After being a staple of the Joint College Entrance Examination (JCEE) since 1957, the exam paper on Sun Yat-sen's
Some 130,000 high school students will not be tested on a subject, which, as part of the syllabus, has been widely criticized as political indoctrination.
The College Entrance Examination Committee (
The JCEE, held once a year, is one of the most competitive national examinations through which senior high school students obtain admission to universities in Taiwan.
According to the information issued by the CEEC, approximately 71,000 of 130,583 examinees are expected to pass the exam this year, which makes the estimated passing rate -- 54.37 percent -- slightly lower than last year's figure of 59.82 percent.
A total of nine courses will be tested, with two subjects in the morning and one in the afternoon each day of the exam.
Starting time is 9am, but examinees should be in the examination hall by 8:40am. For the afternoon tests, which begin at 2:30pm, candidates should arrive at 2:10pm.
Chinese and English exams will be held on July 2, while math and history exams will be given on July 3.
For the first time there will be a testing center on Matsu Island this year, a CEEC official said.
The spokesperson said examination results would be released on Aug. 7. To avoid confusion on exam days, all testing centers will be open in advance on June 30 and July 1, between 3pm and 5pm, he said.
Seating arrangements can be checked from June 17 to July 3 on the Web at: http://www.ceec.edu.tw, or telephone: 02-2367 5787
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