On February 28th, Weng Tiehui, Vice Minister of Education, responded to a series of questions at the press conference of the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council Office. Minister Weng said that the Ministry of Education currently has three key tasks:

1. consult with relevant departments and regions to judge the development and trend of the epidemic;

2. The number of candidates for the college entrance examination this year is expected to exceed100000. The Ministry of Education is organizing experts to evaluate the impact of the epidemic on the examination paper proposition, examination organization, examination room epidemic prevention, transportation and other aspects, and formulate relevant plans to fully protect the life safety and health of the majority of candidates and staff.

The implementation plan of this year's college entrance examination is being carefully studied, and the relevant work arrangements will be announced to the public in time.

After reading the above three points, I believe everyone understands that the Ministry of Education is currently studying the implementation plan of this year's college entrance examination. Whether to postpone the college entrance examination depends largely on the next epidemic trend.

The author believes that if the epidemic situation is completely controlled in April, it is unlikely that the college entrance examination will be postponed this year. Some people say that these months are a crucial period for many students to "get high marks". Through rounds of review and mock exams, many people can quickly improve their preparation level.

Now students can only review at home, and the actual effect will definitely be greatly reduced. This may have little impact on those students whose grades are already excellent, but it is unfair to those students who need to improve their grades.

Some netizens suggested that before 2003, the college entrance examination would be held on July 7th, 8th and 9th every year. It is most appropriate to postpone the college entrance examination for one month this year. However, the country has fully considered changing the time of college entrance examination from July to June, in which the weather is the most important factor. The hot weather in July, frequent typhoons and rainstorms and other disasters are not conducive to the organization of the examination room and the improvisation of students. The time of the college entrance examination is a very serious matter, and it will not be changed easily unless it is absolutely necessary.

According to the latest notice of the Ministry of Education, in principle, the start time of the third grade of senior high schools in all provinces should be synchronized. The competition of the college entrance examination is based on provinces, which is equivalent to pulling everyone to the same starting line to some extent. Whether you return to school at the end of March or in April, all students in the province start school simultaneously.

However, if the epidemic is still uncontrollable in May, it may really delay the college entrance examination. But now, the probability of this happening is very low. According to Academician Zhong Nanshan, the epidemic situation is expected to be completely controlled by the end of April.

In addition, affected by the epidemic, this year's "special type enrollment" examination in colleges and universities was postponed, including four types of candidates: students who walk, art students, sports students and high-level athletes. The latter three types of candidates generally need a lot of training before the professional examination, and the epidemic situation interrupts the training rhythm of most students.

Finally, I hope that the epidemic will pass as soon as possible, so that the majority of senior three students can start school as soon as possible and return to the classroom to receive systematic learning guidance.