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The education authority of Shandong Province clarified on Thursday that it will not suspend university basketball and volleyball leagues to develop soccer Cheap Jerseys China , saying the media had misinterpreted one of its plans.


Beginning Tuesday, many media outlets cited a statement released by the Shandong Provincial Education Department saying it would suspend university basketball and volleyball leagues this year while including college soccer in on-campus tournaments.


A three-year action plan which aims to promote soccer in schools, with a focus on soccer training and organization of matches, will also be carried out.


The plan was seen as a move to support the central government's soccer reform plan, which was passed last month.


The department Cheap Jerseys , however, had deleted the statement from its official website as of Thursday, following heated debate over the decision. Many criticized the authority as being ridiculous and over-enthusiastic in support of the central government's plan.


In response, the department released a statement on Thursday stressing that media had misinterpreted the news.


"We are not going to suspend college basketball and volleyball leagues. The provincial education department and sports management bureau are still discussing whether to combine the two separate college basketball and volleyball leagues," a spokesperson at the Shandong provincial education department told the Global Times Thursday.


"Colleges will continue to have basketball and volleyball leagues and normal sports training Wholesale New Nike NBA Jerseys ," he said, adding that a guideline will be issued soon to finalize details.


"I am not worried that the soccer reform plan would affect the development of basketball, as the Chinese team is globally competitive. It will take at least 10 years to see substantial improvement in soccer," Wang Peng, a basketball trainer at Beijing Sport University told the Global Times Wholesale New NBA Jerseys , adding that the reform will guide and encourage citizens to play soccer but will not really have a serious impact on other sports.


"Revitalizing soccer is a must for building China into a sports powerhouse and also the earnest hope of the people," reads the central soccer reform plan, put together by a group chaired by President Xi Jinping.

Students sit the SAT in Hong Kong in January. Photo: CFP

Zhang Zi'ao, 17, put all of his college hopes on passing his third Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) on October 11 Wholesale Nike NBA Jerseys , but all his effort and expense was in vain, since he failed to get a good SAT score before Ohio State University's application deadline on November 1.


The American College Board (CB) and Educational Testing Service (ETS) delayed sending test results to Chinese and South Korean students who took the exam on October 11, due to allegations of widespread cheating.


The CB and ETS released a statement to the Times Magazine saying that the allegations of widespread cheating were based on "specific and reliable information."


Chinese students who took the SAT were infuriated by the delay which affected all Chinese and South Korean test-takers. The delay also resulted in the American authorities being challenged by students who questioned the reasons behind the delay.


"It's not like every Chinese student cheated in the exam, why withhold all of our scores?" Zhang said.


Anxieties and concerns


The October SAT results won't be sent to Chinese students until mid November, but the application process for many US universities ends in early November.


However a few US universities have agreed to accept late SAT results from students affected by this incident.


Without his October test results Wholesale Authentic NBA Jerseys , Zhang had to use his SAT score from June which was "far from good" to apply to college. "Now, my chances of being accepted are very slim," Zhang said.


To prepare for the test, Zhang dropped out of high school in Changchun, Jilin Province Wholesale NBA Jerseys Cheap , one year ago, and has spent about 150,000 yuan ($24,530) on the SAT training classes since then.


A teacher in charge of a SAT training center at the Shanghai New Channel International Education Group, surnamed Chen Wholesale NBA Jerseys Free Shipping , said that around 30 students in the center feared that their test results might be rendered invalid by this incident.


Beijing student Wei Jialiang had been counting on the October test to give him a good enough SAT score for his college application. He estimated his score in the October test would be 500 points higher than his June SAT score.


"[Cancelling test results] would be unfair! I studied so hard during my whole summer vacation to prepare for it before my application," Wei said.


After the administrative review necessary in such circumstances, Wei's latest score will likely be declared invalid by the CB due to the huge difference between his last two test results, according to Chen.


The majority of SAT test-takers in China pay English language training agencies to help improve their test results. Those agencies generated 15 billion yuan of revenue between 2006 and 2013, according to Chinese media reports.


Chinese mainland students have to travel to places like Hong Kong Wholesale NBA Jerseys From China , Macao and even foreign countries to take the SATs as there are no SAT test centers on the Chinese mainland. Zhang and Wei went to South Korea and Singapore respectively to sit the exam.


Li Nannan, a SAT teacher at the New Oriental Group, said that students should negotiate with the US universities and continue to demand their test results from the CB.


Teachers defend their students


In China, ways to cheating on the SATs circulated among the test-takers, but most claim that those bold enough to cheat were not the majority.


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