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For most provinces, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination is held once a year; however, some provinces hold examinations twice a year, with the additional exam referred to as the Spring Entrance Examination. Prior to 2003, the National Higher Education Entrance Examination took place in July every year. It now takes place every June.
More than 13.4 million students registered for the exam this year, surpassing last year’s record of 12.9 million to make it the biggest “gaokao” ever held in China.
With a population that is 90% ethnic Tibetan, the region has one of China's lowest college entry barriers, a key edge for the millions of students who take the competitive "gaokao" entrance exams ...
In China, the enrollment of college students dropped from 674,400 to 47,800. In 1977, Deng Xiaoping made the decision of resuming the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao). The first group that was admitted to college after the 11-year suspension of the Gaokao consisted of 273,000 students, known as the Class of 1977. From ...
The exam was highly competitive due to the large number of exam-takers. Those eligible to take the examination included at least 12 years worth of high school graduates, from 1966 (when Gaokao was abolished) to 1977, as well as outstanding high school students (graduating in 1978) who took the exam in advance. In total, candidates from 13 ...
Lu Mengqi showed up for the first day of China's annual college entrance exam, known as the "gaokao", in a black Nike (NKE.N) T-shirt featuring the brand's trademark swoosh logo. Foreign ...
Minority students applying to universities receive bonus points on the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (gaokao). [ 1 ] [ 6 ] In 2009 authorities in Chongqing uncovered 31 high school students pretending to be members of a minority group in order to gain test points, and in 2011 Inner Mongolia authorities uncovered about 800 ...
Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various industries, eventually opened his own business, got married and had a son.