Shanghai city postpones university entrance exam because of COVID-19

Only 1 month left until the most important exam – the university entrance exam (gaokao) will take place, but it was at this time that Shanghai city officials, China decided to postpone the exam. This is not the first time that the important exam of millions of students has had to be delayed for some reason COVID-19 epidemic.

Like the university entrance exam, the entrance exam to the junior high school in Shanghai has also been postponed for a month, ie until July 18-19 because many localities are still under lockdown. The epidemic has not been completely controlled.

According to the South China Morning Post, while waiting for the exam, students continue to study for the exam by taking online classes because schools are still closed. Shanghai city authorities also decided to cancel two test items, namely physics, chemistry and English skills tests of the high school entrance exam, because it was difficult to arrange epidemic prevention and control work for students. this exam. In fact, students have not been directly instructed to do Physics and Chemistry experiments due to the impact of the epidemic.

Mr. Chen Qun – Vice Mayor of Shanghai said: “After carefully assessing the current situation based on the outbreaks, we have made the decision to postpone the exams after receiving the approval. approved by the Ministry of Education. The city government will announce a time frame for reopening schools after the pandemic is under control.”

The announcement comes after the daily number of new COVID-19 cases in Shanghai fell for the 14th day in a row.

In 2020, Chinese officials also postponed the Gao exam for 1 month in Hubei province and Beijing capital also due to COVID-19. But this year, because Shanghai organizes its own high school and college entrance exams, the decision does not affect students outside the city.

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