Today, the preliminary examination of the 2024 National Master's Admission Examination officially opened. According to the Ministry of Education, the preliminary examination will be held from December 23 to 24, 2023, and the examination subjects with a duration of more than 3 hours or special requirements such as the use of a drawing board will be held on December 25.
For the first time in three years, the number of applicants for graduate school has declined
According to the statistics of the Ministry of Education, the number of applicants for the national master's examination in 2024 will be 4.38 million, which has caused widespread heated discussions.
In recent years, the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examinations has continued to increase, with data from the Ministry of Education showing that the number of applicants for postgraduate examinations in 2021 and 2022 was 3.77 million and 4.57 million respectively, and in 2023 it increased to 4.74 million, a new high. In 2024, the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examinations will fall, a decrease of 360,000 from the previous year, the first decline in three years.
Some education experts said that the downward trend in the number of applicants for postgraduate entrance examinations has long been indicated. Taking the number of applicants for the postgraduate examination in Liaoning Province as an example, the number of applicants for the postgraduate examination in 2022 will exceed 150,000, while the number of applicants for the postgraduate examination will drop to 14 in 202380 thousand.
Education Department: Make every effort to ensure the smooth reference of candidates
According to the Ministry of Education, on the 20th, Weng Tiehui, a member of the Party Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that the situation of the national research examination in 2024 is complex and severe, especially near the exam, rain and snow weather will occur in many places across the country, and some areas will experience strong cold wave weather, Gansu, Xinjiang and other places.
Weng Tiehui pointed out that it is necessary to implement detailed measures to prevent and respond to extreme weather, comprehensively strengthen the investigation of risks and hidden dangers, and conduct key inspections on the infrastructure of the examination organizationStrengthen the security and confidentiality of test questions and papers, strictly manage the order of the examination room, and earnestly implement various measures for examination securityImprove the emergency response mechanism, smooth the emergency response process, and make every effort to do a good job in emergency responseImplement more heart-warming measures to optimize candidate services according to local and school conditions.
Jishi Mountain 6After the occurrence of Level 2**, the education departments of Gansu and Qinghai provinces held a meeting on investigation and scheduling coordination, and activated an emergency plan to ensure the smooth progress of the 2024 master's examination.
According to ** report, the Gansu Provincial Department of Education instructed the Education Bureau of Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture to feel the test center as soon as possible, and carefully investigated the invigilators, examination personnel and their families. At the same time, a special class was set up to contact the 1,240 candidates who took the exam one by one to ensure that they took the exam as scheduled.
According to ** report, the Qinghai Provincial Department of Education immediately felt the information of the students participating in the postgraduate examination in Haidong City, and the Qinghai Provincial Department of Education informed the candidates who could not be contacted in the form of announcements, so as to register and confirm in time, and provide convenient services such as pick-up and drop-off for the candidates.
After the initial test, you need to pay attention to these nodes
On the eve of the opening of the preliminary examination, the Ministry of Education issued a message on the 21st to remind the majority of candidates to know the law and abide by the law, take the exam in good faith, and write the answer sheet with integrity, knowledge and ability. If candidates find violations of laws and regulations, they can report to the Provincial Examination Institute and provide effective clues. The Ministry of Education and all provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) have opened the 2024 research examination report and announced the Ministry of Education**, and welcome candidates and people from all walks of life to report and reflect the clues of relevant problems in a timely manner.
After the initial examination, candidates should also pay attention to the following nodes.
According to the Ministry of Education, the time, place, content, method, method of using results, organization and management of the re-examination shall be determined by the enrollment unit in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Ministry of Education. The methods and procedures for the re-examination shall be announced by the enrollment unit. In principle, the enrollment unit should strengthen the management of the re-examination process by ordering multiple sets of test questions and arranging candidates to randomly select test questions. All re-examinations of the enrollment unit should generally be completed before the end of April of the year of admission.
When the enrollment unit is insufficient in the first choice of qualified students, it can organize and carry out the adjustment work. The enrollment unit must accept all adjustment candidates through the "National Master's Enrollment Re-examination and Adjustment Service System" of the Ministry of Education, and it is strictly forbidden to accept adjustment candidates through other channels.
The graduate enrollment management department of the enrollment unit shall uniformly publicize the list of candidates to be admitted. After the end of the publicity, the enrollment unit shall report the list of proposed admissions to the provincial education administrative department and education enrollment for policy review, and the provincial education administrative department and education enrollment shall feedback the review opinions to the enrollment unit in a timely manner. The enrollment unit shall report the approved admission list to the "National Postgraduate Enrollment Information Disclosure Platform" as required. The final admission list and registration of new students are subject to the information reported by the enrollment unit.
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