Hanoi 10th grade exam scores and benchmark scores before "G hour": High or low?

(Dan Tri) - The examination board for the 10th grade entrance exam to public high schools in Hanoi is completing the final stages of marking and preparing to announce the 10th grade exam scores.

The work of combining admission scores for each candidate and preparing exam result reports for each candidate is also being urgently implemented.

As planned, on July 4, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training will hold a meeting to review the admission scores for grade 10 of public high schools for the 2025-2026 school year.

Hanoi Department of Education and Training plans to announce exam scores for candidates between July 4-6.

Candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam in 2025 in Hanoi (Photo: Thanh Dong).

Mr. Tran The Cuong, Director of the Hanoi Department of Education and Training, said that this year, exam scores and admission scores will be announced at the same time to reduce parents' waiting and anxiety.

"The Department cannot yet say whether the benchmark score will be high or low. The announcement of scores will have to be checked very carefully, there will be no deviation. In particular, the grading will be carried out according to the rules, there will be no loose or tight grading," Mr. Cuong affirmed.

Answering the question of Dan Tri reporter about whether there is a situation of grading based on inspiration in the literature exam, a member participating in the exam grading said that there are specific instructions for grading the literature exam according to the prescribed framework. If the candidate achieves a certain level of knowledge, they will be graded at that level.

According to Ms. Van Thuy Duong, Vice Principal of Luong The Vinh High School, Hanoi, based on the scores that students compared the answers and reported to teachers, the predicted standard score to enter top schools this year is around 25.5-26 points.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Tung, Principal of Lomonosov High School, commented that this year Hanoi still maintains the same stability in benchmark scores as in previous years.

“With the level of differentiation of the exam questions this year and the new scoring method, I think the top schools will maintain the same average admission score as every year. At the lower-ranked schools, because Hanoi’s quota increased by 5,000, I think the admission score will be a little lower,” said Mr. Tung.

The entrance exam for grade 10 of non-specialized public high schools for the 2025-2026 school year in the city will take place on June 7-8.

Selecting 64% of candidates to enter public high schools makes the exam highly competitive (Photo: Hai Long).

This is the first exam organized under the 2018 general education program with the orientation of assessing learners' abilities and qualities.

This year, Hanoi has more than 103,000 candidates taking the 10th grade entrance exam to public high schools, with 3 exams: math, literature, foreign language. Of which, math and literature are essay tests (120 minutes), foreign language is multiple choice test (60 minutes). Candidates taking the specialized exam will take the specialized subject test on June 9, for 150 minutes.

Hanoi has arranged 201 official examination sites with more than 4,400 examination rooms, along with a system of backup examination sites in districts, towns and cities.

Notable milestones of Hanoi's 2025 10th grade high school exam (Design: Thuy Tien).

This year, there are 40 high schools in the city being repaired and renovated, so the number of exam sites in middle schools has increased compared to last year.

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