If the little buggers get caught cheating, now, they can face up to 7 years in jail. www.theguardian.com/[...]

Love them or hate them, for those who finish the Gaokao this week, for many this will be the first real break they will have had since they started middle school. I hope they enjoy their rest.

I wouldn't wish the gaokao system on the children of my enemies.

Yeah GaoKao is brutal!

the whole school system is brutal!

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Gao Kao results are out today. Some are happy while most others are disappointed. 12 years of schooling summed up in one exam. Very few will retake the Gao Kao (less than 1%) to improve their score. Most will helplessly accept their score and base their entire future on this single Gao Kao score.

Now the students must choose a major and a school within the next 2-3 weeks.

Unfortunately, most English teachers are not aware of how important English is on the Gao Kao. English is 1 of 4 parts of the Gao Kao (both Arts + Science) for a total of 150 points. English has the same value as Chinese and Math. Total score for Gao Kao is 750.

In Yunnan, 80% of students who take the Gao Kao score less than 500. To get into a 1st level univ, a student needs at least 540 on the Gao Kao.

Students who score less than 500 on the Gao Kao are unable to pass the Civil Servant exam as the standards for Civil Service have also gone up significantly.

www.gokunming.com/[...] - 6% = 3.42 Million.

Only 6% of provincial residents have received university diplomas = Total Yunnan residents who have finished college or university: 3.42 million.

www.51test.net/show/5315044.html - Total number of students who took the Gao Kao in Yunnan in the last 5 years.

2011 – 224,188
2012 – 211,313
2013 – 236,158
2014 – 255,997
2015 – 272,126

2016 - 281,071 - www.gxeduw.com/news/2016/152222.html

Some good facts there.

That 6% is very surprising, would have thought it much, much higher.

A good summer break, well deserved for some this year.

www.datatang.com/data/31965 - Births in Yunnan Province (1952-1999)