Students in virus epicentre to sit national high school exam early next month
More than 26,000 students, mostly in the coronavirus epicentre in central Vietnam, along with others quarantined for having close contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases, will take the “second phase” of the national high school examination on September 2-4.
Test-takers wear face masks in the firt phase of the ational high school examination in August (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - More than 26,000 students, mostly in the coronavirusepicentre in central Vietnam, along with others quarantined for having close contactwith confirmed COVID-19 cases, will take the “second phase” of the nationalhigh school examination on September 2-4.
Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Huu Do announced the decisionat the August 24 meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control in Hanoi.
Nearly 1 million high school students from the rest of the country sat thetests which determine graduation and entry into universities on August 8-10,and many localities said they have completed scoring the tests.
“Despite the lower number of test-takers in the second phase, the educationministry is committed to carrying out the dual goals of ensuring safety forstudents, while making sure that the examination is fair, just, objective andconducted with integrity,” Do said.
Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, Deputy Minister of Public Security, said theministry would mobilise the police force to ensure the security of theexaminations./.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc assigned the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to decide on the organisation of the national high school graduation examinations as regulated in the Law on Education, at a regular cabinet meeting in Hanoi on August 3.
Implementing directions of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Ministry of Education and Training, localities are carrying out measures to ensure a safe national high school graduation exam, which is scheduled for August 8-10 across the country, except in regions with ongoing outbreaks such as the hot spots: Da Nang city and Quang Nam province.
The capital Hanoi and the southern metropolis of HCM City are carrying out measures to ensure safety at the upcoming national high school graduation examinations, which are slated for August 8-10.
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Test-takers wear face masks in the firt phase of the ational high school examination in August (Photo: VNA) 
