12.91 million candidates rushed to the examination room, and the 2023 college entrance examination will start today

On June 7th, 2023, the national college entrance examination officially kicked off, with 12.91 million candidates rushing to the examination centers nationwide, setting a new record for the number of applicants. Recently, many regions have introduced measures to ensure smooth exams for candidates. At the same time, to ensure exam safety, multiple departments have carried out special actions such as purifying the exam related network environment, cracking down on the sale of cheating equipment, and cracking down on cheating in substitute exams to comprehensively manage the exam environment.

Various regions have introduced measures to ensure the order of examination venues

This year's college entrance examination, prevention of mobile phone cheating has become a top priority in various regions, and many examination venues are equipped with intelligent security gates for the first time.

For example, the college entrance examination papers in Zhejiang are escorted by dedicated vehicles and monitored throughout the process. Synchronous remote monitoring and comprehensive supervision of various examination venues. All examination personnel have completed the examination related business training and passed the assessment. All examination points are subject to standardized management, equipped with intelligent security gates, 5G signal shielding devices, metal detectors and other equipment, and equipped with video invigilators and video invigilators. During the exam period, wireless signal monitoring devices will also be used to patrol suspicious signals around the exam site and strictly prevent various high-tech fraud.

In terms of epidemic prevention, education examination institutions in multiple provinces have clearly stated that in general, candidates can decide whether to wear masks after entering the regular examination room and taking their seats. Many places have informed that if the examinee is infected with COVID-19 or has related symptoms, please report to the school or the local examination institution immediately, and then can take the exam in the standby examination room or emergency examination room.

For example, Beijing has clearly stated that each examination center should have at least three backup examination rooms. Equip full-time health and epidemic prevention personnel, and assign one school doctor to each examination site to be responsible for health and epidemic prevention work. Do a good job in disinfection and ventilation of the examination center and examination room, and provide epidemic prevention supplies such as masks and hand sanitizers as needed.

Various regions provide escort for candidates: mute and reduce noise, adjust working hours

To create a good exam environment for candidates, measures have been introduced in many places to silence and reduce noise, adjust work and school hours, and alleviate traffic pressure.

For example, the BBQ Association in Zhangdian District, Zibo City, Shandong Province, the BBQ Association in Zibo High tech Zone, and the "Linzi Courtyard" in the BBQ City have all issued proposals. During the college entrance examination, all barbecue shops will be closed, and the Eight Bureau Convenience Market has also announced the closure of the market during the period, striving to create a quiet examination environment for candidates.

In order to alleviate the traffic pressure during the time period for candidates to take the college entrance examination, ensure smooth travel for the majority of candidates, and arrive at the examination site on time, multiple places such as Shenyang in Liaoning, Lianyuan in Hunan, Huangshi in Hubei, Enshi, and Ezhou have issued documents stating that during the 2023 college entrance examination, personnel from various government agencies and institutions will adjust their working hours and implement staggered work hours. For example, the working hours of government agencies and public institutions in Shenyang are postponed by one hour, and the lunch break time remains unchanged.

Xiangyang, Hubei Province, also issued a notice that some primary schools near the exam centers will adjust their schedules and have a holiday during the college entrance examination period. Meanwhile, during the college entrance examination, turn off timed broadcasts such as ringing bells and radio exercises.

In addition, many regions have launched volunteer service activities for the college entrance examination. Tianjin has launched the "Emergency Service Vehicle for the College Entrance Examination" volunteer service activity, with 60 taxis on duty at 30 examination points. Hefei mobilized more than 1000 young volunteers to participate in volunteer services such as caring escort for candidates, maintaining order in the examination room, ensuring parking at examination points, accompanying parents to prevent heatstroke and cool down, and promoting telecommunications fraud prevention.

Many places have also activated "silent mode", such as prohibiting the honking of buses around the test center and the use of vehicle announcement machines for external expansion. In addition, it also includes the prohibition of construction work and other noise pollution activities during the college entrance examination period, as well as the prohibition of outdoor entertainment, square dancing, gatherings, commercial promotion, and setting off fireworks and firecrackers that generate noise.

Preventing Cheating and Strengthening the Management of College Students

In terms of exam discipline, the Ministry of Education recently issued a warning for the 2023 college entrance examination, combining some typical cases that have emerged in recent years, reminding candidates and parents to be vigilant, beware of being deceived, and achieve integrity in exams.

The Ministry of Education also announced that since 2023, public security organs across the country, together with education and other departments, have continued to maintain a high-pressure crackdown on various illegal and criminal activities related to exams, and have strictly punished those who organize exam cheating and illegally produce and sell specialized equipment for eavesdropping and photo stealing in accordance with the law. On the eve of the college entrance examination, public security organs in various regions have successively solved a number of cases of cheating and fraud related to organizing exams.

Public security organs and education departments remind candidates not to bring electronic devices such as mobile phones into the examination center to avoid violating exam rules and discipline; Do not trust online information such as selling college entrance examination questions and answers to avoid being deceived.

In addition, several official websites of universities have notified that during the 2023 college entrance examination, students are not allowed to take leave and leave the campus, and students are strictly prohibited from participating in the college entrance examination or taking substitute exams in violation of regulations. For example, Henan Zhoukou Normal University has issued a notice on doing a good job in student management during the 2023 college entrance examination, strengthening the management of students on campus during the examination, and preventing violations of discipline and law such as cheating during the college entrance examination; Real time monitoring of the location and status of off campus internships for graduating students, ensuring that students do not participate in the college entrance examination in violation of laws and regulations.

Shandong University of Business and Technology has also issued a notice on doing a good job in student management during the 2023 college entrance examination, emphasizing that students are not allowed to take leave from the school during the examination period in principle. For those who need to take leave for special reasons, the reasons should be clarified and the leave application and cancellation procedures should be strictly followed. In addition to the regular approval process, we adhere to the principle of whoever approves is responsible. During the college entrance examination, the situation of students taking leave must be reviewed and controlled by the main leaders of the college's party and government, and reported to the school's student affairs office for record.