Teacher encourage her students right before they take the exam.

The 2011 National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), or "gaokao" in Chinese, kicked off in Lhasa, capital of Tibet scheduled from June 7 to 9, during which 6421 Tibetan students will fight for their dreams in the three-day examination with their peers across the country.

China's national college entrance examination is known as the most pressure packed test in the world. The exam is a make or break moment for youth across the country.

There are 6 test venues in Lhasa which have all been equipped high-tech instrument devices such as wireless monitor and metal detectors to .  prevent cheating during the exam. Traffic control was carried out in early 7:30 am near the schools, and no alarm was allowed near the venues.

Outside the Lhasa Elementary School 1, one of the 6 test sites in Lhasa, parents accompanied their children to the exam site, and gave their last-minute advice before their children enter the site. The officers at the service center of each school sent leaflets with hotline numbers to parents for them to check the scores of their children after the exam.

The National College Entrance Examination is the world's largest standardized test, taken by millions of Chinese students every year. However, a string of cheating scandals featuring the use of high-tech devices has cast a shadow over the test. Examinees who are found to be cheating or plagiarizing during the exam will be disqualified from taking the exam and will be prohibited from signing up for next year's exam as well, according to the Ministry of Education, source from Xinhua.