Zhitong Finance and Economics APP learned that on October 21, affected by the news that registration for the national examination in 2023 was about to start, the A-share education plate was pulled up. As of press release, China's high-tech (600730.SH), national new culture (600636.SH), frequently on shares (002638.SZ) rose by the limit, while shares such as 300192.SZ Education (300192.SZ), Quantong Education (300359.SZ), Meijim (002621.SZ), Chuanzhi Education (003032.SZ), Onlyle Education (600661.SH) and other stocks rose.

Registration for the 2023 national civil service examination is about to begin. Registration will begin on October 25, 2022, and a written test will be held on December 3-4. With reference to previous years' experience, it is expected that the results of the 2023 national examination will be delivered in January 2023 and will be interviewed in February-March 2023. Since 2020, various localities have been affected by the epidemic, and the examination time will be adjusted compared with that before the epidemic, especially the change in the provincial examination time. For example, in the 2022 provincial examination, more provinces have moved the written test originally scheduled for March to July.

Soochow Securities Research report pointed out: in recent years, with the increasing pressure on employment and the prominence of the cost-effective work within the system, the number of applicants for the national examination continues to reach a new high. There are 75 departments and 23 institutions directly under the National examination in 2022. Although the enrollment of civil servants has been greatly expanded in 2022, the overall enrollment has reached 31200, an increase of 21.4% over the same period last year, but due to the substantial increase in the number of applicants, the admission rate is only 1.5%. Candidates still face greater competitive pressure. The number of college graduates and the number of applicants for the postgraduate entrance examination hit new highs in 2022, which also reflects the fierce competition for employment.

According to the data of the Ministry of Education, the estimated number of graduates from colleges and universities in 2022 (2022) is expected to be 10.76 million, an increase of 1.67 million over the same period last year, with both scale and increment reaching an all-time high. The number of applicants for the postgraduate entrance examination in 2021 (level 2022) reached a new high, with an increase of 800000 over the same period last year. Applications for the postgraduate entrance examination in 2022 (level 2023) have been completed, and we expect the number of applicants to exceed 5 million. After a relatively quiet period from 2012 to 2015, the number of postgraduate entrance exams in China has continued to increase since 2017, reflecting the great pressure on employment. Students who join the army of postgraduate entrance exams will also choose to participate in other enrollment examinations such as civil servants, teachers and other institutions, which reflects that the work is becoming more and more internal.

The purpose of taking the postgraduate entrance examination is not to deepen academic attainments, but under the background of "depreciation of academic qualifications", on the one hand, students hope to avoid the peak period of employment through the postgraduate entrance examination, on the other hand, students also think that their undergraduate courses can not bring a higher starting point. I hope to enhance the background competitiveness through the postgraduate entrance examination and get more sufficient preparation time. As the volume intensifies, it is recommended to pay attention to the head brand of the public examination industry. The work within the system is more and more recognized, while the competition in the civil service examination is becoming more and more "internal" at the present stage, and the high cost of trial and error makes candidates give priority to betting on a certain brand advantage.