The time of the college entrance examination is arranged by the Ministry of Education, so the time of the college entrance examination is the same all over the country. The annual college entrance examination is generally held from June 7 to June 8, and individual provinces and cities continue to take the academic level examination on the 9 th. However, due to the epidemic situation in COVID-19, the college entrance examination in 2020 will be postponed for one month, that is, July 7. On February 28th, at the press conference of the State Council Office, the Minister of Education said that the number of candidates for the college entrance examination this year is expected to exceed10 million, and whether there is a feasible travel plan for candidates needs to be evaluated; In addition, the preparation of the test paper also needs to consider the arrangement of epidemic prevention measures, convening the proposition teacher and other factors; No matter what kind of scheme is introduced, we must make every effort to protect the life safety and health of the majority of candidates and staff participating in the examination.

There are also reasons for the postponement of the college entrance examination: candidates have insufficient review time. Affected by the epidemic, the start of senior three in most provinces is about two months later than originally planned. Although I have classes online at home, the learning effect is generally poor. The opening of schools in some provinces is still far away. The epidemic situation in foreign countries is grim, and some senior three students in cities with close contacts with foreign countries are still unable to start school, so the review time is greatly reduced. Some rural children have limited conditions and cannot cooperate with online learning. If the online class is not postponed, they may fall behind due to environmental restrictions.

This is the first time that the college entrance examination has been postponed for one month since the resumption of the college entrance examination in China, which shows that the epidemic situation is serious.