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Intravenous drips, hormone injections, nannies and 'high-flyer' rooms: drastic measures as China students sit college exams June 7, 2012 - 4:24PM
 Under scrutiny ... an invigilator checks on an examinee outside the classroom at a high school during the National College Entrance Exam in Suining, Sichuan province. Photo: Reuters
More than nine million students sit China's notoriously tough college entrance exams today, with "high-flyer" rooms, nannies and even intravenous drips among the tools being employed for success.
With just 6.85 million university spots on offer this year, competition for the top institutions is intense, and attempts to cheat are rife - more than 1500 people have been arrested on suspicion of selling transmitters and hard-to-detect ear pieces.
Parents and students this year are also resorting to some outlandish but legal methods to ensure nothing goes wrong in the make-or-break two-day exam.
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 Students have evening self-study class in a teaching building in Hefei, Anhui Province. Photo: Reuters
Students have reportedly been given pre-exam injections and intravenous drips designed to boost energy levels, while girls have resorted to hormone injections and birth control pills to delay menstruation.
"There are situations where girls take pills to delay their periods until after the exams," a gynaecologist at Beijing's Chaoyang Hospital, who declined to give his name, said.
Some of the more affluent parents have rented houses close to the 7300 exam venues across the country, while so-called "high-flyer rooms" are being offered in the port city of Tianjin, according to the state-run China Daily newspaper.
 A student takes a nap on a desk during his lunch break in a classroom in Hefei, Anhui Province. Photo: Reuters
The special hotel rooms - which cost up to 800 yuan ($125) more than an ordinary room - are billed as having previously been rented out to someone who scored high points in the exams.
Rooms with lucky numbers such as six - which symbolises success in Chinese culture, or eight - which represents wealth - are also favourites.
"Every year the house rental market heats up ahead of gaokao [the Chinese name for the exam]," Jin Guangze, a teacher from the Beijing Experimental High School told the China Daily.
 Parents wait outside an exam station at a school as their children take an annual college entrance examinations in Beijing, China. Photo: AP
The exam has also given rise to a new and lucrative industry - the gaokao baomu - or "exam nannies" - who are tasked to look after students during the exam period.
"The nannies are well-qualified with at least a college-level degree," said Jennifer Liu, marketing manager at Coleclub - an agency that provides household help and has offered the service since 2009.
"They are there to help the students - cook meals, wash clothes, tutor the students and offer support for their mental well-being," she said.
 Praying for success ... a family holds burning incense as they pray for the daughter's success in the upcoming National College Entrance Exam at a Taoist temple in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Photo: Reuters
Liu declined to disclose how much it cost to hire a nanny, but media reports say the service costs an average 4000 yuan over a 10-day period.
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发表于 2012-6-7 14:46
