What are the new changes in Shanghai's college entrance examination policies in 2024? The implementation of these two new policies welcomes the first batch of candidates
The 2024 Shanghai College Entrance Examination has changed a lot: for the first time, the "Principal Three" grade examination time is unified into the second semester of senior high school and one month before the college entrance examination. In the past, the second year of high school could choose geography and biology for the grade exam; the four subjects of physics, chemistry, biology, and geography will welcome Here comes the first level test after using the new textbooks...
Among them, the biggest changes in Shanghai's college entrance examination policy in 2024 are in two aspects: first, the changes in the requirements for elective subjects for college admissions majors introduced by the Ministry of Education; second, the changes brought about by the reform of art examinations. These two changes have been announced to the public in 2021. Those taking the college entrance examination this year are the first batch of candidates to implement these two new policies.
As the rules change, what impact will it have on future candidates?
The main reason for the change in elective subjects is that the Ministry of Education has uniformly put forward strict "physical and chemical dual selection" requirements for some admissions majors in colleges and universities.
This year, the Shanghai Education Examination Authority announced the "Shanghai 2024 Subject Requirements for Undergraduate Majors in General Colleges and Universities". There are a total of 21,229 majors in the new version of the requirements, of which 9,895 majors are not restricted to optional subjects, and 9,124 majors require dual selection of physics and chemistry. , accounting for 42.979%, with 1131 single-select physical requirements. Preliminary statistics from industry insiders show that if you choose both physical and chemical sciences, the degree of freedom in choosing a major is over 95%; if you choose non-physical materials, the degree of freedom in choosing a major is less than 55%; if you want to apply for science, engineering, medicine and other related majors, most people need to choose both physical and chemical sciences. select.
Although not all science and engineering majors require "double selection of physics and chemistry" in course selection, it can be seen from the admission brochures of 11 colleges and universities in Shanghai that participated in the comprehensive evaluation this year that compared with previous years, the number of double selections of physics and chemistry majors has increased significantly, exceeding Seventy percent of the majors require both material and material selection.
For example, in the past, Fudan University's double selection of physics and chemistry was basically concentrated in medical majors. From 2024, candidates who fill in their application will expand to include economic management experimental classes, engineering experimental classes, technical science experimental classes, and science experimental classes in addition to science and engineering. Class, natural science experimental class. All majors in economics and management, marine science, electronic information, mechanical engineering, aerospace, architecture, nature conservation and environmental ecology, and the Strong Foundation Plan of Shanghai Jiao Tong University require physics and chemistry. .
In addition, starting from 2023, the Ministry of Education requires that the enrollment ratio of master's degrees in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine be expanded, and universities should be guided to optimize the subject structure and increase the cultivation of STEM talents. In 2023, the enrollment of masters in science, engineering, agriculture and medicine will account for 60%, and the enrollment of doctoral students will account for more than 80%. In the future, we will continue to promote the construction of new engineering, new medical, new agricultural, and new liberal arts, and accelerate the construction of a new "artificial intelligence education" Ecology, and the above-mentioned disciplines all require both materialization and materialization.
At present, guided by changes in college majors and master's degree admissions requirements, the number of candidates taking physics and chemistry is increasing year by year, and the number of candidates taking both physics and chemistry in the Shanghai College Entrance Examination has jumped to half.
As we all know, Shanghai was the first province to implement the "33" college entrance examination reform. In 2014, it officially entered the new "33" college entrance examination model from the liberal arts and science subject model, that is, the three major subjects: Chinese, mathematics, and foreign languages, each with 150 points; the minor three subjects : Physics, chemistry, biology, politics, history, geography, any 3 of the 6 subjects are selected as the college entrance examination elective subjects, using a graded points system, each subject has a full score of 70 points, a total of 210 points, with a minimum of 40 points per subject.
In the first few years of the implementation of the new college entrance examination, because there were not many restrictions and requirements on subjects for the examination majors, and biology and geography could be taken in advance in the second year of high school, many candidates chose biology, geography, history, politics and other subjects for the primary three subjects. Relatively difficult physics and chemistry were abandoned. Statistics show that in 2017, about 19,000 people took the physics exam in the Shanghai College Entrance Examination, accounting for about 43%; in 2018, the number of people taking the physics exam dropped to 14,000, accounting for about 34%; in 2019, the number dropped to the lowest point, only 12,000. Accounting for about 27%.
In the following years, education and examination departments and universities have successively introduced relevant policies. For example, some majors must choose physics and chemistry, and the number of candidates choosing physical chemistry has increased significantly. Among the more than 50,000 college entrance examination students in Shanghai in 2023, about 20,000 will take physics, about 18,000 will take chemistry, and about 40,000 will take biology. In the 2024 Shanghai college entrance examination, the number of students taking physics and chemistry will both hit a record New highs - both reached about 32,000, and the number of people who chose both material and physical education was about 26,000, nearly half of those who took the college entrance examination in the fall.
Industry experts remind students that when choosing courses, they should still consider their own interests and hobbies, as well as the career direction they want to pursue in the future. Not all students are suitable for "double materialization and materialization selection". You cannot blindly follow the trend when choosing courses, and you cannot "double materialization and materialization selection" simply for the sake of wider employment opportunities; nor can you avoid relatively difficult subjects simply for the sake of high scores.
At the same time, the selection mechanism for art majors has also changed, paying more attention to students' cultural course study and comprehensive quality evaluation.
Regarding the reform of art examinations, there have been major changes this year from examination classification, content, subjects, scores to cultural performance requirements. The overall reform can be divided into two parts: school examination reform and unified examination reform. The two major changes in the school examination reform are the setting of entry barriers for colleges and universities and the raising of requirements for cultural achievements.
In terms of school examinations, by 2024, school examinations for art majors will gradually withdraw from the stage of history. Colleges and universities with school examination qualifications must meet the relevant standards of the Ministry of Education and pass the review and filing. In Shanghai, currently only the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Shanghai Theater Academy, Donghua University, Shanghai University, and Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts are eligible for school examinations, and cultural scores are also improved. Meet the undergraduate requirements. The unified examination reform will implement the "National Standard Provincial Examination", which will achieve full coverage of the provincial unified examination for art majors. The national unified examination will be standardized into 6 categories and 10 directions, and the docking requirements with the admissions majors of colleges and universities will be clearly defined.
In art majors in colleges and universities such as art history, drama, film and television literature, independent enrollment will be implemented directly based on candidates' college entrance examination cultural course scores and combined with the overall evaluation of their comprehensive quality. This change means that the previous way of obtaining extra points through high-level art troupes will no longer be applicable. Students majoring in art must pay more attention to the study of cultural courses and improve their overall quality.
In addition, the standards for high-level sports team enrollment will also be raised in 2024, and the application requirements will be adjusted to first-level athletes.