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What is the function of the Ministry of Education no longer undertaking the Cambridge English Test Band 5?
On March 3rd1,official website China Education Examination Network, a unit directly under the Ministry of Education and the examination center of the Ministry of Education, announced that from now on, the examination center of the Ministry of Education will no longer undertake the Cambridge CET-5 (MSE), and the KET/PET exam familiar to parents will be the primary examination series of MSE. Education experts say that the suspension of cooperation in the Cambridge General English Test, which was once "hard to find one exam", can "cool down" the increasingly utilitarian English learning and help "reduce the burden" on children.

Subsequently, the official account of WeChat, the official English platform of Cambridge, also announced that, under the situation of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, after friendly consultation with the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education of China, the Cambridge CET-5 will adopt a brand-new service model to provide services for the majority of Cambridge CET-5 candidates.

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Once "one is hard to find"

MSE is an English test designed by the Examination Committee of Cambridge University in England according to the language syllabus formulated by Council of Europe. It is divided into five levels: KET (Basic English Proficiency Certification), PET (Intermediate English Proficiency Certification), FCE (Intermediate English Proficiency Certification), CAE and CPE. Among them, the most sought after by parents is the third grade exam.

In recent years, with the standardization and banning of various subject competitions in China, a series of English tests related to junior high schools have been banned or rectified. Because of its authority and wide recognition, Cambridge General English has become a "new weight" for many parents to knock on the door of prestigious schools. From 20 16 to now, the number of people taking the exam has doubled year by year, and there have also been cases of "grabbing" and "one person is hard to find". Some parents even spent thousands of dollars to "lock" the exam site, which was once rated as the most difficult English exam in China.

Xinmin Evening News-New Observations on Education | The Ministry of Education will no longer undertake the Cambridge University English Test Band 5.