Meaning of gaokao | Babel Free

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The National Higher Education Entrance Examination held annually in China as a prerequisite for entrance into most forms of higher education.

China

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“In recent years, education officials have made a number of proposals, including revising elementary and middle school textbooks to increase the proportion of guoxue, or the study of Chinese culture, and reducing the importance of English on some versions of the gaokao, or university entrance examination, in favor of a greater emphasis on the Chinese language.”

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