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China gearing up for college entrance exam

The Ministry of Education has urged local authorities to prepare for the upcoming national college entrance examination, known as the "gaokao" next week.

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Migrants' children will be able to take gaokao locally

​Thousands can choose to sit for national college exam in Guangdong, instead of returning home

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Yoga conference to get more Chinese meditating

​Over 1,000 Chinese yogis gathered for a group yoga performance in Kunming, Yunnan Province, on Wednesday to open the China-India Yoga Conference.

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Protests over university admission quotas highlight challenge in reforming China's education system

Demonstrations in Jiangsu and Hubei provinces over university admission quotas have exposed deep-rooted challenges in reforming the centralised education system, researchers say.

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Chinese grads delay job search amid tough market

​While most Chinese college graduates are busy settling into new jobs, some have decided to delay the working world for now and wait out a tough job-hunting season.

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Hillary Clinton unveils 350 billion USD college affordability plan

U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton on Monday unveiled a 350-billion-dollar higher education plan aimed at cutting college tuition and easing debt burdens for college loanees.

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Employment pressures force graduates to eye entrepreneurship

At a time when securing a stable job is becoming ever harder for college graduates in China, Cai Huailian decided to take the bold step of returning to his rural home and becoming a farmer.

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Gaokao cheating scandal reveals education flaws

A police investigation into cheating during this month's national college exam has been launched in central China.

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Transparency urged in college students enrollment

The Ministry of Education urged transparency and more supervision in college students enrollment, upon the completion of China's annual national college entrance exam on Sunday.

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Job search in China remains a struggle

A large number of Chinese college graduates this year will create another "hard-to-find-job year" that has become a regular issue, according to a cabinet notice published Tuesday.

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More Taiwanese college grads become vendors

Low wages and high unemployment rate have prompted more Taiwanese college graduates into peddling, according to Taiwan's statistics authority.

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China to reform college entrance exam system

China is soon to unveil a reform plan on the college entrance examination, considering two separate test modes for technical and academic students, an educational official revealed Saturday.

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Art colleges struggle for talent

Though the annual national college entrance exams are still six months off, the test that will be more decisive in winning Sun Yuewen a place at art college is a week away.