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Expecting to make a breakthrough in the national excellent student selection exam

THE ANH December 26, 2024 06:00

With careful preparation and strong determination, the national excellent student selection team of Hai Duong province is expected to make a new breakthrough in the 2024-2025 school year.

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Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, a teacher at Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, trains students of the literature team how to make a difference in their exams in order to achieve high scores.

Teacher and student

These days in mid-December, teachers and students in the national excellent student selection teams of Hai Duong province enter the "sprint" stage with a spirit of enthusiastic and diligent study and review.

As a member of the math team, Vu Viet Ha, grade 12, Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, said that over the past 3 months, the school has supported and created maximum conditions for students to balance their regular study schedule and focus on the national excellent student exam. The team has focused on reviewing for the exam with teachers and experts. As the exam date approaches, Ha and her friends have increased their group study and practice more, thereby getting familiar with the actual exam structure and improving their ability to do the test quickly and accurately.

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Members of the national excellent student selection team of Hai Duong province entered the 2024-2025 school year exam with great determination.

“Participating in the national intellectual playground is a source of pride for me and my teammates. In particular, the province's recent preferential policies and the attention of the Department of Education and Training and the school are great motivations for me and my teammates to make every effort to study during the past time. I am ready to enter the exam with a relaxed and confident mindset,” Ha said.

In the 2023-2024 school year, Dinh Phuong Linh, grade 12, Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, and the literature team regretfully lost first place in the national excellent student competition. This year, Phuong Linh entered the competition with the highest determination to surpass herself.

Phuong Linh said that in addition to studying in class, she spends most of her time reviewing at home, searching for and reading more reference books and foreign literary works. After being trained by her teacher, especially the expert in teaching test-taking skills, she memorized and learned from experience while practicing the test. At the same time, she actively researched many current issues to have more vivid and realistic evidence. Phuong Linh also practiced polishing each sentence, selecting valuable words, logical and sharp expressions with the hope that her test will convince the examiner. "Last year, I won second prize in the national excellent student exam. This year, I have prepared more thoroughly and am ready to enter the exam with the hope of bringing home first prize for the team," Phuong Linh said.

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The teachers who train the team are not only inspirational but also motivating, creating a positive learning environment for students to maintain their spirit, confidence and creativity throughout the review process.

During the review process, the role of teachers is very important. Teachers not only provide knowledge but also guide, encourage and motivate students. Over the past 3 months, teachers in charge of training the team have focused on consolidating basic knowledge, guiding students to master theory, and practice difficult exercises. Teachers have also pointed out gaps in students' knowledge for timely supplementation and correction. Teachers regularly organize mock exams, evaluate results and analyze errors so that students clearly understand the weaknesses that need to be overcome. This helps students improve their test-taking skills and get used to the pressure of the real exam.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Trang, a teacher at Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, in charge of the literature team, said that in addition to basic knowledge, each teacher has also proactively innovated teaching methods to meet the goals of innovation. For literature, teachers focus on guiding students to learn, exploit materials, and read and understand text skills. Teachers assign tasks and students will present the results to the team. To achieve high scores, teachers have focused on practicing questions and teaching skills to help students create differences, have high critical thinking, and point out the limited aspects of the argument or the illogical aspects of the problem.

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A practice session of the physics team

“We always turn the pressure from teachers into motivation for students. Teachers not only teach but also learn with students. There are nights when teachers and students study online together until 1am. Teachers are also the ones who inspire, motivate, and create a comfortable, dynamic, and positive learning environment for students to maintain their spirit, confidence, and creativity throughout the review process. Both teachers and students are aware of the need to make the most effort and determination possible...”, Ms. Trang shared.

Ready

In the 2023-2024 national excellent student competition, Hai Duong province had 89/108 students winning prizes. Of which, there were 3 first prizes, 19 second prizes, 32 third prizes and 35 consolation prizes. There were 3 students who entered the second round of the international excellent student team selection. With this achievement, Hai Duong continues to be in the top 10 provinces and cities with high achievements in the national excellent student competition.

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The faces of the national excellent student selection team promise to bring glory to their homeland in the East.

However, since the 2021-2022 school year, after Hai Duong had 2 former students of Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted win gold medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad and bronze medals at the Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiad, for 3 years Hai Duong has not had any students enter the international and regional competition teams. The quality of the awards has not been as expected. The number of first and second prizes is still small.

Striving to create a new breakthrough in this year's exam, the Department of Education and Training and Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted have soon developed a plan to train the team and have made careful preparations. Mr. Le Van Luc, Principal of Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted, said that the school has actively invited experts to teach at the school; coordinated with neighboring provinces to directly send students to Hanoi to study; invited leading experts in Vietnam in specialized fields to teach online for students.

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Before the annual national excellent student exam, Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted organizes for members of the national excellent student exam team of Hai Duong province to offer incense at some relics in the province such as the temple of the world cultural celebrity Nguyen Trai, the temple of teacher Chu Van An, the temple of female doctor Nguyen Thi Due, Mao Dien Temple of Literature...

In addition to organizing the test and evaluating the quality of the team twice, Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted also coordinated with some other schools to hire experts to create questions for some subjects to organize a joint exam with 20 schools from other provinces, some subjects with 40 schools. After the results of each exam, the teachers who trained the team met to discuss, analyze, and compare the results with other schools to have a plan to promptly overcome the weaknesses of the students.

“We are very pleased with the spirit of studying and practicing of the team members this year. Each team registered higher quotas than last year, showing great determination. The bright spot is that some students considered to be the seeds of this year’s team, who took the exam at a higher level and won high prizes in the national excellent student selection exam last year, are determined to achieve higher results,” said Mr. Luc.

Mr. Do Duy Hung, Deputy Director of the Department of Education and Training, said that over the past 3 months, the school leaders and teachers who trained the team have devoted all their efforts to training the team. Teaching work was carried out according to plan, students had high determination, the Department of Education and Training created the best conditions for training the team; and parents agreed.

“After inspection, the school has fully prepared facilities and logistics; has a plan to ensure security and safety for the exam, meeting the requirements of the Ministry of Education and Training. With careful preparation and high determination, the members of the national excellent student selection team of Hai Duong province are expected to achieve better results than last year,” said Mr. Hung.

110 candidates from Hai Duong take the national excellent student selection exam

The national high school exam for the 2024-2025 school year will take place on December 25 and 26 nationwide. Hai Duong province has 110 candidates, an increase of 2 students compared to the previous exam. Candidates participating in the exam are from 11 teams, including: math, physics, chemistry, biology, literature, history, geography, information technology, English, Russian and French.

This year's exam, all candidates continue to be students of Nguyen Trai High School for the Gifted.

On December 25, candidates will take written exams in math, physics, chemistry, biology, literature, history, geography, English, Russian, French and computer programming.

On December 26, candidates will take written exams in math, physics, chemistry, and biology; oral exams in English, Russian, and French; and computer programming exams in information technology.

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