484，000 test takers in Jiangsu province will sit for the once-in-a-year national college examination that will take place from June 7 to 9. Police in various parts of the province will impose traffic control around the test venues by diverting traffic flows to ensure the smooth rides of the vehicles transporting the test takers. Temporary service stations will be installed to prepare medicines and purified bottled water for the test takers. Motorists will be enlisted to be on standby in case test takers forget to bring their test-taking admission tickets. Square dancing, which is quite popular among retired women or dama, is forbidden during the examination period. Sanitation inspections have been launched to ensure that the school canteens will provide healthy and sanitary food to the test-takers. Power companies have arranged for the workers to check the transmission lines to ensure stable power supply during the three days. In China, gaokao results are the main assessment standard for college admissions. Failure means no degree, poorer job prospects and possibly a life of regret.
(Source:ourjiangsu.com)
