Information is stated in the draft on the 10th grade enrollment plan for the 2025-2026 school year of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training.
According to the draft, this year students will be allowed to register a maximum of 8 wishes when taking the 10th grade entrance exam in Ho Chi Minh City, including 3 regular 10th grade wishes; 2 specialized 10th grade wishes and 3 integrated 10th grade wishes.
The admission method is carried out in 2 forms.
Admission exam: applied to high schools in the city, organized according to the instructions of the Department of Education and Training, ensuring a balance between the number of registered candidates and the quota assigned to each unit.
Admission: private schools, continuing education; Thanh An Secondary and High School in Can Gio District (only for students who have graduated from secondary school at this school in the 2024-2025 school year).
In which, the admission method is conducted in 2 phases:
Phase 1: students register for 3 priority options 1, 2, 3 to take the entrance exam to grade 10 public high schools (except for Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted, Tran Dai Nghia High School for the Gifted, Ho Chi Minh City National University for Energy.
Phase 2: Depending on the actual situation of the application set at high schools and the needs of high schools, the Department of Education and Training decides on additional enrollment and has documents guiding the implementation to ensure the rights of candidates, on the basis of enrolling enough enrollment quotas for schools that still lack many quotas.
Students are not allowed to change their prospects after the time allowed to adjust their prospects and after the admission results.
Candidates take 3 essay exams including Math, Literature, 120 minutes/subject, Foreign Language (Foreign Language 1 is being studied at school) with a test time of 90 minutes.
Last year was the second time Ho Chi Minh City has conducted additional admissions to grade 10 at 35 high schools with more than 2,203 targets. As a result, 1,400 students were admitted.
In the 2024 school year, Ho Chi Minh City has about 116,000 students graduating from junior high school, of which more than 98,000 candidates will take the 10th grade entrance exam, about 77,300 of whom will be admitted. The rest study at private schools, continuing education centers, vocational schools, study abroad...
