China News Service, Beijing, December 25 (Lang Lang) Starting today, the national postgraduate admissions examination will be held in 2022. The number of applicants for this examination has reached 4.57 million, a record high.
Under the current complex epidemic situation, various localities have deployed epidemic prevention measures for this exam and adopted various safeguards to ensure that candidates should take the exam.
Data map: On December 16, 2020, banners encouraging candidates were hung in the special classroom for postgraduate entrance examinations of Nanchang University.
Photo by Liu Lixin
4.57 million people applied for the exam! The number of postgraduate applicants hit a record high
According to previously announced news, the national postgraduate admissions examination time in 2022 will be from December 25 to 26, 2021 (8:30-11:30 in the morning and 14:00-17:00 in the afternoon).
Exam subjects with more than 3 hours will be conducted on December 27 (starting time 8:30, deadline determined by the admissions unit, no more than 14:30).
Statistics from the Ministry of Education show that the number of applicants for this exam is as high as 4.57 million, which is a sharp increase of 800,000 compared with the 3.77 million in the previous year, a record high.
Judging from the data in recent years, more and more people have joined the postgraduate entrance examination, and the number of applicants has repeatedly reached new highs.
In 2017, the number of postgraduate applicants broke the 2 million mark for the first time, reaching 2.01 million; in 2020, the number of postgraduate candidates exceeded the 3 million mark for the first time, reaching 3.4 million; by 2022, this number will exceed 4 million for the first time.
Looking at the postgraduate entrance examination data in these years, from 2.01 million in 2017 to 4.57 million in 2022, the number of postgraduate applicants increased by 2.56 million in five years.
According to the National Postgraduate Admissions Survey Report in 2022 released by China Education Online, since 2016, the number of postgraduate candidates in my country has maintained a high growth trend. From 2015 to 2022, the 7-year average growth rate is 15.8%.
Regarding the reason for the "postgraduate entrance examination", the report analyzes that nearly 60% of candidates choose the postgraduate entrance examination because of high job competition and want to enhance their employment competitiveness.
"There are three main outlets for college graduates: employment, domestic advanced studies, and overseas advanced studies. From the perspective of employment, employment competition has caused some students to shift from employment to graduate school. From the perspective of going abroad, the current foreign epidemic has not been completely contained. Many students choose to study in the country, and these factors have caused the enthusiasm for the domestic postgraduate entrance examination to continue to rise." Wan Lei, the dean of the Xinwen Taoism Research Institute, previously analyzed the media.
Data map: Many postgraduate entrance examination students review and prepare for the exam in the self-study room of the library of Nanchang University.
Photo by Liu Lixin
The situation of the epidemic is complicated
In response to the current domestic epidemic situation, the Ministry of Education and various localities have made requirements and arrangements for examination-related epidemic prevention and control work.
On the 22nd, the Ministry of Education held a video conference on examination safety work.
The meeting requested that special dispatches be carried out in key provinces with complex epidemic situation, to further improve the emergency response plan, and to promptly and properly handle the stranded candidates in the epidemic containment area to take the exam on the spot.
At the same time, the addition of equipment test centers, isolation test centers, hospital test centers, and centralized isolation test centers, etc., will make every effort to ensure the health and life safety of candidates and test staff.
In Xi’an, Shaanxi, which is currently working hard to fight the epidemic, for this postgraduate entrance examination, the Shaanxi Provincial Examination Institute requires candidates in Xi’an’s control and prevention areas to hold two nucleic acid negative certificates within 48 hours, and candidates from other regions must hold 48 hours. Negative nucleic acid certificate. To take the test, candidates must be checked by the staff during the process of entering and exiting the place of residence and entering the test center. The paper certificate and electronic certificate of the nucleic acid test result are recognized.
According to the "Instructions for the Prevention and Control of the Epidemic of Candidates for the Enrollment Examination for Postgraduates in Zhejiang Province (Preliminary Examination)" issued by the Zhejiang Examinations Institute on November 24, candidates who have a track of activities outside the province within 14 days before the test must provide the test center with the first day test when taking the test. Negative nucleic acid test certificates issued by medical institutions in our province within the first 48 hours.
Data map: A postgraduate entrance examination student reviews and prepares for the exam in the self-study room of the teaching building of Nanchang University.
Photo by Liu Lixin
Measures have been introduced in many places to ensure that candidates should take the exam to the full
According to the WeChat public account of "Shaanxi Examination Admissions", the total number of applicants for the postgraduate examination in Shaanxi Province this year is nearly 170,000, of which about 135,000 candidates took the examination in Xi'an.
According to the "Announcement of Shaanxi Province Postgraduate Admissions Examination in 2022" issued by Shaanxi Province on December 21, in accordance with the principle of "categorized disposal", for different types of candidates affected by the epidemic, test centers will be set up on their behalf, borrowed tests, and sent to their homes, etc. Ways to achieve "all the exams should be tested."
Candidates in all closed areas of Xi’an, in principle, Xi’an is responsible for arranging vehicles and point-to-point pick-ups to take the test in the isolation examination room of the original registration site; candidates in Xi’an’s controlled area and prevention area will hold twice within 48 hours Nucleic acid certificate, take the test directly from the place of residence to the test site; candidates in other areas, hold the nucleic acid certificate within 48 hours to take the test normally and other specific measures.
Also affected by the epidemic, Zhejiang will transfer papers from other provinces and Zhejiang Province for about 400 candidates stranded in quarantine. This is the first time in China for a large-scale cross-provincial examination.
There are 158,000 postgraduate candidates in Zhejiang province, with more than 12,000 kinds of examination papers. As of 12 noon on December 19, because of the epidemic isolation, candidates stranded from other provinces need to take the exam in Zhejiang 184 people, involving 23 provinces; candidates stranded in the province need to be in the province 213 people borrowed the test on the spot.
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