The 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City has ended. The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training (GDĐT) is organizing exam marking work.
According to the Department, the grading work is carried out according to strict procedures to ensure fairness, objectivity and accuracy for candidates.
According to regulations, the exam paper is graded on a scale of 10, the decimal point of the total score of the entire paper is rounded to two decimal places. Each exam paper goes through two independent grading rounds performed by two examiners from two different grading teams.
Before grading, the Secretariat of the Exam Council handed over the bags of exam papers that had been marked to the subject head for grading. The subject head organized to thoroughly grasp the regulations, discuss answer keys and guide grading for the team leaders. The grading teams also conducted a common grading of at least 10 papers to unify the evaluation method before official grading.
In the first marking session, the examiner checks the number of sheets and number of sheets of each exam paper, crosses out the remaining blank sheets and absolutely does not write any content on the candidate's paper other than the symbols as prescribed. Scores and comments are only recorded on the marking sheet.
After completing the first marking, the Secretariat withdraws all the marking sheets and randomly assigns the exam papers to another examiner to perform the second marking. The second round examiner directly scores the exam paper and marking sheet.
After two rounds of grading, the grading teams proceed to compare the results. If the score of the entire paper or the component score differs by less than 0.75 points, the two examiners will exchange to agree on the score.
In case the score difference is from 0.75 to 1.25 points, the two examiners must discuss, make a record and report to the head of the grading team to agree on the score. If the two examiners cannot agree, the head of the grading team will make a record to decide the score and report to the head of the grading subject.
If the score difference between the two markings is 1.5 points or more, the exam paper will be marked for the 3rd time by another examiner.
In case two out of three scoring times give the same result, that score is taken as the official score. If all three scoring times are different but the largest difference does not exceed 2.5 points, the average score of the three scoring times is taken. In case the largest difference exceeds 2.5 points, the scoring team must organize a common scoring, make a record of score unification before recognizing the final result.
According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training, exam marking will take place from June 3rd to 9th. Exam results are expected to be announced after the completion of the 2026 high school graduation exam (after June 12th).
The 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City in the 2026-2027 school year takes place in 2 days, June 1 and 2, with about 151,000 candidates taking the exam. Public high schools in the city enroll more than 118,500 students into 10th grade, equivalent to about 78% of candidates taking the exam have a chance of passing.
Candidates take exams in three subjects: Literature, Mathematics and English. Those who register for specialized or integrated classes will take additional specialized or integrated subjects accordingly.
This year, the exam is organized at 242 exam sites, including 226 regular exam sites and 16 specialized exam sites, with a total of 6,443 exam rooms. The city's education sector mobilized more than 17,700 teachers, staff and officials to participate in exam supervision and service.
