Localities prepare for exams amid COVID-19 pandemic

Localities nationwide have prepared various scenarios to hold 10th-grade entrance exams for students amid the COVID-19 outbreak, with some planning to hold the exams on schedule and others set to postpone them.
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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Localities nationwide have prepared various scenariosto hold 10th-grade entrance exams for students amid the COVID-19 outbreak, withsome planning to hold the exams on schedule and others set to postpone them.

Quang Ninh was the first northern province to hold the 10th-grade entranceexam this academic year on June 1. 

Currently, there are no students and teachers under quarantine in the province.All examination staff and nearly 14,000 students have completed medicaldeclarations and those in charge of keeping exam papers and answer sheetshave been tested for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
LaoCai is also set to hold the exam early and more than 7,380 students willtake it on June 2-3.

The provincial Department of Education and Training has required exam officials,teachers and students to strictly comply with regulations on COVID-19prevention and control.

All exam locations have been sprayed with disinfectant and prepared backup examrooms for students who have cough or fever and those identified as F2.

The department also asked the students’ families not to gather in front of theexam venues. Exam venues must encourage students who live far from the venuesto take a rest at noon

By May 28, no students identified as F1 or F2 have been reported in theprovince. 

Pham Xuan Tham, head of the department’s Education Quality Management Division,said the department had issued guidelines to all exam venues to ensure healthand safety for both teachers and students during the exam.

In Hanoi, the exam is scheduled to take place between June 10 and 11.

The city’s Department of Education and Training has required students in grades9 and 12 not to leave the city from now until they complete the 10th-gradeentrance exam and the high school graduation exam of 2021.

Educational officials, teachers, employees of schools who want to leave thecity must have the leaders’ approval and must report back when they return.They must also complete medical declarations within 24 hours of returning tothe city.

In Hoa Binh province, the provincial Department of Education and Training hasannounced plans to hold the exam between June 5 and June 7.

The department has required no more than 24 candidates in every exam room and adistance of 1.2 metres must be applied around each candidate.

In case social distancing is applied in the province, each examination roomshould arrange no more than 16 candidates and the seating arrangement forcandidates must ensure a minimum distance of 2 metres between candidates.

The entrance exam in Dong Nai province will take place on June 4-5 as scheduled.

Do Duy Khanh, deputy director of the provincial education department, said morethan 3,000 exam officials would be tested for the virus before the exam day.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, all localities havecompleted the curriculum and are preparing for the entrance exam to the 10thgrade./. 
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