National College Entrance Exams Proceed Smoothly

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National College Entrance Exams Proceed Smoothly

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Sunday was the second day of the national College Entrance Examinations, and the final day in regions including Beijing, Tianjin, and Hunan province. With the concerted efforts of various government departments and schools, the exams are progressing in an orderly manner despite the disruption of the SARS epidemic.

In Hohhot, the capital of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a student has recovered from SARS and been discharged from hospital. Yesterday was the last day of his quarantine period. To make sure that he didn't miss the exam, a bus has been transformed into an exam room. Two teachers dressed in isolation suits administered the exam and the bus was disinfected every 10 minutes.

Shanghai, China's financial hub, has 90,000 examinees this year. In the exam room for Braille��based exams, nine blind but talented seniors took the exams just like their peers. Taking their special circumstance into consideration, the blind examinees are given an extra half hour to answer the questions for each exam.

Out of the 6 million students taking the college entrance exams this year, 440,000 are members of minority groups. Among them, more than 100,000 are taking the exams using their own minority languages. These students are mainly in Tibet, Xinjiang Uygur and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, as well as western China's Qinghai, Gansu and Yunnan provinces.

The minority groups have the option of whether to take the exams in their own language, and the students can decide for themselves which specific language to use. Special classrooms have been designated for students using eight minority languages including Tibetan, Inner Mongolian and Uygur. The number of minority students taking the exams has been on the rise each year. This year has seen an 18 percent increase compared with 2002.

The national exams for college admission have traditionally been held every July, but beginning this year, the exams are held in June to avoid the mid��summer heat.

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