China News Service, Beijing, November 29th. According to the current epidemic situation, in order to protect the health and safety of the majority of candidates, recently, some examinations related to public examinations, art examinations, and CET-4 and CET-6 have been postponed.

Data map: On November 28, 2021, Nanchang, Jiangxi, candidates are checking the examination room schedule Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Lixin

Civil Service Exam Postponed

——The 2023 National Examination Written Examination has been postponed, and nearly 2.6 million people have signed up for the review

  The National Civil Service Bureau issued an announcement on the 28th that the 2023 annual examinations for civil servants of the central government and its directly affiliated institutions, which were originally planned to be held on December 3 and 4, will be postponed, and the specific time will be notified separately.

  The 2023 National Examination will start online registration on October 25. The planned enrollment for this national examination will reach 37,100 people, which is the fourth consecutive year of expansion of the national examination enrollment.

In the registration stage, a total of 2.5977 million people passed the qualification examination of the employer, and the ratio of the number of people who passed the qualification examination to the number of planned employment was about 70:1.

——The 2023 Central Organs' Selection and Transfer of Civil Servant Written Examinations Postponed

  The National Civil Service Bureau also issued an announcement on the 28th that the 2023 central government public selection and public selection civil servant written examination originally planned to be held on December 3 will be postponed, and the specific time will be notified separately.

The selection and transfer announcement was announced on November 7. A total of 246 civil servant positions in the central government were planned to be selected and 367 people were selected. Online registration was carried out from November 8 to November 17.

——Postponed the written test for selected students in some areas

  On the 27th, the Chongqing Municipal Personnel Examination Center announced that according to the situation of epidemic prevention and control in Chongqing, after research, the 2023 Chongqing Municipal Recruitment Written Examination (including targeted selection and centralized selection) originally scheduled to be held on December 11 has been postponed. The specific written test time will be notified separately according to the epidemic prevention and control requirements.

Data map: Students are preparing for the 2022 postgraduate entrance examination in the self-study room of the Nanchang University Library.

Photo by Liu Lixin

CET-4 and CET-6 exams postponed

——Postponed in some provinces

  The Beijing Education Examination Institute issued a notice on the 28th, deciding to postpone the National College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 (written test) in the second half of 2022 in Beijing, which was originally scheduled to be held on December 10.

The postponed exam time and implementation rules will be arranged separately according to the deployment of the Education Examination Institute of the Ministry of Education.

  On the same day, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Education Examination Institute also announced that it decided to postpone the organization of the autonomous region's 2022 National College English Test Bands 4 and 6 written tests originally scheduled for the second half of 2022.

Candidates' previous exam registrations will continue to be valid, and registrations will not be reorganized.

Candidates who are unable to take the postponed exam can apply for a refund to the test center of the college where they registered, and the registration fee will be refunded in full according to the original payment channel.

Matters related to refund, the specific time of postponement of the exam and the arrangement of subsequent exams will be notified separately.

——“Two Group Examinations” in some areas

  The Academic Affairs Office of Henan University issued a notice on the 24th, combining the epidemic prevention and control policies of Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, the National College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 in December 2022 will be held on December 10.

If candidates are unable to take the exam due to epidemic prevention reasons, the Ministry of Education will increase the chance to take the exam, and the specific time for the additional exam will be notified separately.

  The Academic Affairs Office of Shanxi Jinzhong Institute of Technology issued a notice stating that in the second half of 2022, the National College English Test Band 4 and 6 will implement "two group tests".

The "Two Group Examinations" will divide the National College English Test Band 4 and Band 6 in the second half of the year, which was originally scheduled to take place on December 10, into two stages.

The first test will be on December 10th, and the second test time and specific implementation rules will be arranged after the written test in December.

Candidates can only participate in one of the two reference times.

Data map: The scene of marking the examination papers of art examinations for art majors.

Photo by Liang Meng issued by China News Agency. Source: CNSPHOTO

Postponement of the Unified Examination for Art Majors

——Postponement of the Beijing College Entrance Examination for Art Majors

  The Beijing Education and Examination Institute issued an announcement on the 29th, deciding to postpone the Beijing 2023 College Entrance Examination of Art Majors, which was originally scheduled to be held on December 10, and the first English listening and speaking test of the Beijing 2023 College Entrance Examination, which was originally scheduled to be held on December 17. .

The follow-up work arrangements for the above two exams will be determined in conjunction with research on the situation of epidemic prevention and control, and will be released to the public in advance.

——Adjustment of the unified examination time for some categories of majors in Chongqing’s high-level recruitment arts

  The Chongqing Municipal Education Examination Institute notified on the 24th that the examination time for some categories of the 2023 Chongqing Art Major Unified Examination will be adjusted. The unified examination for dance majors held from March 6th to 11th will be postponed to late December or early January 2023, and the specific time will be notified separately.

  In addition to the adjustment of the test date, the test centers selected by art candidates and the test time period selected by dance candidates remain unchanged.

The unified examination time for film and television and music majors will not be adjusted for the time being. If adjustments are necessary, we will notify you in early December.

Data map: A postgraduate entrance examination student is reviewing and preparing for the exam in the self-study room of the Nanchang University Library.

Photo by Liu Lixin

Will the postgraduate entrance examination be postponed?

——Many places have made it clear that they will be held as scheduled

  In September this year, the Ministry of Education made it clear that the 2023 National Master’s Admissions Examination Preliminary Examination will be scheduled for December 24-25, 2022, and a small number of examination subjects that take more than 3 hours or have special requirements such as the use of drawing boards will be scheduled on December 26. .

  In view of the recent postponement of a number of examination notices, many candidates wonder whether the postgraduate entrance examination can still be held as scheduled.

  The website of the Ministry of Education published an article on November 17 that the 2023 national postgraduate admissions examination will be held from December 24 to 26. The Ministry of Education held a video conference to deploy the security work of the 2023 national postgraduate entrance examination. The whole country is a game of chess, the general principle of overall planning, classified guidance, safety and stability", pay close attention to key links, and coordinate the work of research and examination group examinations.

Adhere to scientific norms and improve the local group examination epidemic prevention work plan.

  On November 22, Chongqing held a press conference on epidemic prevention and control work. Chongqing responded that the preliminary examination of the 2023 National Unified Postgraduate Examination in Chongqing will be held as scheduled in accordance with national arrangements.

  In addition, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Shanxi, Shanghai, Tianjin, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Hubei, Liaoning and many other provinces recently issued "warm reminders" for the preliminary examination of the postgraduate entrance examination, clarifying that the examination will be held as scheduled, and remind candidates who are still outside the province to do it in advance. Make good arrangements and return to the test site as soon as possible to avoid delays in the test.

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