教育部全面取消特长生高考加分

Students prepare for gaokao in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province in 2017.[Photo by Si Wei/China Daily]

The ministry will stop giving bonus points to students who have exceptional sports ability, who have won academic Olympiads or science and technology competitions, who are named "provincial-level excellent students" or those who have performed "righteous and courageous deeds", according to a statement posted on its website.

教育部网站的信息显示，将全面取消体育特长生、中学生学科奥林匹克竞赛、科技类竞赛、省级优秀学生、思想政治品德有突出事迹等全国性高考加分项目。

特长生加分政策(preferential policy of bonus points)是指针对拥有体育、文艺等方面专长的学生(students with special talent in sports or artistic field)，经过专业部门的测试后，在高考成绩之外给予一定的加分。

2011年教育部、国家民委、公安部、国家体育总局、中国科协等五部门联合发文规范和调整部分高考加分项目。截至2014年5月，31个省份均已正式出台高考新政，其中高考加分政策大规模调整，大幅减少全国奥赛科技类加分、体育特长生加分和地方性加分项目，其他加分项目分值普遍由20分降至10分内。

特长生加分项目取消以后，如何才能进入心仪的大学呢?答案是，参与大学的自主招生(independent college admission)。

Currently, 90 universities have allocated 5 percent of their enrollment slots to independent admissions designed for students with special talents. They admit more than 20,000 students every year.

目前，全国有90所高校将百分之五的招生名额留给参加自主招生的特长生，每年录取的特长生超过2万名。

【相关词汇】

高考 national college entrance examination(NCEE)

自主招生 independent admission

保送录取 gain admission to college without taking NCEE

高考移民 NCEE migrant

义务教育 compulsory education

教育公平 education equality

异地高考 children of migrant workers to sit NCEE locally