Students with the spirit to succeed

Yet, a growing number of visually impaired students are seeking a professional education in the music field.

Some of them are likely to face obstacles in joining the provincial unified examination for music majors, which usually falls in winter.

A good performance in this exam enables students to either take part in the admission exams of mainstream music conservatories or directly apply for music majors at nonspecialist universities in spring.

They then need to pass the acceptance score for general academic subjects in the gaokao in June before they can be formally admitted to such a school.

So far, according to official websites of several mainstream music conservatories and the four provincial administrations' education departments, Beijing and Tianjin municipalities and Shandong and Shaanxi provinces have not yet organized unified examinations for music majors, but Tianjin and Shandong have released documents claiming that they will be available from 2022.

Although visually impaired music students are still a small group, guaranteeing equal opportunities to participate in the college enrollment procedure is still an issue waiting to be resolved.