Students in quake-hit regions to take vital exam

2008-07-04 09:30:48 [ Big Normal Small ]    　Comment

Special report: Reconstruction After Earthquake

Severely injured Peng Li (right), Wang Li (center) and Zhao Sili join hands to encourage each other for the upcoming national college entrance examination on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.(Xinhua Photo)
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    BEIJING, July 3 -- About 120,000 middle school students in the earthquake-ravaged regions in southwest China will take the delayed national college entrance examination on Thursday.

    Following the devastating earthquake on May 12, China's Ministry of Education decided to postpone the examination by one month at 45 counties of Sichuan province and 17 counties of Gansu province, considering the influence from the earthquake damage and relief work.

    The China News Service reported Thursday that 78 percent of these students will take the three-day examination in the makeshift houses, 15 percent in earthquake-resistance classrooms, while some others will take the exams outside the two provinces.     

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)

Zhao Sili, with her left leg in bandage, prepares for the upcoming national college entrance examination on her sick bed at a hospital in Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Tuesday, July 1, 2008. The injured girl from Dongqi Middle School in quake-hit Hanwang Township of Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province will take the exams at a special venue arranged by the hospital where she is receiving treatment.(Xinhua Photo)
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Preparing for the post-quake college entrance exam

    Some 1,800 students are attending review classes in a warehouse-converted into a giant classroom to prepare for the annual national college entrance examination, or "gaokao". The examination for the 62 quake-ravaged counties and districts in Sichuan and Gansu provinces was postponed until July 3 to 5, the Ministry of Education said. Full story

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