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Translation - English National College Entrance Examination System has to be improved, but cannot be abolished easily
In 1977, the resumption of the National College Entrance Examination System (NCEES) initiated after it had been suspended for 11 years. Since then, the destiny of a generation has changed.
Time flies，30 years have passed already, the experts and scholars who attended the “forum of the Ministry of Education to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the resumption of the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE)” held on 27, 28 of March in Dongguan city, Guangdong province indicated that the resumption of the NCEE is not simply the resumption of an examination system, it is a reconstruction of the social equity and social justice. The NCEES has to be further improved, but cannot be abolished easily while promoting the educational reform and development.
The contribution of the resumption of the NCEE
The data which provided by the Ministry of Education showed that during a 30-year of the resumption of the NCEE, secondary vocational schools and tertiary vocational institutions enrolled 36 million students. They have selected a large number of talents for the country. The admission rate of higher education institutions has dramatically increased. In 1977, the number of candidates was about 5.7 million, the number of acceptance was about 270 thousands and the acceptance rate was 4.7%. In 2006, the number of the candidates was approximate 9.5 million, the number of acceptance was approximate 5.4 million, and the acceptance rate was 56.85%. In 2007, the tertiary education institutions plan to recruit 5.7 students. By the end of 2006, the gross enrolment rate of tertiary education institutions has reached 2% and achieved the popularization of higher education.
National Education Examination Authority director Jiagan Dai indicated that these achievements had a close relationship with the resumption of the NCEE. The resumption of the NCEE has provided equal development opportunities for people of different classes, so that they can stand on the same starting point and have a fair competition. This has rebuilt the values of equity and justice. The resumption of the NCEE has laid a foundation for the reform and development of the education. It has had a positive impact on the social and economic construction of the country. This major and meaningful role could not be underestimated.
The deputy director of the Department of College Student Affairs of Ministry of Education Gang Jiang said we have gradually established an entrance examination system that is suitable for our country through a 30-year of hard work. It mainly focuses on the unified examinations, accompanied by the individual examination which held by the individual institutions. Furthermore, minority students who gain the exemption exam and recommendation will be taken as a supplement. NCEE has made great contributions to national tertiary education institutions in selecting talents. Its science, fairness and prestige are highly recognized by the whole society. Practises proved that China is a big country which lacked of investment in education and educational resources were unbalance. Therefore, the implementation of the NCEE is the most economical, efficient, and reasonable approach to ensure the quality of new students, maintain educational equity and meet a goal that all citizens can access higher education.
The NCEE reforms have never stopped
There have been both positive and negative comments about the resumption of NCEE since it has started。Especially after a 30 year of resumption of the NCEE. Some people believed that there will be no peace in education if the NCEE is not reformed. Some suggested abolishing the NCEE. Others evocated that no major change is needed on NCEE.
Facing a variety of complements， criticises and discussions, Jiagan Dai pointed out that no matter how people comment,the fact is that during a 30-year period the reforms of the NCEE have been continuing and explorations have never stopped. The reforms have been moving forward. For instances, we standardised examination experiment, attempted to implement the system of admission to college based on recommendation. In addition, the tertiary education institutions admission plan was combined; the admission of the tertiary education institutions was expanded. Furthermore, we emphasised the “3 + X” examination system which is based on the ability of the students and the Spring NCEE which is held in Beijing and Anhui. Moreover, the admissions are done by tertiary education institutions independently, and the questions in the examinations were designed independently by cities and provinces and so forth. Especially, in recent years the admission which is called “Sunshine Project” had been implemented. China has started working on exam legislation, and the reforms are moving further.
Chinese to English: Translation
Source text - Chinese Northmead, New South Wales
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Northmead
Sydney, New South Wales
The Junction, Windsor Road
Postcode(s) ：2152
Location：26 km (16 mi) west of Sydney CBD
LGA(s) ：City of Parramatta，The Hills Shire
State electorate(s) ：Parramatta
Federal Division(s) ：Parramatta
Suburbs around Northmead: Winston Hills， North Rocks， Old Toongabbie，North Parramatta， Wentworthville ，Westmead Parramatta.
Northmead shopping centre
Northmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Northmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of the City of Parramatta and The Hills Shire. Northmead is part of the Greater Western Sydney region.
Northmead is a hilly suburb with low to medium density houses, townhouses and apartment buildings, and a large light industrial area. It is located to the northeast of the junction of Darling Mills Creek and Toongabbie Creek, which combine to form the beginnings of the Parramatta River.
Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Commercial areas
3 Industrial area
4 Schools
5 Transport
6 Transport history
7 Population 7.1 Notable residents
8 Notable residents
9 References
§History[edit]
With the British settlement of Parramatta, this area was originally part of the domain of Government House. What is left of this domain, including Government House, forms Parramatta Park. The name Northmead is derived from the location of the north "mead", or meadow, of the governor's domain.[1] The land was subdivided between 1859 and 1889 and the Northern Meadow and Western Meadow of the domain were split off and called Northmead and Westmead. From this time, orchards were established by many new settlers, including some whose names were well known in the Parramatta area - George Oakes, Nat Payten and William Fullagar among them.
§Commercial areas[edit]
Commercial Area 1: Northmead Shopping Centre is located at 2 Campbell St, corner of Windsor Road, and features an IGA supermarket and many specialty shops. Specialty shops include Thai take away restaurant, medical centre, florist, deli, butcher, bakery, dry cleaners, chemist, fruit & veg, and a Chinese restaurant with $7.50 lunch special on weekdays. The centre is managed by PRD Nationwide in Bondi Junction.
Commercial Area 2: The Junction shops are located on the corner of Windsor Road and Briens Road and features a number of retailers for home furnishings, hardware, car accessories (Supercheap Auto, Repco), office supplies and electricals Office Works and food outlets Subway, Hungry Jacks, Winning Appliances and Hog's Breath.
§Industrial area[edit]
Northmead is the home of a large number of light industires, especially around Briens Road which runs along the back of the Westmead Hospital district. Along Briens Road are:
Coca-Cola Amatil bottles Coca-Cola and other softdrink
Australian Paper
Ontera Carpets
On Boundary Road, there is a bus depot for Hillsbus which is the Region 4 bus operator.
§Schools[edit]
Northmead Public School - Moxhams Road.
Northmead High School - Campbell Street.
§Transport[edit]
The North West T-Way connecting the Hills with Parramatta runs through Northmead. Northmead's public transport needs are only catered by buses, namely those of the Hillsbus bus company. This results in highly operational bus services in the Hills District - an area that is one of the fastest growing in Australia.
The major roads are Windsor Road and the Cumberland Highway.
§Transport history[edit]
Northmead once featured a train line known as the Rogans Hill railway line. Long underperforming due to an increasing preference for faster and more modern motor buses, it was decided in 1929[2] under conservative (United Australia Party) Premier Bertram Stevens that the line should be decommissioned, which eventually took place on 31 January 1932.
Currently, there is no train line that services Northmead with the closest being the Main Western Railway Line that runs through Westmead and Parramatta.
§Population[edit]
According to the 2011 census conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Northmead had a population of 10,224. This was a significant increase from the 2006 census, which showed a population of 7,606. This increase went hand in hand with an increase in apartments in the suburb from 9.3% to 29.9% over the period.
Apart from English, the most common languages spoken were Arabic (2.8%), Korean (2.1%), Mandarin (2.0%) and Cantonese (2.0%). The religious affiliation responses were Catholic (29.5%), Anglican (17.8%) and no religion (15.2%).
§Notable residents[edit]
Richie Benaud (b. 1930), cricketer and commentator
Allan Cunningham (1791–1839), explorer and botanist
Harry Hopman (1906–1985), tennis player
David Lennox (1788–1873), colonial bridge builder
John Lewin (1770–1819), first professional artist in New South Wales
Rev. Samuel Marsden (1765–1838), known as the "flogging parson"
Mary Cover Hassall (1799–1825), Methodist missionary to Tonga Island
Dowell Philip O'Reilly (1865–1923), poet and politician
§Notable residents[edit]
Parramatta City Councillor, Scott Lloyd was raised in Northmead, and went to Northmead primary school between 1983 and 1989.
§References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "History of Northmead". hillsdirectory.com.au. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
2.Jump up ^ "STATE SESSION. Temporary Supply.". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 September 1929. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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