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It was recently reported that Ningbo Polytechnic， a vocational college in east China’s Zhejiang Province， released an independent recruitment policy stating that any applicant who has a credit of five diamonds or above by owning an online store at Taobao. com， will get up to 50 extra points added onto the original score of his or her gaokao， or college entrance examination.
By doing so， the school hopes to attract more innovative and hard-working young students to add value to its e-business program in particular. The school said that extra marks mainly target students from vocational middle schools， who aim to work immediately after graduation. The score-adding practice is one of the school’s many attempts to adjust and improve its current education mode.
The move has drawn much public attention. Some doubt， while most applaud this creative attempt in reforming the traditional way of evaluating students. The following are excerpts of some opinions：
Pros
Xi Xuchu （Ningbo Evening News）： It’s not new for students with special skills to get extra marks added to their college entrance exams， though rewarding Taobao performance is new. Ningbo Polytechnic says it aims to bring up innovative talented students who are interested in starting their own businesses. For these students， innovative capabilities are more important than theoretical knowledge. Thanks to this policy， some students who may not be so good at academic work will have the opportunity to go to a higher school where they’ll be provided with a broader space for their business dreams.
Actually， a lot of prestigious universities around the world value students’ comprehensive abilities more than their academic performance. For this reason， many students go to work in factories， shops， libraries and social communities that might help them with their application.
Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice is unlikely to be copied extensively by other schools. However， it has taken a new step， no longer restricted by only one measurement of examination scoring.
Lei Zhenyue （Beijing Youth Daily）： China’s medium and long-term education reform and development planning proposes a strategic change in the current system， demanding that examinations be diversified， taking into consideration students’ personal interests and comprehensive abilities to encourage the development of innovation and social communication.
With college entrance examination scores being the only criteria to determine whether a student can go to college or not nowadays， personal interest is in many cases curbed in daily life. For example， some students are very good at a certain subject， but they are blocked out of college because of relatively poor performance in entrance exams. As a result， these students get lost in the current education system， unable to further develop their interest and special abilities. Therefore， Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice is great and bolder measures are necessary. To encourage young students’ innovative abilities and enthusiasm for exploration， it’s important to offer them more opportunities to do things such as adding extra points to their examination scores.
This new attempt in the current student recruitment policy is sparking students’ enthusiasm for innovation and even for starting their own businesses. This new policy means to tell people that success in social life will be respected by colleges. In this way， more students will start businesses online， with their personal abilities tapped and their interest fulfilled. This is also a way toward progress and success in life.
Zhang Lei （hoghu.com）： Students good at arts and sports often get extra points added to their college entrance examination scores， but this is the first time that those good with online businesses can also earn extra marks.
Traditional views in China hold that commercial activities are not proper for students， whose priority is to study and take in knowledge from books. Business and money making are meant for after graduation.
Of course， some students are taking “interest classes，” such as， mathematics and arts， but by doing so their final goal is still to get some extra exam points. If not， maybe their parents at first will stop them from doing so.
Ningbo Polytechnic is innovative， because it treats business experience equally to socalled “useful” courses like mathematics. This is a reasonable reform in the current education system. First of all， this is a tertiary vocational school， focusing on e-business. Therefore， it stresses students’ ability in business operations very much. It is trying to tap students’ potential in this regard. Second， in China’s southeast coastal provinces， students have easy access to commodities and it’s easy for them to start their own businesses. They grow up in an environment that business is attached much importance and thus are familiar with such activities. Third， it must be pointed out that to run an online store successfully is not an easy job. It requires a strong ability in marketing， planning， management and so on. To offer 50 points to a successful online shop owner shows the school’s recognition of student’s abilities in business operations.
Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice implies the kind of reform that China’s current education system needs. The country’s education reform demands that the selection of talented professionals should be diversified， so that more students can have the opportunity to go to college and have their innovative abilities and personal interests fully developed. It’s a pity that too many students are giving up opportunities for practice and business operations just because the measurement in college admissions focuses on scores alone. Under this system， students can hardly find and develop their potential skills. Diversification in talent selection is a promising practice. Not only Taobao shop owners， but more students should be provided with such opportunities， so that their talents won’t be wasted. Chinese colleges today are mostly focusing on bringing up “elites，” but the fact is， only top students become such. It’s unworthy to waste the talent of so many young students under a rigid education system， just because of the obsession with “elites.”
Cons
Xiao Yang （Chutian Metropolis Daily）： It’s from the very start a controversial topic. By adopting an independent recruitment policy， some universities want to select students of high comprehensive capability while some want to recruit those who are particularly good at some subjects. It’s hard to say whether a student’s business experience is a special capability or not. Meanwhile， to implement such a policy， Ningbo Polytechnic is suspected of encouraging young students to open shops on Taobao. com.
The goal of this school is understandably to help students with their future job-hunting， if they are equipped with good business skills before they come to this school. Although， to run an online shop can somewhat help students to develop their business skills， the priority is to equip themselves with knowledge. To run an online shop will cost them a lot of time and energy that might be spent on knowledge acquisition. Schools are not supposed to be so short-sighted. To throw students into business operations so early to some extent might damage the potential of students’ further and deeper development in future.
By doing so， the school hopes to attract more innovative and hard-working young students to add value to its e-business program in particular. The school said that extra marks mainly target students from vocational middle schools， who aim to work immediately after graduation. The score-adding practice is one of the school’s many attempts to adjust and improve its current education mode.
The move has drawn much public attention. Some doubt， while most applaud this creative attempt in reforming the traditional way of evaluating students. The following are excerpts of some opinions：
Pros
Xi Xuchu （Ningbo Evening News）： It’s not new for students with special skills to get extra marks added to their college entrance exams， though rewarding Taobao performance is new. Ningbo Polytechnic says it aims to bring up innovative talented students who are interested in starting their own businesses. For these students， innovative capabilities are more important than theoretical knowledge. Thanks to this policy， some students who may not be so good at academic work will have the opportunity to go to a higher school where they’ll be provided with a broader space for their business dreams.
Actually， a lot of prestigious universities around the world value students’ comprehensive abilities more than their academic performance. For this reason， many students go to work in factories， shops， libraries and social communities that might help them with their application.
Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice is unlikely to be copied extensively by other schools. However， it has taken a new step， no longer restricted by only one measurement of examination scoring.
Lei Zhenyue （Beijing Youth Daily）： China’s medium and long-term education reform and development planning proposes a strategic change in the current system， demanding that examinations be diversified， taking into consideration students’ personal interests and comprehensive abilities to encourage the development of innovation and social communication.
With college entrance examination scores being the only criteria to determine whether a student can go to college or not nowadays， personal interest is in many cases curbed in daily life. For example， some students are very good at a certain subject， but they are blocked out of college because of relatively poor performance in entrance exams. As a result， these students get lost in the current education system， unable to further develop their interest and special abilities. Therefore， Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice is great and bolder measures are necessary. To encourage young students’ innovative abilities and enthusiasm for exploration， it’s important to offer them more opportunities to do things such as adding extra points to their examination scores.
This new attempt in the current student recruitment policy is sparking students’ enthusiasm for innovation and even for starting their own businesses. This new policy means to tell people that success in social life will be respected by colleges. In this way， more students will start businesses online， with their personal abilities tapped and their interest fulfilled. This is also a way toward progress and success in life.
Zhang Lei （hoghu.com）： Students good at arts and sports often get extra points added to their college entrance examination scores， but this is the first time that those good with online businesses can also earn extra marks.
Traditional views in China hold that commercial activities are not proper for students， whose priority is to study and take in knowledge from books. Business and money making are meant for after graduation.
Of course， some students are taking “interest classes，” such as， mathematics and arts， but by doing so their final goal is still to get some extra exam points. If not， maybe their parents at first will stop them from doing so.
Ningbo Polytechnic is innovative， because it treats business experience equally to socalled “useful” courses like mathematics. This is a reasonable reform in the current education system. First of all， this is a tertiary vocational school， focusing on e-business. Therefore， it stresses students’ ability in business operations very much. It is trying to tap students’ potential in this regard. Second， in China’s southeast coastal provinces， students have easy access to commodities and it’s easy for them to start their own businesses. They grow up in an environment that business is attached much importance and thus are familiar with such activities. Third， it must be pointed out that to run an online store successfully is not an easy job. It requires a strong ability in marketing， planning， management and so on. To offer 50 points to a successful online shop owner shows the school’s recognition of student’s abilities in business operations.
Ningbo Polytechnic’s practice implies the kind of reform that China’s current education system needs. The country’s education reform demands that the selection of talented professionals should be diversified， so that more students can have the opportunity to go to college and have their innovative abilities and personal interests fully developed. It’s a pity that too many students are giving up opportunities for practice and business operations just because the measurement in college admissions focuses on scores alone. Under this system， students can hardly find and develop their potential skills. Diversification in talent selection is a promising practice. Not only Taobao shop owners， but more students should be provided with such opportunities， so that their talents won’t be wasted. Chinese colleges today are mostly focusing on bringing up “elites，” but the fact is， only top students become such. It’s unworthy to waste the talent of so many young students under a rigid education system， just because of the obsession with “elites.”
Cons
Xiao Yang （Chutian Metropolis Daily）： It’s from the very start a controversial topic. By adopting an independent recruitment policy， some universities want to select students of high comprehensive capability while some want to recruit those who are particularly good at some subjects. It’s hard to say whether a student’s business experience is a special capability or not. Meanwhile， to implement such a policy， Ningbo Polytechnic is suspected of encouraging young students to open shops on Taobao. com.
The goal of this school is understandably to help students with their future job-hunting， if they are equipped with good business skills before they come to this school. Although， to run an online shop can somewhat help students to develop their business skills， the priority is to equip themselves with knowledge. To run an online shop will cost them a lot of time and energy that might be spent on knowledge acquisition. Schools are not supposed to be so short-sighted. To throw students into business operations so early to some extent might damage the potential of students’ further and deeper development in future.