It is of great significance to reduce the number of extra points in the college entrance examination and cancel 63% of local extra points. The "Implementation Opinions of the State Council on Deepening the Reform of the Examination Enrollment System" proposes to increase the number of provinces that use the national unified proposition papers from 20 15. According to the Minister of Education, the regional scope of unified examination papers for college entrance examination will be expanded, and 25 provinces will use unified examination papers next year. This can be seen as a positive response to the State Council's relevant opinions. However, the time to increase the use of national unified examination papers in provinces was postponed from 20 15 to 20 16. In addition to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, there are still 6 provinces in 3 1 province where the college entrance examination is still an independent proposition.
At the beginning, the Ministry of Education decentralized the nomination right of college entrance examination, which has undeniable positive significance for promoting quality education and deepening curriculum reform. However, considering the actual education situation, the disadvantages of the independent proposition of the college entrance examination have gradually emerged. According to a survey, 80% of netizens agreed to restore the "national unified examination paper" after the the State Council College Entrance Examination Reform Plan proposed to increase the number of provinces using the national unified examination paper last year, which actually represented a heavy public opinion.
First, the college entrance examination is divided into provinces, and the authority of the college entrance examination is challenged. As a national examination, the college entrance examination has the worry of being relegated to the provincial examination. The reason why the college entrance examination is fair and authoritative lies not only in the personal organization of the Ministry of Education, the active participation of all provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, and the great attention of all sectors of society, but also in the important role played by the national "one-volume" college entrance examination proposition model. Compared with the international college entrance examination system which combines unified examination and independent examination, the selection and admission of college entrance examination is still a national overall arrangement, and the Ministry of Education allocates the enrollment places of different institutions to provinces and cities, although many provinces are independent propositions of college entrance examination. The unified college entrance examination model is being broken, but the national college entrance examination enrollment is a chess game, and the conditions for large-scale independent enrollment in colleges and universities are not mature, which greatly reduces the practical significance of the proposition of dividing the college entrance examination into provinces and cities.
Secondly, there are more and more provinces and cities with independent propositions. Due to the different ideas and difficulty of proposition, the scores of college entrance examination in different places are not comparable. Due to the lack of unified evaluation standards, the comparability of basic education quality between provinces and cities will also be affected. This is not conducive to local basic education to learn from each other's strengths and narrow the gap in education development.
Third, due to the uneven development of education in different places, the distribution of educational resources is unfair. For provinces and cities with underdeveloped education, independent proposition is both an opportunity and a challenge. In particular, the quality of propositions, the confidentiality of test papers and the marking of papers have brought pressure to these provinces. Independent proposition is not as scientific, rigorous and authoritative as the national unified college entrance examination paper, which is not only prone to controversy, but also a severe test of whether the independent proposition paper can truly and objectively reflect the quality and ability of students.
More importantly, although the independent proposition can reduce the controversy over the uneven scores of college entrance examinations in various provinces to a certain extent, the problem of uneven distribution of enrollment indicators of college entrance examinations in various provinces exists objectively. Students in provinces with rich higher education resources have far more opportunities to attend universities (especially key universities) than those with large population and few institutions of higher learning. The decentralization of college entrance examination questions reduces the comparability of college entrance examination results and hides the deep-seated contradiction of educational injustice. The differentiated college entrance examination system with geographical boundaries has increasingly become a stumbling block to educational equity.
Although the Ministry of Education has listed the timetable for the local college entrance examination (that is, the off-site college entrance examination) for the children of floating population. However, the college entrance examination programs vary from place to place. Some provinces set harsh conditions for the college entrance examination in different places, and also stipulate that foreign household registration candidates can only take higher vocational education or three or less colleges; Some local regulations allow foreign candidates to borrow exams, but they must return to their original places to register. However, the independent proposition of college entrance examination makes the results of college entrance examination lose comparability, and it is also a realistic problem for students to get the results of A province to B province. Therefore, "a piece of college entrance examination paper" is also an important measure to solve the problem of migrant children taking the college entrance examination in the inflow area.
In short, 80% of netizens are in favor of resuming the "College Entrance Examination", which expresses the expectations of hundreds of millions of people for educational equity. The unified proposition of college entrance examination in 25 provinces is a necessary corrective measure to respond to the voice of public opinion and safeguard educational fairness. Whether the other six provinces adopt the national unified college entrance examination papers and how to maintain the fairness of the college entrance examination proposition and admission is a problem that needs considerable consideration. The Ministry of Education and other relevant departments should not take this lightly. Instead, on the basis of full investigation and consultation with public opinion, they should adjust the proposition mode of college entrance examination in time, safeguard educational equity to the maximum extent, and create a scientific and fair competitive environment for the majority of candidates.