Against the backdrop of the protracted impact of COVID-19 and geopolitical uncertainties including growing China-US tensions, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) has once again become a hot destination for mainland students pursuing further studies, with platform data showing that the consulting volume for studying in Hong Kong soared 41.5 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2022.
When 25-year-old photography fan Li Qihang first focused his lens on his 70-year-old rural grandma, he never expected that the Vogue-style photos would end up going viral on Chinese social media.
The Ministry of Education announced reforms on September 4 that will lessen the weight that the gaokao, the country's national college entrance exam, carries for university enrollment. The changes are to come into effect by 2020.The plan would see students sit three tests instead of the four taken in the past. The exams would cover Chinese, math, and a foreign language, which
CHINA / SOCIETY By Li Qiao Published: Mar 07, 2021 11:16 PM
Students have computer class at the Jinzhai County primary school in Jinzhai, East China s Anhui Province, on September 3, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
A deputy to the National People s Congress (NPC) suggested shortening China s basic education, from 12 years to 10 years, which triggered heated discussion on China s social media platforms.
The proposal was brought by Zhang Hongwei, chairman of Shaoguan Federation of Industry and Commerce in South China s Guangdong Province and also a deputy to the 13th NPC.
Zhang suggested a basic education system of five years for primary school, three years for middle school, and two years for senior high school, while currently, there are six years for primary school, three years for middle school and three years for senior high school in China.
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