400 thousand test takers in east China’s Jiangsu province sat for this year’s national college entrance exam or gaokao. The annual college enrollment test will decide whether the test takers can be admitted into their coveted universities and colleges.
More than 400 thousand candidates across the province walked into the examination room with longing and anticipation.
The Hexi Campus of Nanjing Jinling Middle School arranged 7 buses to take candidates from their homes to the examination room.
Test Taker
Behind the test takers are the affectionate eyes and warm blessings from parents and teachers.
Parent
Teacher of No. 29 Middle School in Nanjing
Xu Shaoxian, Teacher of Hexi Campus of Nanjing Jinling Middle School
All the test-takers are required to have their temperatures taken before entering the test venues as the authorities have strengthened the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control.
Parents were seen cheering up the exam-takers outside the test sites by wearing red clothes, red masks and cheongsam in a triumphant posture.
Police officers, fire fighters and elevator maintenance workers rushed to the hotel to free the test-takers and the parents from the elevator.
At five Monday afternoon, the first day of the exam was over. The test-takers appeared relaxed and at ease.
Test Taker
