In recent years, enrollment in college entrance examination has been sustained growth in the state. Ministry of Education data show that in 2002 -2008, the national college entrance examination enrollment grew from 5,270,000 to 10,500,000 people. Held in a few days ago the work of the national college entrance teleconference meeting, Education Minister Zhou Ji Zhou Ji is expected this year, the number of the national college entrance examination will be more than 10 million people.

At the same time, according to the latest data, in addition to Guangdong, Jiangsu, and Chongqing provinces in the number of applicants of college entrance examination a slight increase over last year, the majority of provinces to reduce the number of test conditions, the decrease in individual provinces or even more than 10% .

In some places, this has become a topic of discussion.

College entrance examination in most provinces to reduce the number of applicants

In the beginning of the upcoming college entrance examination, have been published all over the college entrance examination this year's enrollment statistics. Data show that the national college entrance examination in most provinces to reduce the number of positive momentum, and many of them over the years is the number of the first drop test:

Shandong Province Institute of Education entrance examination this year in Shandong candidates enrolled in the number of college entrance examination for more than 70 more than in 2008 a decrease of about 8 million people, more than 10% reduction.

Education Department of Henan Province, said the province's total number of candidates this year's college entrance examination is estimated to be 960,000 people, 29,000 less than last year, and there year after year the number of candidates the first decline after a surge. Among them, the Luoyang City since 1977 since the resumption of university entrance examination this year, the number of people enrolled in the first drop test.

College entrance examination in Shanghai this year, the number of applicants, about 8.3 million lower than last year about 20,000.

Hebei Province, the number of applicants this year's college entrance examination about 559,000 more than last year, a decrease of 16,300 people. This is the province's college entrance examination since 1995 the number of applicants fell for the first time......

In addition to Guangdong, a slight increase in the number of individual test or in connection with basically the same as last year outside the province, there are more than half of the provinces to reduce the number of a test situation. In response, Beijing Institute of Technology students, a staff analysis to reporters, said the number of heavy around the entrance there are many underlying reasons, one is now enrolled in college entrance examination most of the year candidates "After 90" who was born in China's third a baby boom (1985 ~ 1990), the absolute number of less; Second, is to promote curriculum reform in many areas, which makes a number of non-students after the college entrance examination candidates worry about changes in the larger curriculum, give up the repetition, the candidates than in previous years corresponding be reduced.

"Third, and most importantly, since the financial crisis, severe employment situation so that shattered the myth of the employment of university students, high school graduates to college, through the idea of finding a good job has been shaken, and some students change their ideas, and even not to participate in college entrance examination. "

Employment of university students so that college entrance examination cooling

In 1977, the restoration of the national college entrance examination. "At that time, the college entrance examination for us to change the fate of a best time." Now has a large state-owned enterprises in Beijing retired army Li told reporters, after a fairly long period of time, to participate in college entrance examination means that a thorough grasp the opportunity to change their own destiny.

"To enter the university gate, that is, the public and their families," "distribution package" is still a lot of middle-aged and elderly left in the understanding of the University. This year, Mr. Li's son graduated from Beijing Geely University, "I did not expect college students is now so difficult to find a job, I graduated from that time, work hours in advance to be good, do not have to worry about." Li emotion Road President.

Shattered the myth of employment, so many parents started to question the "University", "test" in a new era gold employment. Entrance facing a public crisis of confidence, should be a matter of great importance to the industry. At present, the reform of higher education lags behind the reform of the whole community, by the time of the change.

Some students and parents, has begun to change their ideas and try to seek a breakthrough in the outside entrance.

Fujian Province, Chen We are a high school graduates. Prior to that, he decided to make a lot of students are not only fresh and incredible. Performance in class has been in the middle reaches of the college entrance examination, he decided not to participate, but will be targeting a vocational secondary school outside. "College may not be able to find a good job, or technical school is more important." He said.

Not long ago, some local college students or even "melted down" on the phenomenon of technical schools. "The employment status of vocational education and even better than some colleges and universities, which makes a number of vocational education is becoming the choice of high school graduates." Beijing Information vocational school teachers, said Ms. Chen.

In addition, more and more students go to high school graduates to join the ranks of college abroad, but also resulted in a lot of local college entrance examination one of the reasons for the decline in the number. It is understood that part of college entrance examination to give up, only to be known as the "entrance" of the American University of the standard entrance exam. To Beijing, for instance, in recent years, Beijing to participate in the annual "U.S. college entrance examination" of more than 3000 high school students, and many people had access to pre-college entrance examination for admission to the notice of American Universities.

Decline in the number of college entrance examination, is not a bad thing

"Drop in the number of college entrance examination, is not a bad thing." Interviewed by reporters, several Beijing secondary school teachers said that on the one hand, decrease in the number of college entrance rates in favor of admission, on the other hand, decrease in the number of college entrance examination to some extent reflects the attitudes of students and parents transformation, which is conducive to a rational view of the community of talent.

Journalists access to the relevant information discovered in 2002 -2008, the National College Entrance Examination admission rate from 60.91% to 56.14% year-on-year decline. This means that each year an increasing number of candidates failed.

In most provinces this year's drop in the number of college entrance examination, the students plan a slight increase over last year, the corresponding rate of admission will be higher than last year. In Jiangxi Province as an example, the general college entrance examination this year, Jiangxi Province, 349,015 candidates who apply, a decrease of 35,478 over last year, while more than 1,500 colleges and universities in Jiangxi Province of the total number of admission scheme for 226,000 people, 07,000 more than last year, and admission rate than growth last year. Liaoning, Qinghai, etc. will also be a similar situation. "This will alleviate to some extent, based on years of taking the pressure of college entrance examination." Said the experts.

"College entrance examination to reduce the number of concept of society will also become gradually from the 'entrance monism' into 'multi-exist side by side'." Vocational school teachers in Beijing Information President Chen believes that the fate of the concept of college entrance examination to downplay the decision, there could be more from the children characteristics of their own, choose the right path of talent, rather than "test-only, from the University."

2009-5-30