Almost 13M students take 'toughest' entrance exams

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 08, 2023 12:14 am

BEIJING: Millions of Chinese students sat for notoriously tough college entrance examinations on Wednesday, the first since China lifted zero-Covid rules that forced classes online for months on end.

China's Education Ministry says nearly 13 million students — a record — are registered to take this year the so-called gaokao exam, billed by state media as the 'world's toughest.'

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