Dear MEL Topic Readers,
13.4m students register for gaokao this yearIn China, more than 10 million students have been admitted to colleges
or universities annually in the last four years, representing roughly 60% of the
18-year-old population. Of the over 3,000 higher education institutions, 140,
or roughly 5%, are designated as prestigious Double First-Class Universities. The
admission is mainly judged by the scores at the National College Entrance
Examination, commonly known as Gaokao, which is held in early June each year. Students
have to take three mandatory subjects: math, Chinese, and another language,
usually English. They also take art subjects like history, political science, and
geography, or science subjects, including physics, chemistry, and biology. High
school seniors who want to be accepted by good universities study very hard to
get good grades on the two-day examination. This year’s Gaokao starts from June
7, and both exam takers and the Education Ministry are preparing for
the make-or-break exams. This year, a record number of 13,35 million students
are taking the exams nationally, nearly 1% of the population.
Read the article and learn about the world’s toughest college entrance
exam.
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