Reform of Independent Entrance Examination in Zhejiang University During the Anti-Japanese War
In 1941,in order to meet the needs of the wartime society,accelerate the training of talents for the fighting of the Anti-Japanese War and the founding of our country,and reform the drawbacks brought by the implementation of unified enrollment in national universities and institutes,the Ministry of Education abolished the unified enrollment method of national colleges and universities,and required national colleges and universities to explore independent enrollment methods while implementing joint enrollment.At the same time as the implementation of the joint entrance examination,Zhejiang University conducted scientific research,drawing on the experience of the"eight-year study"of progressive education in the United States,established the method of college admissions based on high school academic performance,expanded the channels of selecting outstanding students,and improved the quality of college students.In 1943,Zhejiang University officially took the policy that college admissions based on high school academic performance into effect,and continued to improve it until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.The implementation of college admissions based on high school academic performance in Zhejiang University not only expands the type,scope and way of the selection of outstanding talents,builds a scientific talent selection and evaluation system,realizes the organic connection between middle school and university talent training,but also provides an important basis for the selection and training of creative talents.
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