Education reform to reduce reliance on gaokao scores

Examination scores will no longer be the only standard for evaluating students in the future, with the education authority planning to soon release a series of reform policies for public opinion.

Liu Limin, vice-minister of education, said on Thursday that future high school examinations will no longer account for 100 percent of students' scores, according to Xinhua News Agency.

The national entrance examination for college, or gaokao, has been used to evaluate students for three decades.