Drawn together in practice

PHOTO: REUTERS

More than 10,000 Chinese students took part in a mock fine arts exam at six venues in Hebei province on Sunday. The biggest venue was a stadium (above) at a university, which hosted more than 2,000 students. The mock exam was designed to let students experience the atmosphere of a real test and evaluate their performance ahead of the provincial exam on Dec 10.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 01, 2016, with the headline Drawn together in practice. Subscribe