A Chinese high school student studies late at night for the annual college entrance examinations, in Handan, Hebei province, in May 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE
Opinion
Opinion
Teaching tutoring centres a lesson won’t get to the root of Chinese students’ stress
- While President Xi Jinping is right to focus on the problems in the education sector, cram schools are only the tip of the iceberg
- Reform of the gaokao system is key to ending the unhealthy over-reliance on after-school tutoring
A Chinese high school student studies late at night for the annual college entrance examinations, in Handan, Hebei province, in May 2018. Photo: EPA-EFE
