On June 10, Chinese education authorities issued a new directive, ordering Chinese universities to tighten application requirements for students who have foreign passports but attend Chinese schools for most of their education.
Chinaโs education authorities announced today that they would push this yearโs annual college entrance exam back by one month because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The two-day high-stakes test, commonly known as the gฤokวo (้ซ่), has been rescheduled for July 7 and 8. Hubei Province, where the coronavirus first emerged last year, and Beijing, the capital, are being allowed to propose their own gaokao schedules depending on how the situation plays out in the next few months.
Born around the time of the 2003 SARS epidemic, Chinaโs high school seniors are currently preparing for the most important test of their lives under extraordinary circumstances.
Wenfei is an education consultant in Shanghai. After he attended high school and college in America, a trend that is on the rise for students...
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