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VietNamNet Bride – Right after students finished their high school finals, they began flocking to cities to attend intensive university entrance examination preparation classes. Students register to attend examination preparation classes at the HCM City University of Technology Bus stations and examination preparation centres in HCM City have been bustling since 9 am June 6, receiving students from other provinces. Volunteers under the programme ‘Giving strength in exam season’ reported that on June 6 they received three times as many students from Dong Nai, Vung Tau, Binh Phuoc, Dak Lak and Lam Dong as they had the previous day. Bich Phuong, a student from Dak Lak province, who has registered to attend classes at the HCM City University of Social Sciences, related that she left home for university entrance examination preparation classes right after she had finished her final exams. Nguyen Duc Quoc, Director of the Examination Preparation Centre at No 60 An Suong Road in HCM City, said that the centre opened examination preparation classes on June 7 and that 100 students had registered to attend classes by the end of June 6 in the morning. Alpha Examination Preparation Centre under the HCM City University of Technology opened the first class of the 2009 season on June 6, reporting high numbers of attendees. Well-known examination preparation centres including the centre under the HCM City University of Technology, HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanity, the HCM City University of Natural Sciences and HCM City University of Education all have reported very high numbers of students who have registered to attend intensive preparation classes. The enrolment officer at HCM City University of Education’s examination preparation centre said that seats for A-group classes (mathematics, physics and chemistry) are fully occupied, while only seats for B (mathematics, chemistry and biology), C (literature, history and geography) and D-group (mathematics, literature and foreign languages) classes are left. Kim Ngan, representative of a group of four students, related that they took a bus from Binh Thuan to HCM City and right after they arrived at the city, they rushed to universities to register for exam preparation classes. “We only found out after we got into the HCM City University of Technology that there is no D-group class. Therefore, we had to rush to other centres to find suitable classes,” she said. After registering for classes, students have to find accommodations in the city, which is no easier. Nguyen Thi Phuc from Binh Thuan province related that she is lucky enough to have a relative who lives in the city who helped her arrange an accommodation. Meanwhile, Lan and her mother from Dong Nai said that they do not have relatives in the city. Lan’s mother said that they feel lucky enough getting seats at classes, while they will look for accommodations later. Nguyen Ngoc Son, Head of the volunteer’s team said that more students will flock into the city in some more days as it takes students from the north and central region some days to arrive in HCM City. 4,000 free or low-fee beds for students: 14,000 volunteer students are working for the programme ‘Giving strength in examination season’. The organisation board has prepared 26,000 beds at boarding houses for students (up by 1,000 over 2008). These include 4,000 free or low-fee beds. Besides, 25,000 free bus tickets, 70,000 maps of the city, 70,000 examination handbooks and 290,000 free meals will be given out. VietNamNet, TP
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