About 1.12 mln sit national public servant exam

 BEIJING, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- About 1.12 million candidates sat the National Public Servant Exam on Sunday, an increase of 150,000 from last year, according to a State Administration of Civil Service.

One out of 53 exam takers will be successful in gaining a government post, according to the administration.

The annual National Public Servant Exam includes an aptitude¹ test and a written policy essay, and those who pass the written exam will make it to the interview round.

The popularity of the exam has been attributed to mounting pressures in finding employment, fairness of the test, and an attractive civil servant job which is stable and respected.

This year, a record 1.5 million candidates submitted online applications for about 21,000 government jobs to be filled next year.

Enthusiasm towards the exam has triggered concerns of students' power worship, and brain drain from other economically productive social sectors².

The Ministry³ of Education on Saturday said the employment market for college graduates will be tougher next year.

The number of college graduates will reach 6.99 million in 2013, 190,000 more than that in 2012, the ministry said.

It ordered universities across the country to increase the number of teachers specialized⁴ in assisting graduates to look for jobs. There should be at least one such teacher for every 500 graduates.

The ministry also asked universities to encourage graduates to work for grass-roots communities, rural areas, small-and-medium sized enterprises, and remote places, and assist those who start their own business.

Universities are also required to ban employers from publishing discriminatory recruitment advertisements on campus and give priority to helping⁵ graduates from poor families find jobs.

Furthermore, they are advised to curtail⁶ enrolling⁷ of majors which score low employment rates for two consecutive⁸ years.

1 aptitude   

n.(学习方面的)才能，资质，天资

参考例句：

• That student has an aptitude for mathematics.那个学生有数学方面的天赋。
• As a child,he showed an aptitude for the piano.在孩提时代，他显露出对于钢琴的天赋。

2 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。

5 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

6 curtail   

vt.截短，缩短；削减

参考例句：

• The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
• The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。

7 enrolling   

v.招收( enrol的现在分词 )；吸收；入学；加入；[亦作enrol]( enroll的现在分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They lashed out at the university enrolling system. 他们猛烈抨击大学的招生制度。 来自辞典例句
• You're enrolling in a country club, Billy. 你是注册加入乡村俱乐部了，比利。 来自辞典例句

8 consecutive   

adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的

参考例句：

• It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
• The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。