Students go to their examination site to get familiar with the enviroment ahead of the national college entrance exam in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 6, 2022. A new high of 11.93 million students will take China's national college entrance exam for 2022, also known as "gaokao." Aside from a postponement in Shanghai due to COVID-19, the exam will be held on June 7 and 8 nationwide.(Photo: Xinhua)
Shanghai has fully prepared for the college entrance exams with the necessary epidemic prevention and control measures, including special passageways and back-up examination rooms. The city has seen an epidemic resurgence during recent days.
The city previously postponed college entrance exams for about one month to July 7 to 9 due to the Omicron outbreak.
On July 1, the Shanghai education authorities released a reminder to all the students who will attend the college entrance exam, also known as the gaokao.
Students need to fill in a safety commitment letter, which includes their temperatures 14 days ahead of the exams, two negative nucleic acid tests within three days before taking the exams as well as a negative antigen test on the day when students take the exams, according to the education authorities. Students must bring the commitment letter with them when taking the exams.
Students have to take a nucleic acid test once on Wednesday, the day before the examinations, according to the education authorities. They are also required to wear N95/KN95 masks on their way to and from the examination site, said the authorities.
Any student with symptoms such as fever, dry cough or sore throat before the exams should go to the hospital immediately, according to the education authorities.
A teacher who teaches grade-3 students in high school told the Global Times on Wednesday that the students have been required to maintain good personal hygiene, only travel between home and school, and avoid gatherings and public venues.
Teachers and students can take nucleic acid tests at designated sites which can ensure the results come out in a faster manner, according to the teacher.
From Monday to Wednesday, the designated sites provided nucleic acid testing services for students from 8 am to 11 am, according to the education authorities.
"Most of my students are quite relaxed as they prepared fully and there's no need to panic over the epidemic," said the teacher.
At an examination site at the middle school affiliated to East China University of Science and Technology, a notice has been posted saying that activities such as decoration or construction that can make noise should be suspended during the exams, according to the Shanghai Observer.
Shanghai police have also strengthened supervision and management of transportation, according to media reports.
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