The Chinese primary school where nearly a sixth of the parents hold PhDs
- Of the 1,200 pupils at school in Suzhou’s hi-tech innovation district, 194 have highly educated mums and dads
- Fathers who are academics and scientists regularly give talks to the students on topics including nanomaterials, computer viruses and network security
A primary school in eastern China is generating interest online because of the high number of its pupils’ parents – 194 mums and dads – with PhDs.
The highly educated parents of children at Hanlin Primary School in Suzhou, Jiangsu were first featured on the local government’s official WeChat page, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Monday.
Suzhou government said on the social network that 133 fathers and 61 mothers held PhDs – or nearly a sixth of the parents of the school’s 1,200 pupils.
The state-run school is situated in the city’s hi-tech innovation district, where many professionals with strong academic qualifications have taken up work and residence, a teacher surnamed Li told the newspaper. The district has 29 universities and 12 state-level research institutes alone.
Li said the parents’ academic qualifications had no bearing on the school’s admissions policy and that it did not target students with well-educated parents.