On June 1, more than 19,000 students of 9th grades in the whole province sat the entrance examination to the 10th grade of public high school in the 2022-2023 school year organized by the Provincial Department of Education and Training (DOET). Compared to the previous school year, this year's exam took place in the "new normal" condition, hence both students and parents were no longer worried about the pandemic. This was a favorable condition for the exam to take place smoothly and achieve high efficiency.
Confident candidates
At Examination Board No. 3 located at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Secondary School (Thu Dau Mot City), candidates arrived very early to attend the opening ceremony as well as finish procedures before the test. They looked happy, comfortable, and were ready to enter the exam.
Vo Pham Phuong Phuong, student of Trinh Hoai Duc Junior High School (Thuan An City) doing the test at this examination board, said: "I am prepared both knowledge and mentally to enter these two important exam dates. I hope to complete the exam with the best results to commensurate with my hard learning time as well as the expectation of my teachers and parents. "
Proctors call candidates to examination rooms at testing site of Tan Binh High School, North Tan Uyen district.
At exactly 8.00 a.m., candidates began doing their literature test. Around the testing areas, functional forces ensured the safety of testing areas as well as arranged policemen to direct traffic, arrange parking areas for parents, avoid traffic jams causing insecurity at testing sites. About 10.00 a.m., candidates completed the first test, all felt excited and relaxed
Nguyen Thi Phuong Linh, a student of Nguyen Khuyen School (Thu Dau Mot City), was one of the first candidates that finished the test and left the exam room at Vo Minh Duc High School testing site (Thu Dau Mot City). She was confident with her answers and believed that candidates who read a lot of books could easily gain high scores for this literature test.
Students at Examination Board No. 3 at Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Junior High School (Thu Dau Mot City) completed the literature test.
As for Vu Thuy Linh, who sat the exam at Examination Board No. 11 at Nguyen Trai High School, Thuan An City, said that she was quite satisfied with the literature test, because its questions were not too difficult, mainly in their curriculum. "I will try my best in the other two subjects, first of all the English test. I hope I would have good results in this exam to get to the high school that I have chosen,” Thuy Linh added.
Expectant parents
On the first exam day, many parents took their children to testing sites from 6: 30 a.m. and waited at school gates until they finished the test. While waiting for their child to do the test, parents talked with each other about school choices and most of all, they want their child to have a good exam and achieve good results.
Le Thi Hang, in Phu Loi Ward, Thu Dau Mot City, said that her child entered the examination room but she was very anxious outside. However, Hang hoped that her child could gain good exam results and get into the applied school. Phung Thi Thanh Hoa, parent of Le Ngoc Thanh Tuyen, a student of Chau Van Liem Junior High School (Thuan An) said that she was very worried about her child's exam. Seeing her daughter reviewing lessons and preparing for this exam, she comforted her daughter and shared her worries to make her feel at ease before the exam.
“This morning, my daughter and I woke up at 4.00 a.m. to go to the exam venue. For a good exam, there must be good preparation. This year is a pretty hard school year for all students due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, online learning was not really effective, thus I hope this year exam questions would not be too difficult and the admission score of schools is not too high", Hoa added.
Parents give hugs to encourage their children to enter exam rooms at exam venue of Nguyen Trai High School, Thuan An City.
Nguyen Van Dinh, Chairman of Vo Minh Duc High School's Examination Board, said: "To help students confidently and comfortably enter the exam, we create the best conditions and support candidates in all aspects. Proctors closely monitored the mental and physical health conditions of candidates in examination rooms to promptly report any incidents to the examination board. The Examination Board also agreed that if a candidate forgets to bring his/her ID card, he/she still be able to sit the exam after we make a verification, not let candidate be bewildered, affecting their results; all for a safe, serious and most effective exam”.
On the first exam day, questions, like: did you do the test well?, did you finish all questions?..., hugs of parents when they saw their children coming out of exam rooms, or greetings, encouragement from teachers made candidates so touched and try harder for the math test on the next day. To candidates who have recently graduated from junior high school, this summer is meaningful because of this exam. Hopefully they would continue to enter a meaningful and interesting school level with new knowledge ahead of them.
Reported by Hong Phuong, Quynh Nhu - Translated by Ngoc Huynh
