China will try a series of new strategies in admitting students
into colleges in the future, including launching multiple entrance
exams each year and allowing some universities to select students
based on independent tests, a Ministry of Education (MOE) official
said on Tuesday in Beijing.
Qu
Zhenyuan, a MOE college admissions official, noted future reforms
also include Internet-based apprasal of examination results and
online enrollment application to forbid any malpractices.
To
make the national entrance exams more convenient, the MOE decided
to move up the date of examination by one month beginning in 2003.
Earlier, it has decided to launch two tests a year instead of one
exam.
Chinese colleges enrolled 2.6 million students this year, 390,000
more than last year. At least 1,500 new majors have been set up
along with the increase in student numbers.
Schools in 18 provinces this year adopted a new "3 plus x" system,
which allows entrance exam takers to be tested on one elective
subject outside of the required Chinese, mathematics and politics
subjects. China also cancelled marriage and year limits this year
to ensure people have equal access to education.
(China
Daily December 19, 2001)