MACAO, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of 1,192 high school graduates in China's Macao Special Administrative Region sat the exam for mainland universities on Saturday amid strict epidemic control measures, according to Macao's Higher Education Bureau.

With recommendations from their schools, the students have applied for 98 mainland universities, with Guangdong, Beijing, Shanghai, Hubei and Jiangsu ranking the top five destinations in terms of the number of applicants, the bureau said.

The students were asked to wear face masks and have their body temperatures checked before entering the exam site at the Kao Yip Middle School. They were also divided into three batches to take the exam at different hours to avoid crowding.

A group of over 100 examiners from the mainland oversaw the exam, which included both written tests and interviews.

A teacher surnamed Chui from Macao's Pui Va Middle School told Xinhua that there are more students applying for mainland universities this year as the COVID-19 epidemic affects the prospect of studying abroad.

Mainland universities have high education quality, which makes them very attractive to Macao students, said another teacher from the Escola Tong Sin Tong Middle School in Macao.

For the students, studying in the mainland can also bring them more opportunities to the mainland's vast job market. "I want to take the chance to prepare myself for the future," said a student surnamed Ng.

The results of the exam will be published on Sunday. Students who fail to be recruited will have a second chance to apply for mainland universities that still have vacancies for recommended students. Enditem

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