Chinese students began to participate in the competition. 45th national university entrance examination, cLasting until 9 June and known together with it as “gaokao” better grades to get into the higher education institution they want or need.
in total 11.93 million applicationsThey will take the exam at 330,000 centers overseen by more than a million examiners and coordinators, the official Global Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, a record 10.67% increase from the previous year.
Chinese authorities, all students Despite the measures taken in the country, they can be examined regardless of their situation. It has been left at the mercy of the strict “zero covid” policy by the pandemic.
in Beijing they offer 48,000 candidates, Each center will have special classrooms for students who have a fever or cough during the test, providing a space where they can take the decisive exam despite a possible covid positive.
The importance of “gaokao” for Chinese society these days can be seen on social media as netizens. they do not stop sending messages of encouragement for the accepted “generation of online courses”, because this year’s teens are the first to complete the majority of their high school away from physical classrooms.
“zero covid” protocol during tests
“Different generations have different ‘long walks’,” said one Twitter-like internet user on the Chinese social network Weibo, referring to the Long March (1934-36), the epic that blessed the Chinese Communist Party in the country. , compared to this milestone, the difficulties andAccording to him, it is the special challenges that have helped this year’s candidates grow tremendously.
For his part, he remained in the Shanghai megalopolis. closed for more than two months until a week ago, “gaokao” has been delayed for a month and will take place from July 7-9, but students must be in town since June 4 and show 5 negative results in their PCR tests.
The entrance exam, which millions of Chinese students have taken since 1977, A stressful litmus test for the Asian giant’s youth, because having a higher education can determine professional success in their life and be a source of social pride for their families if they get into a prestigious university.
Cheating on ‘gaokao’ has been criminalized since 2016. Chinese Penal Code and prison terms of up to seven years, given the existence of mobsters trying to sell artifacts to students to cheat, such as clothes with built-in microphones.
Considering the number of candidates and the number of places offered, about one in four students will not get enough grades to go to college.