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The trials of a devoted mother

Metro | Education
2009-6-10

A MOTHER from Zhejiang Province paid 100,000 yuan (US$14,628) and took a 10-month leave of absence from work to help her son prepare for the college entrance examination in Shanghai. Yue Li, an accountant in the...

Shanghai student numbers drop 20%

Metro | Education
2009-6-8

FEWER Shanghai students are taking the national college entrance examination this year. More than 73,800 of the city's high school graduates are sitting the three-day exam which began yesterday. That's more...

Police warn of scams targeting students

Metro | Education
2008-7-7

ALARMED by the rising number of scams targeting high school graduates and their parents, Shanghai police sounded a warning yesterday against fake admission information, the Youth Daily reported. Police said suspects...

Exam scam pair caught

National
2008-6-18

TWO people have been detained for allegedly organizing 16 students from an academically advanced school to take the National College Entrance Examination for others in Gansu Province, China Youth Daily reported. ...

Suspects caught in college entrance exam scam

National
2008-6-17

TWO people have been detained for allegedly organizing 16 students from a good school to take the National College Entrance Examination for others in Gansu Province, China Youth Daily reported. Most of the 16 students...

City sounds of silence for exam

Metro | Education
2008-6-9

THE bustling city of Shanghai quietened for 20 minutes yesterday afternoon - to ensure a hushed environment for the ongoing college entrance examination. The exam period, which runs over three days until today,...

10 million pupils sit college exams

National
2008-6-8

ABOUT 10 million graduating high school students are sitting the world's largest state-organized tests for college entrance, while a small number of students who were most affected by the massive earthquake in Sichuan...

Probe into college examination scam

National
2007-9-17

THE Procuratorate of Suzhou City in Anhui Province has begun investigating eight people involved in a college entrance examination scam. The eight officials include the former director Xu Yunfeng of the recruitment...

Test takers checking in exams boost hotel occupancy

Metro | Education
2005-6-1

HOTEL rooms near high schools are selling out as the national college entrance examination approaches and parents are looking for a quiet place for their children to study for one of the most critical tests of their lives.

Local graduates: You've got mail

Metro | Education
2003-6-27

POSTAL workers were the bearers of news 鈥?some good some very bad 鈥?yesterday for the 91,000 high school graduates in Shang-hai that sat this year's college entrance examination.