Across the country, 2,296 examination councils were established with 40,361 examination rooms and over 142,000 teachers and educational officials were mobilised to oversee the exams.
The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) also set up groups of supervisors to inspect the examination procedures in cities and provinces nationwide.
According to the Steering Committee for this year’s exams, local educational sectors have prepared well and created the best conditions for the exams. They have been particularly efficient in disseminating the exam regulations to students and teachers and enhancing professional training for supervisors.
Students finished their first day of testing safely and no significant traffic congestion was reported in major cities. Transportation and accommodation have been provided for candidates in remote and mountainous provinces during the exams.
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Students attending exams at Phan Chau Trinh High School Examination Council in Da Nang
The test questions were kept confidential before the actual exams but according to the initial assessment, the literature and chemistry papers seemed to be not terribly difficult and most of the questions focused on the 12th grade programme to check students’ basic knowledge and differentiate their qualifications.
Gia Lai province in the Central Highlands provided poor and ethnic minority students VND100,000-500,000 in financial support to allow them to take the exams, while over 2,000 disadvantaged students in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son are being provided with accommodation and free meals during the tests. The Thua Thien-Hue provincial Red Cross Society has also mobilised over VND45 million to offer more than 2,100 free meals to poor students during the three day exams.
Candidates are continuing their second set of exams today with a 90 minute essay test on geography in the morning and 60 minute multiple choice biology test in the afternoon.
