介绍:
With a growing number of foreign universities now accepting the results of China's college entrance exam, or Gaokao, more Chinese students are expected to be able to access more of the world's top higher-education institutions.
CRI's Su Yi has more.
Reporter: Nowadays, increasingly more mainland high school graduates choose to go overseas for university education.
At the same time, more and more foreign universities have begun accepting the results of College Entrance Examination, or Gaokao, of mainland students.
David Moser, Academic Director of CET Beijing Chinese studies, explains why.
"One of the most important factors here is that there are an increasing number of Chinese students with the economic means to go abroad. And it's becoming such a market force in the university system of overseas universities that many universities are willing to accommodate them. In order to get them to go there, and of course, if they need to have some ways of evaluating them, and if there's already a metric, which is the gaokao, then this is a pretty good indication of the quality of students."
Among all overseas studying destinations, Australia has become the first developed country directly accepting mainland students' Gaokao results.
According to statistics, over 60 percent of Australian universities are now accepting the Gaokao result of Chinese students.
Xiong Bingqi, Vice President of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, explains why Australia plays this pioneer role,
"Australia takes education as a very important industry, that's the reason why it wants to enroll more Chinese students. By accepting the Gaokao results, Chinese students will have an easier access to Australian universities, which will result in a fast increase of the number of Chinese students. Then such an industry will grow stronger."
Mr. Bobby, China development manager of the Chinese student admissions center, University of Wollongong in Australia, gives his point of view.
"They have done their research—many universities in Australia, they have done their research and they believe that students who attain satisfactory Gaokao results can directly start from the first year of the university. In the past, it used to be a 'foundation course' in the first year of the university, but now it's different. Chinese students who have achieved satisfactory results in Gaokao have proved that (they) have more knowledge in certain subjects when compared with the local students."
With Australia and Canada being pioneers in the course, we have every reason to believe the Gaokao results will become popular all around the world some day in the future.
