The past week has been a mix of joy and sorrow for many. Facing the intense competition of the 'Gaokao', where thousands of students vie for a single spot, candidates have endured over a decade of hard study just to achieve success, while parents have been on edge. On the other hand, thinking of their children's future, many parents are turning their eyes overseas, seeing 'opportunities' amidst the fierce competition!
Among these, the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students has attracted significant attention from domestic parents due to its advantages, such as a smaller scope of exam questions, lower difficulty, lower admission score requirements, and diverse career paths. It is known as the 'green channel' for China's Gaokao and a 'direct express' to domestic prestigious universities. More and more parents are planning ahead, all to ensure their children can board this less crowded express train!
Worldway Group has learned that from 2014 to the present, the number of applicants for the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students has remained stable at around 4,500. This serves as a reminder to all parents who hope for their children's success that the Gaokao is no longer the only path! More importantly, this policy has been stably developed for nearly 30 years as part of the country's 'One Country, Two Systems' framework. Furthermore, the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students does not occupy the regular Gaokao admission quotas of universities, making the competition lower and the path highly reliable! This provides a convenient channel for parents who intend to help their children gain direct access to prestigious universities through this exam!
Note: 2018 Application Statistics for the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students
As is well known, the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students is a specialized college entrance exam designed by the Chinese Ministry of Education specifically for overseas Chinese and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, to fulfill their desire to return to the mainland for higher education and provide them with opportunities to attend universities in the mainland.
So, compared to the regular Gaokao, what are the advantages of the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students?
Fewer subjects, simpler questions
For the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students, liberal arts students do not take politics, and science students do not take biology, which significantly reduces study pressure. Moreover, the exam fully considers the reality of students being away from the Chinese education system for a long time; 70% of the knowledge points in the exam come from junior high school, and 30% from high school, making it much simpler than the Gaokao. The difficulty of the exam papers is far lower than that of domestic regular Gaokao papers; for example, the difficulty of math problems is similar to the examples in textbooks.
Lower admission scores
The admission score line for the exam is far lower than that of the domestic regular Gaokao, with a minimum of 200 points required to be admitted to key domestic universities.
Language advantage
This exam is set up for children of overseas Chinese who have never studied in China, and the requirements for Chinese proficiency are extremely low. Therefore, for native domestic students, they only need to obtain the status of an overseas Chinese student to fully utilize this advantage.
High admission rate
Nearly 10 million students participate in the regular Gaokao every year, while only about 4,000 students participate in the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students, with nearly 300 universities recruiting (almost all universities in the country). Every year, only a small number of people sign up for the exam, and it does not occupy the regular Gaokao admission quotas of universities, so the spots are often not fully utilized. Students can be admitted as long as they exceed the basic admission line, resulting in a very high admission rate.
Guaranteed fallback options
Even if you cannot meet such a low score line, it does not matter; you can choose preparatory admission (the admission line is 20 points lower), and you can graduate after just one extra year of study compared to a normal undergraduate program.
Through the data above, we can see that the advantages of the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students are enormous. As parents, although we cannot give our children good grades, we can choose a good platform for them and plan their future in advance. Giving your child the status of an overseas Chinese student, allowing them to easily enter domestic prestigious universities through the Joint Entrance Exam for Overseas Chinese Students, is also a good choice, such as through Malta permanent residency!
Through the Malta Residence and Visa Programme (MRVP), with an investment starting from only 70,000 euros, you can quickly apply for immigration to Malta for four generations of your family. What you pay is interest, and what you gain is permanent residency in a Schengen country for four generations of your family. There is no worry about bond depreciation or the trouble of selling bonds for cash. It also allows your children to enjoy Malta's authentic British-style educational resources and seamlessly connect to prestigious universities in the UK and the US. At the same time, children can participate in the Joint Entrance Exam as overseas Chinese students and enter domestic prestigious universities with lower scores—a multi-win solution!
As the only country in the world that is a member of the Schengen Area, the Eurozone, the European Union, and the Commonwealth, Malta has attracted the attention of many investors in recent years and has become a 'viral' project in European investment immigration. This Mediterranean country, which was under British colonial rule for over 200 years, uses an authentic British education system, and even its official language is English. It is not only a global base for English language education, but its tuition fees are only half or even one-third of those in the UK, while its educational resources are rich and highly cost-effective.
The Maltese government provides free compulsory education for primary and secondary schools. Public schools are funded by the government from primary school to university, providing 12 years of free education. Even primary education, including school transportation and textbooks, is free.
Malta's Educational Advantages:
1. Adopts internationally recognized curriculum and examination systems (IB/A-Level/AP), seamlessly connecting to world-renowned universities in the UK, US, and elsewhere.
2. Recognized by the EU as a 'High-Quality European Learning Area', ranking 18th in global education quality (2016-2017 World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report).
3. Authentic British education; the education system, teaching content, and teaching philosophy all follow British traditions.
4. Rich educational resources, with 340 schools nationwide, small class sizes, and a teacher-student ratio of 1:15.
5. Focuses on practicality, emphasizes practical cognition, and attaches importance to cultivating high-quality talent that meets the needs of the European and global markets.
6. Low cost: Public education is free; private school tuition fees range from 3,000 to 9,000 euros per year.
7. EU education integration, implementing credit transfer, and offering diverse exchange programs to cultivate a diverse and international perspective.
8. Sound educational benefits: free school buses, free breakfast during primary school, after-school clubs for ages 3-16, and one tablet computer per student for those in grade three and above.
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