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A record number of high school students across China have begun sitting a highly competitive exam that could decide their future in a country grappling with a slowing economy and diminishing ...
The youngest were in their early teens and the oldest were in their late thirties. The examinations took place in the winter of 1977, and the exam questions were designed by each province individually. A total number of 5.7 million candidates took the national college entrance exam. Initially, only 200,000 people were to be admitted to college.
In a Beijing bookstore I found a bundle with all gaokao questions on history from 1978 to 2010. My Chinese is still on a very low level, but I can already tell that over the years a multitude of formats has been used (with different kinds of questions in the same test as well). There are multiple choice, fill in the blank, open questions etc.
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 ...
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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 ...
China has an examination-oriented educational system and result-oriented educational ideology. A student’s score in Gaokao is the main standard for admission to university, and the competition has intensified over the years. [5]
Passing A-Levels is the major requirement for applying for local universities. This exam is very competitive, where students have to study college 1st-year and 2nd-year material and pass it to get college admissions. The tough nature of the examination is due to the government funding all the college students.