The Ministry of Education and Training has decided to combine the high school graduation exam and the university entrance exam into a single national high school exam from 2015 on. A rollout of the exam took place over from July 1 to 4, 2015, coinciding with the peak of the hot spell that the provinces and cities in the North and the Central region, especially the capital of Hanoi, were suffering.
Exam sites in Hanoi were crowded with relatives of examinees and representatives from social and charity organisations who came to support the exam-takers despite the extreme hot weather with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius. Volunteers had swung into action to help students find affordable rooms and find the exam locations, ensuring traffic safety or providing cheap prepackaged lunches.
The “Give Strength during Exam Season” programme with about 12,000 volunteers have supported about 200,000 examinees and their families coming to Hanoi from five neighbouring provinces. The work of volunteers helps exam-takers deal with their needs and be more confident to take the exam.
Exam sites in Hanoi were crowded with relatives of examinees and representatives from social and charity organisations who came to support the exam-takers despite the extreme hot weather with temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius. Volunteers had swung into action to help students find affordable rooms and find the exam locations, ensuring traffic safety or providing cheap prepackaged lunches.
The “Give Strength during Exam Season” programme with about 12,000 volunteers have supported about 200,000 examinees and their families coming to Hanoi from five neighbouring provinces. The work of volunteers helps exam-takers deal with their needs and be more confident to take the exam.
By VNP’s Golden Moment Photography Club
Paper fans and water are distributed free of charge to examinees after the morning exam on July 3, 2015. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Students discuss their answers after sitting the Geography exam at Hanoi University of Science and Technology on July 3, 2015. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Volunteers from Hanoi University of Science and Technology’s Faculty of Information Technology help keep examinees’ objects like cell phones or bags. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Dao Ha from Trung Tu (Dong Da, Hanoi) handed out 1,000 bottles of water free of charge to examinees and their parents at Hanoi University of Science and Technology on July 3, 2015. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Parents waiting for examinees outside the exam site at Le Quy Don secondary school on Nguyen Van Huyen Street (Hanoi). Photo: Hoang Ha/VNP
Volunteers have a difficult time fulfilling their duty as the examining days coincide with the peak of the hot spell in Hanoi. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Volunteers regulate traffic on Tran Dai Nghia Street. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
During the national high school exam, about 12,000 volunteers are at all examining sites in Hanoi to support examinees. Photo: Dang Tien/VNP
A spot providing water and bread for free on Ly Thuong Kiet Street. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Volunteers from Hanoi University of Agriculture prepare prepackaged meals priced at 5,000 dong for examinees and their families. Photo: Hoang Ha/VNP
Near the exam site at the University of Social Sciences and Humanity/Vietnam National University-Hanoi, free iced tea is served. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
In preparation for the national high school exam, Hanoi University of Science and Technology donated their dormitory to accommodate examinees and their parents. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
A group of volunteers regulates traffic on Tran Dai Nghia Street after the exam. Photo: Duc Hanh/VNP
Le Thi Tinh from Thuong Tin (Hanoi) encourages her daughter before entering the exam room. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
Examinees leaving the exam rooms on July 3, 2015. Photo: Tat Son/VNP
A group of students sitting the exam at Hanoi University of Science and Technology rejoice at their good performances. Photo: Tat Son/VNP
On the morning of July 1, Hanoi streets were crowded with people taking examinees to the exam sites. Photo: Thong Thien/VNP
A group of volunteers line up in the middle of a street to make a live lane marking to delineate traffic lanes after an exam. Photo: Tat Son/VNP