music, Fine Arts.*

Students select 4 subjects from the elective subjects.

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Thus:

The new exam subjects in the city-level excellent student contest for Grade 9 in Ho Chi Minh City for the academic year 2024 - 2025 are compulsory subjects.

The new exam subject in the city-level excellent student contest for Grade 12 in Ho Chi Minh City for the academic year 2024 - 2025 is an elective subject, not a compulsory one.