Ministry of Education's Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Postponement of College Entrance Examination in 2020
On March 3 1 day, the Ministry of Education announced that the national college entrance examination in 2020 would be postponed for one month, and the examination time would be July 7 -8. The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education answered the reporter's questions on the arrangement of the college entrance examination and related work.
1. What are the main considerations for postponing the college entrance examination for one month this year?
A: The college entrance examination is a major event in China's social life, which is related to the selection of national talents, social equity and the vital interests of students and families. In 2020, the number of applicants for the national college entrance examination will be 1, 076,5438+0,000. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic on this year's college entrance examination, and demanded that the college entrance examination in 2020 be done steadily. On the basis of widely listening to opinions, the Ministry of Education made a comprehensive judgment and made a serious study. With the consent of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the national college entrance examination was postponed for one month this year.
One is persistence? Health first? , and effectively protect the lives of the majority of candidates and exam-related staff. At present, the spread of local epidemic situation in China has been basically blocked, but the risk of sporadic cases and local outbreaks still exists, the spread of overseas epidemic situation has accelerated, and the pressure of epidemic situation input in China has continued to increase. Health and epidemic prevention experts believe that the college entrance examination is postponed for one month, and the risk of epidemic prevention and control is relatively small. The college entrance examination is a large-scale selective examination involving tens of millions of candidates, which must be adhered to? Health first? Take the safest and least risky plan to effectively protect the life safety and health of the majority of candidates and staff participating in the examination.
The second is persistence? Fair first? Effectively minimize the impact of the epidemic on the majority of candidates, especially those in rural and poverty-stricken areas. After the outbreak, all localities postponed the start of school and arranged senior three students to study at home, which generally affected students' review and preparation. Especially because of the difference of online learning conditions between urban and rural areas, some students in rural and poverty-stricken areas are more affected by reviewing for the exam. The basic value orientation of college entrance examination is to ensure fairness and justice. Delaying the college entrance examination for one month can give candidates more time to concentrate on their studies in school according to the teaching plan, thus ensuring the fairness of education to the greatest extent.
2. At present, the third grade of senior high school in some provinces has started. What guidance does the Ministry of Education have for starting schools in various places and for students to review and prepare for exams?
A: The Ministry of Education attaches great importance to the education and teaching of primary and secondary schools under the influence of the epidemic. Recently, the General Office of the Ministry of Education issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in Primary and Secondary Education and Teaching in the Spring Term of 2020. First, under the leadership of the local Party committee and government, guide all local schools to handle the relationship between epidemic prevention and control and education and teaching as a whole, and arrange senior three students to return to school first in accordance with the principle of provincial synchronization. Second, do a good job in the connection between the postponed start of school and studying at home, optimize and adjust the teaching plan of senior three and review the preparation arrangements, enhance pertinence and effectiveness, and arrange various education and teaching activities before the college entrance examination in an orderly manner. It is necessary to highlight humanized care and personalized arrangements, especially to strengthen care and help for special student groups, through special? One to one? Consultation to help students keep up with the teaching process. Third, pay attention to students' psychological counseling, relieve their anxiety about preparing for exams, and arrange their schedules reasonably to ensure their physical and mental health. The fourth is to strengthen the publicity and interpretation of relevant work arrangements, and do a good job in students' examinations and guidance for further studies.
3. How does the Ministry of Education view this year's college entrance examination proposition work?
A: In 2020, the college entrance examination proposition will be clearly oriented to moral education, fully reflect the requirements of all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, focus on strengthening the examination of key abilities, and comprehensively consider the epidemic factors and the actual situation of candidates reviewing for the exam. On the premise of maintaining the overall stability of the proposition, we should optimize the situation design of the test questions, enhance the foundation, comprehensiveness, application and innovation, guide middle schools to follow the educational laws and carry out quality education to help students grow up healthily and develop in an all-round way.
4. What changes will be made in the examination organization of the college entrance examination this year compared with previous years? What is the impact on candidates?
A: In 2020, the college entrance examination will face complicated situations such as epidemic prevention and control and time delay. The Ministry of Education will guide all localities to focus on strengthening three aspects of work. The first is to strengthen epidemic prevention measures. Under the special situation of epidemic prevention and control this year, the provincial recruitment committees should coordinate the health departments to deeply study the epidemic situation in early July, formulate epidemic prevention and control standards in detail, effectively strengthen epidemic prevention measures in all aspects of examination organization, and make every effort to create a safe examination environment for the majority of candidates. The second is to strengthen the organization and management of examinations. Strictly regulate the implementation of the examination work regulations, implement the safety measures in all aspects such as proposition, paper generation, storage, distribution, examination and marking, and ensure that the examination organization is foolproof. The third is to strengthen emergency preparedness. In view of the possibility of high temperature weather and natural disasters in some areas during the college entrance examination, all localities should earnestly prepare for heatstroke prevention and cooling and various plans, organize emergency drills for disaster weather, and make every effort to ensure the safe, stable and smooth holding of the college entrance examination.
Guide local education departments to optimize relevant measures and processes, and provide standardized and humanized examination services for candidates. At the same time, please understand and cooperate with the majority of candidates and take the exam according to the unified requirements of the test sites in the region.
5. How will other related exams and college entrance examinations be arranged?
A: First, the college entrance examination comprehensively reformed the relevant examinations in various provinces. The time for spot-checking the academic level of ordinary high schools in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Shandong and Hainan shall be determined by the relevant provincial education administrative departments. The second is about the entrance examination for art majors. The Ministry of Education has made special arrangements in the early stage. After scientific research and demonstration, relevant colleges and universities should organize on-site school examinations after the college entrance examination, so as to minimize the number of candidates taking the school examinations. The third is about the entrance examination of physical education. The separate entrance examination for sports training majors in colleges and universities and the unified test for high-level sports teams shall be implemented according to the relevant notice of the State Sports General Administration. Physical education professional examinations are arranged by the provincial admissions committees according to the local epidemic prevention and control requirements. Non-uniform testing items for high-level sports teams are arranged by relevant universities according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control in various places. The fourth one is about? Strong foundation plan? . The working time node is one month later than the original time, and the school assessment is still arranged after the college entrance examination results come out. The fifth is about the entrance examination for some college students and high-level art troupes. Arranged by relevant universities according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control in various places. Sixth, the examinations organized by provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) such as the classified entrance examination for higher vocational education. Arranged by the provincial admissions Committee according to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control. The seventh is about the physical examination of the college entrance examination. By the provincial admissions committee to coordinate the local health departments, safe and orderly arrangements.
6. What changes have been made in the admission arrangement of colleges and universities this year and the opening of colleges and universities in autumn?
A: Generally speaking, the time for volunteering and admission after the college entrance examination this year will be delayed by about one month compared with previous years. Undergraduate admission is expected to end at the end of August, and junior college admission is expected to end in mid-September. The opening time of colleges and universities in autumn will also be postponed accordingly. Undergraduate colleges are expected to start school from early September to mid-September, and higher vocational colleges generally start school in early June 10.
7. What are the considerations and arrangements for the college entrance examinations in Hubei and Beijing?
A: Considering the special situation of Hubei Province and Beijing, the two places can study and put forward opinions on the time schedule of the college entrance examination in their own areas according to the epidemic prevention and control situation, and release them to the public in time after approval by the Ministry of Education. At the same time, the Ministry of Education will also work with the National Health and Wellness Commission, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments to do a good job in organizing and ensuring the college entrance examination in the two places.
8. Is the postponement of the college entrance examination related to history? Sars? What is the difference between the epidemic period and the Wenchuan earthquake period?
A: This year's college entrance examination took place in China in 2003? Sars? The epidemic situation can not be simply compared with the college entrance examination after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, including the spread of the epidemic situation and the impact on students' review and preparation. What happened in China in 2003? Sars? At the time of the epidemic, middle schools in various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) had started classes normally in the third grade, and only a few students in a few provinces with serious epidemics, such as Beijing, temporarily suspended classes during the semester. The third grade teaching activities of middle schools in China have been basically completed, and it is decided that the national college entrance examination will be held as scheduled. During the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, the teaching facilities in some areas of Sichuan and Gansu were seriously damaged, and they did not have the basic conditions for organizing examinations. Other parts of the country are less affected, which has little impact on the preparation of senior three students. Therefore, it was decided at that time that the college entrance examination for candidates in parts of Sichuan and Gansu would be postponed until July 3 -5, and the college entrance examinations in other parts of the country would be held as scheduled.
9. At present, the opening time of senior three is different in different provinces. Will it affect the fairness of the college entrance examination?
A: China's college entrance examination is organized by provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities). In the early stage, the Ministry of Education has made special arrangements for the resumption of classes in various places, requiring that in principle, the third grade of senior high school should resume classes simultaneously throughout the province. Therefore, the different start times of senior three in different provinces will not affect the fairness of the college entrance examination.
10. What guidance does the Ministry of Education have for the senior high school entrance examination?
A: Generally, the time for the senior high school entrance examination is determined by all localities according to the actual situation. In the past, the senior high school entrance examination was basically arranged after the college entrance examination. Taking into account the special circumstances such as epidemic prevention and control this year and the postponement of the start of school, the Ministry of Education will guide all localities to strengthen provincial-level overall planning and determine the time for the senior high school entrance examination in light of the actual situation in this province. In principle, after the college entrance examination.
The Ministry of Education will actively guide all localities to do a good job in the proposition of senior high school entrance examination, examination organization, education and teaching, strengthen graduation guidance for grade three, set up prescribed courses according to the compulsory education curriculum plan, reasonably arrange review time, ensure students' physical exercise and rest time, and at the same time strengthen students' mental health education and care and assistance work for special groups such as children of frontline epidemic prevention personnel, children who move with them and children left behind in rural areas.
The above are the details of the Ministry of Education's answers to the frequently asked questions about the extension of the college entrance examination in 2020. Shelter hospital? Retired? With the return of medical staff in Hubei, all the work in the country is gradually on the right track. At the same time, the provinces have also determined the opening time and examination time. According to the progress of epidemic prevention and control, we will dynamically update and inform the examination registration and arrangement. For more information, pay attention to the quick question website of Global Online School.