What is the reason for Beijing to cancel all recent overseas tests such as TOEFL and IELTS?

Beijing cancelled all the recent overseas exams such as TOEFL and IELTS because of the epidemic.

ETS officially announced that 654381October 27th to1October 30th, Beijing TOEFL test 165438 was completely cancelled. After ETS issued an urgent reminder, the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education also officially issued a notice to cancel all overseas examinations.

Due to the frequent outbreaks in many cities in China, there were new cases in Beijing, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and other places, which also led to the cancellation or postponement of the original study abroad examination plan. At the same time, stricter epidemic prevention and control measures may be taken in the follow-up inspection.

At present, the prevention and control of epidemic situation in the capital is facing severe challenges. In order to prevent the risk of mobile and aggregated epidemic situation and ensure the epidemic prevention safety in the capital, according to the relevant requirements of the coordination mechanism of joint defense and control in the capital, it is decided through research that the overseas examinations held in Beijing from 20021to 10 (inclusive) are adjusted as follows:

1. Cancel all TOEFL ibts from 65438+1October 30th (inclusive) to165438+1October 30th, and close the registration of the corresponding sessions; 2. Cancel all GRE exams from 65438+1October 30th (inclusive) to165438+1October 30th, and close the corresponding registration; 3. Cancel all kinds of IELTS tests from 65438+/kloc-0 to165438+130, inclusive, and close the registration for the corresponding sessions; 4. Cancel all GMAT exams from 65438+/KLOC-0 to/KLOC-0+1October 30 (inclusive) and close the corresponding registration; 5. Cancel the Telford test of 202116; 6. Cancel the French Delve -DALF test of 202 1,1; 7. Cancel the advanced BEC exam on165438+1October 20th, the junior BEC exam on165438+1October 27th and the intermediate BEC exam on February 4th; 8. Cancel the Japanese proficiency test 202 1 65438 on February 5th. ETS also said that the examination fee will be fully refunded to the candidates who signed up for the above-mentioned examination items. In addition, the examination arrangements in Beijing will be adjusted in a timely manner according to the changes in the epidemic situation. Please pay attention to the follow-up notice about the exam in time.

For those exams that are not under the jurisdiction of the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education, such as SSAT and ACT exams, from the current situation, there is a high probability that they may be cancelled. Because the policy of Beijing Epidemic Prevention Team is "who is in charge, who is responsible", it will not take risks, and to a great extent, it will bear the responsibility of some exams.

However, for the offline TOEFL test that is often cancelled, ETS also gives the corresponding solution, which is to provide an online way to take the TOEFL test at home. For the details of the TOEFL test for the home version, please refer to the previous article for "Important Notice! ETS officially announced the start of Chinese mainland family TOEFL test! 》。

More than a year after its launch, the home version of TOEFL ushered in four major changes in content update. One of the most important things is to make it clear that China candidates' TOEFL scores will be recognized by ETS officials and American universities. In other words, candidates in Chinese mainland no longer need to take the TOEFL test by other means, but can normally complete the corresponding test by registering with HKEA in China.

Under the special circumstances of the epidemic, the cancellation or postponement of study abroad exams for different projects has become the norm. When preparing for studying abroad, everyone needs to make corresponding plans and take corresponding measures. When encountering difficulties, they should seek help from their instructors in time to avoid unnecessary mistakes.

Finally, the cancellation of the exam does not mean that the follow-up application will be stagnant. At present, most schools have adopted the policy of optional examination, and everyone can try their best to complete the corresponding examination. If you can't complete it, you can enrich your resume by improving other soft powers and face the application in the best state.