Chinese Students Prepare For College Entrance Exam At Cram Schools

Gao Biao reads while washing his feet in his dorm at a full-time “cram school” in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, May 24, 2012. Every year, tens of millions of Chinese high school graduates rejoice or lament after taking highly competitive college entrance exams.

Those who fail the test are denied official access to higher eduction and thus can hardly secure decent jobs while facing their better-educated peers. To make themselves into college, most of those who failed the national college entrance exam in the previous year will attend a kind of full-time “cram school”, which is nicknamed in China “Grade 13″, to get better prepared for the test for a second time.”

Sun Zhendong eats fast noodles at a full-time “cram school” in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, May 25, 2012.

Zhou Kang takes a nap at a full-time “cram school” in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, May 25, 2012.<Xinhua>

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