Which subjects do lower secondary school students in Vietnam take every year for selection into upper secondary schools in Vietnam?

Which subjects do lower secondary school students in Vietnam take every year for selection into upper secondary schools in Vietnam?

According to Article 10 of the Regulations on Admission to Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools promulgated along with Circular 11/2014/TT-BGDDT (rescinded by Article 2 of Circular 05/2018/TT-BGDDT):

Responsibilities of the Department of Education and Training

1. Develop an admission plan submitted to the Provincial People's Committee for approval, including the following main contents: area, method, target, priority policies, and organization of upper secondary school admission.

For localities opting for an examination or a combination of examination and review methods, the additional contents required are:

a) Subjects, exam composition, exam format, duration, score weighting, and extra points;

b) Organization, duties and activities, authority and responsibility of the examination committee, invigilation committee, marking committee, and re-evaluation committee; examination composition, reproduction, and mailing of exam papers.

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Therefore, each provincial Department of Education and Training is responsible for developing an upper secondary school admission plan, including the subjects for the exams. This means that each province will have different subject requirements for upper secondary school admission exams.

The subjects for grade 10 exams in a few provinces are as follows:

*Ho Chi Minh City

3 essay-based exams, including:

- Literature: 120 minutes

- Mathematics: 120 minutes

- Foreign Language: 90 minutes

(Based on Decision 1153/QD-UBND of 2023)

*Hanoi

- Organize 03 (three) independent exams, including:

- Literature: 120 minutes

- Mathematics: 120 minutes

- Foreign Language: 60 minutes

The Literature and Mathematics exams are in essay format; the Foreign Language exam is in multiple-choice format.

(Based on 2024 Plan 93/KH-UBND) Download

Thus, based on the above information, lower secondary school students will take 3 main subjects annually: Mathematics, Literature, and English.

Which subjects do lower secondary school students in Vietnam take every year for selection into upper secondary schools in Vietnam?​ (Image from Internet)

What are admission methods to upper secondary schools for lower secondary school students in Vietnam?

According to Article 5 of the Regulations on Admission to Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools promulgated with Circular 11/2014/TT-BGDDT:

Admission Target and Method

1. The admission target includes students who have graduated from lower secondary education programs or equivalent alternative educational programs and meet the age requirements specified in Clause 2 Article 2 of these Regulations.

2. The upper secondary school admission is organized using one of the following three methods:

a) Review: based on the results of conduct and academic performance of the four years in lower secondary school of the candidates, if any year was repeated, the result of the repeated year will be used;

b) Examination;

c) Combination of examination and review.

Thus, the admission methods for lower secondary school students to upper secondary school consist of 03 forms:

- Review: based on the results of conduct and academic performance over four years in lower secondary school, using results from repeated years if applicable.

- Examination.

- Combination of examination and review.

What documents do lower secondary school students in Vietnam need for upper secondary school admission?

According to Article 6 of the Regulations on Admission to Lower Secondary and Upper Secondary Schools promulgated with Circular 11/2014/TT-BGDDT, with some terms rescinded by Article 2 of Circular 05/2018/TT-BGDDT, the documents required for grade 10 admission include:

- A certified copy of the birth certificate.

- Lower secondary school graduation certificate or temporary graduation certificate or a certified copy of the lower secondary school graduation certificate.

- Lower secondary school transcript.

- Certificate of priority policy issued by a competent authority (if any).

- Certification issued by a commune-level People's Committee (for students who graduated from lower secondary school in previous years) stating that the student is not serving a prison sentence; not under re-education without detention or violating the law.

What are the alternative educational options for lower secondary school students in Vietnam who fail to get into public upper secondary schools?

Candidates who fail to get into public upper secondary schools can choose to retake the exam next year or enroll in other educational types, as specified in Clause 2 Article 3 of Circular 05/2021/TT-BLDTBXH, the admission time, candidates, and methods are as follows:

Admission Time, Candidates and Methods

1. Admission time is conducted one or several times a year.

2. Admission candidates:

a) For intermediate level:

Students who have graduated from lower secondary school or equivalent or higher.

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Thus, if lower secondary school students fail in the public upper secondary school admission exam, they can enroll in the following types of schools:

- Local Continuing Education Centers;

- Vocational Intermediate Schools;

- Private Schools.