College entrance exam a test for officials in coronavirus-hit Guangdong

As China’s industrial hub of Guangdong steps up its fight to contain an outbreak of Covid-19, the southern province faces another challenge: the annual college entrance examination.Guangdong education officials say the exam will go ahead next week, and on Wednesday said measures had been put in place to keep students safe as they sat the notoriously difficult test.Across the province some 636,000 students will take the exam, which is held nationwide and known as the gaokao.Since May 23,…

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