China News Agency, Beijing, July 7th (Reporter Ma Haiyan) The annual college entrance examination kicked off at the same time across the country on the 7th. This is the 17th year after the college entrance examination returned to the 7th July.
Affected by the epidemic, the start of school in various places was postponed. In order to allow candidates more time to prepare for the test, this year's college entrance examination was held in June from the previous year. The test was held on most days in the country, and some provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) ) Due to different test subject settings, exams are also scheduled on the 9th and 10th.
There were 10.71 million applicants for the college entrance examination this year, an increase of 400,000 from last year. There are more than 7,000 test sites and 400,000 test centers nationwide, and 945,000 invigilators and test personnel are arranged. The college entrance examination is the largest organized collective activity nationwide since the outbreak of the new coronary pneumonia this year.
Under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, college entrance examinations are organized. This year, the Inter-Ministerial Joint Conference on the National Unified Education Examination added the National Health and Health Commission as a member unit. During the examination, health and disease control professionals from all regions were sent to participate in the examination and epidemic prevention work. Each test center is equipped with sufficient anti-epidemic materials as required, and an isolation test room and isolation facilities are set up. In principle, there is one spare and isolated examination room for every 10 ordinary examination rooms (each examination center shall not be less than 3).
The fairness of the college entrance examination has received unprecedented attention. Before the college entrance examination, five major special actions including purifying the network environment involved in the test, actions against the sale of cheating equipment, actions against the cheating for the test, actions to clean up the surrounding environment of the test site, cleaning up and rectifying the test-related training institutions, and test aid intermediary activities were launched one after another. Relevant rectification actions will continue until the end of the college entrance examination.
After Shanghai and Zhejiang, the second batch of pilot provinces such as Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, and Hainan welcomed the new college entrance examination this year. Breaking the boundaries of liberal arts and sciences and using the baton of college entrance examination to force reform in the field of basic education has become the biggest feature of the new college entrance examination.
In addition, the "independent enrollment" of universities in the past for the cultivation of top-notch innovative talents was suspended this year, replaced by the "Strong Foundation Program", with a total of 36 universities participating. The Ministry of Education will guide the pilot colleges to adhere to high standards and do a good job of school examinations and admissions in an orderly manner. (Finish)