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Is the National Postgraduate Entrance Exam the Solution for China’s Unemployed Youth?
Explore the impact of the National Postgraduate Entrance Exam on China’s youth unemployment crisis. Discover if pursuing another degree through this assessment could be the key to improving job prospects for university graduates in China.
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If you're a student in China, chances are your life is ruled by seemingly endless homework
and gruelling exams.
But if you do well after sitting all the tests and then graduate from a top university, you're
almost guaranteed a bright future.
Or so the belief goes.
In today's China, however, university graduates are learning that a bachelor's degree is no
longer a golden ticket to a secure life or even a decent job.
So many students have turned to another assessment,
the National Postgraduate Entrance Exam.
Millions of students take the annual test
in hopes it'll help them earn a postgraduate degree
that will improve their job prospects.
But is another degree the answer?
The national examination, known as the caoyan,
normally takes place in the summer.
late December.
In 2025, the National College of Arts and Sciences students' recruitment exam will open
today.
A total of 3.88 million people will apply.
There will be 2,652 exam points.
It's a competitive exam that usually requires a year of preparation.
Results of the written tests are normally announced in late February, with successful
applicants moving on to interviews in March.
For most students, the caoyan is a grueling experience.
And many post details about their stressful journeys online.
If you search Kaoyan and break down on Red Note,
you'll see tons of posts like these.
This netizen laments,
I really don't want to take exams anymore.
This comment reads,
Chinese people have been taking exams all their lives.
When will this end?
But even though the exams are tough
and Chinese students seem fed up with them,
why do millions still see the Kaoyan
as their best shot at a better
their future.
This type of degree worship is not rare in China.
Many recruiters focus more on a candidate's degree and the name of the school they attended
rather than their actual skills and abilities.
Candidates face such obstacles as China struggles with a high jobless rate,
aggravated by an economic slowdown.
A record 12.22 million students will graduate from Chinese universities in 2025.
But job opportunities in the country are not growing at the same pace.
Given these pressures, many graduates are opting to further their academic studies.
There are even students who spent years
retaking the postgraduate entrance exam.
Students take the exam repeatedly.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
But they can't get in.
