Students in quake-hit regions to take vital exam

BEIJING, July 3 -- About 120,000 middle school students in the earthquake-ravaged regions in southwest China will take the delayed national college entrance examination on Thursday. Following the devastating earthquake on May 12, China's Ministry of Education decided to postpone the examination by one month at 45 counties of Sichuan province and 17 counties of Gansu province, considering the influence from the earthquake damage and relief work. The China News Service reported Thursday that 78 percent of these students will take the three-day examination in the makeshift houses, 15 percent in earthquake-resistance classrooms, while some others will take the exams outside the two... [read full story]