Hanoi: 25.25 points still fail the first choice, pressure is on the inner city

TPO - Studying day and night and achieving an average score of nearly 8.5 points/subject, the candidate still failed his first choice of a public school in the inner city.

High score still slip

With good academic ability, MQ confidently registered his first choice at Le Quy Don High School. On the day the 10th grade entrance exam results were announced, Q. and his mother were shocked because his total admission score was 25.25 (Math 9, Literature 8, Foreign Language 8.25) while Le Quy Don's standard score was 25.5.

“My son tried very hard, studying day and night throughout the entire 9th grade year. When I registered my application, I was also hesitant, but because the school's test results were good, Le Quy Don was also my son's dream school, and it was close to home, I let him register. Unexpectedly, he failed his application by only 0.25 points,” said Thuy, MQ's mother, regretfully.

On the day the 10th grade entrance exam results came out, Quan and his mother were shocked because he failed the admission exam with a total score of 25.25.

According to Ms. Thuy, after knowing the results, her child was very sad. At night, she could not sleep. "I feel so sorry for my child but I don't know what to do. I wish Hanoi had more public high schools so that my children would suffer less. I was advised to file a request for a review of the Literature exam instead of waiting for the school to lower the standard score," she confided.

Ms. Pham Thi Hoa has a child who is 0.25 points short of being admitted to Kim Lien High School. Having decided to register for a top school, in the months leading up to the exam, her child often stays up until 2-3 am to study.

In addition to studying at school, he spent 5-6 days a week studying at exam preparation centers. Seeing his determination, his parents could only accompany him to school and encourage him. But when the results came out, with just a little bit of luck, he could have achieved his dream.

Hanoi currently has 119 public high schools and more than 100 non-public schools. (Photo: Nhu Y)

Among 115 non-specialized public high schools in Hanoi, this year there are 12 schools that recruit students with an average entrance score of 7.9 points/subject or higher, including: Le Quy Don High School (Ha Dong), Kim Lien High School, Phan Dinh Phung High School, Yen Hoa High School, Nhan Chinh High School, Viet Duc High School, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai High School, Thang Long High School, Tran Phu High School, Cau Giay High School, Le Quy Don High School (Dong Da).

In which, the school has the highest standard score of 25.5, candidates must achieve an average score of 8.5 points/subject to be admitted.

It is easy to see that the schools with these extremely high admission scores are all located in the inner city.

In 2025, in Ha Dong district (old), there will be more than 6,000 candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam, but in the whole district, there will only be 3 public schools: Le Quy Don, Quang Trung High School and Tran Hung Dao High School, enrolling about 2,200 students. In 2024, there will be more than 8,000 candidates taking the exam, but 3 public schools will only enroll about 2,000 students in 10th grade.

Or in Cau Giay district (old), every year there is a large number of junior high school graduates, but currently there are only 2 public high schools: Cau Giay High School and Yen Hoa High School; Area 2 (Hoan Kiem) has only had 2 schools for many years: Tran Phu High School and Viet Duc High School.

Pressure on inner city

There are many students, the number of public schools in the inner city is very small, so although the Hanoi Department of Education and Training divides into 12 enrollment areas and has a mechanism for students to register an additional wish outside the enrollment area, this is not an effective solution.

According to regulations, each candidate can register for 3 wishes, in which wishes 1 and 2 must be in the same enrollment area, wish 3 can be in any enrollment area.

According to a teacher at a secondary school, when advising students on registering their admission wishes, teachers always emphasize prioritizing the first wish, reserve the second wish, and prevent failure of the third wish.

According to the data announced by the Hanoi Department of Education and Training on the number of candidates registering for the 10th grade entrance exam this year, suburban schools have low annual admission scores, and the number of candidates registering for their second and third choices has skyrocketed.

For example, at Bac Luong Son High School, only 396 students registered for the first choice, but the second choice was nearly 5 times higher; the third choice was 9.5 times higher with more than 3,800 candidates registering.

Or like Luu Hoang High School, only 447 candidates registered for the first choice, but more than 3,000 candidates registered for the third choice.

Parents shared that their children registered for "the third choice just for the sake of it, even if they were accepted, they wouldn't study because it was too far away"; registered for the third choice because the teacher encouraged them... In reality, there are students who register for the third choice that is dozens of kilometers away from home, even if they want to, they can't cycle to school every day, and it's even more difficult for their parents to pick them up and drop them off.

The lack of public schools in inner-city areas has been a reality for many years and is also the reason why the 10th grade entrance exam puts great pressure on candidates and parents.

Hanoi currently has more than 2,900 schools at all levels, but at the high school level there are only 119 public schools, more than 100 private schools and nearly 30 Vocational Education and Continuing Education Centers.

Dr. Nguyen Tung Lam, Chairman of the Board of Dinh Tien Hoang High School (Hanoi) pointed out that the reason for the pressure on the 10th grade entrance exam is the lack of schools, especially in the inner city. For many years, the number of public high schools has been very small, while no new schools have been built. To solve this problem, Hanoi needs to quickly allocate land to build more schools to meet the learning needs of the people.

According to Dr. Lam, in places where apartments and high-rise buildings are built, the city must be determined to build schools. In addition to using the state budget, there must be policies to cooperate with organizations and individuals to build schools. For example, the city allocates land, organizations and individuals build and operate schools, and the state must control tuition fees so that people can send their children to school.

Ha Linh

Source: https://tienphong.vn/ha-noi-2525-diem-van-truot-nguyen-vong-1-ap-luc-do-don-noi-do-post1758091.tpo