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- 07 Jun 2022
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The number of students sitting China's annual college entrance examination known as the gaokao hit a record 11.93 million this year, an increase of 1.15 million over 2021, the Ministry of Education said.
Given the existence of sporadic COVID-19 cases in multiple regions, including Beijing and northeast China's Liaoning Province, education commissions nationwide have introduced measures to reduce the impact of the pandemic on the exam, which began on Tuesday.
Diversified exam sites set up to ensure a safe gaokao
In Beijing, where around 50,000 students take the exam from June 7 to 10, some test centers have been set up in areas under tight pandemic control and backup sites identified in case others are forced to close at short notice.
Testees in locked-down communities will have their own exam room. Those in controlled areas will share a room, but placed at least two meters from each other, Li Yi, a spokesman of the Beijing Education Commission, told a news conference.
South China's Shenzhen City has set up regular and special test centers covering all 10 districts in the city.
The special centers include one backup center, one quarantined center, one quarantined hotel center, and one where examinees can undergo medical observation and treatment.
In Shanghai, which has postponed the exam to next month due to the pandemic, rooms have been set up at places of medical observation to allow students quarantined with COVID-19 or asymptomatic infections to sit the exam.
Like last year's gaokao, exam sites nationwide will continue to have invigilators responsible for routine work and emergencies related to COVID-19. And each center will be disinfected before and after the exam ends. Read More...
