No room to cheat when sun shines
By Li Qian |
April 3, 2013, Wednesday
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A RURAL school where pupils had to take their exams outside so they couldn't cheat is being merged with another because of a series of problems, education officials said.
Wei Wei, a teacher at Chenxi Primary School in east China's Anhui Province, posted a picture online showing the pupils lying on the ground writing on their test papers.
She said hundreds of the students, from grades one to six, had to stay outside for about three hours once a month to take their exams because there were two pupils to a desk inside and that made cheating more likely, according to yesterday's Jianghuai Morning Post.
Her picture was taken on March 28 when the weather was particularly hot.
Students had become accustomed to it, Wei said, and their parents hadn't objected.
Zhang Xiangkun, a senior official at the school, said it was only on sunny days that pupils took their exams outside and teachers were with them at all times.
An official surnamed Li with the Guoyang County Education Bureau said the privately run school was facing punishments and would be merged with another school for a series of problems. No details of the other issues were given.
Online there were several comments criticizing the school. One said: "The headmaster has problems with his mind. Let him and his teachers lie on the ground as well to mark students' papers."
An increase in rural education problems has been the unexpected byproduct of China's urbanization.
The number of rural pupils is at a 10-year low, according to a 21st Century Education Research Institute report.
Ten years ago, education authorities advocated the merger of facilities in light of the shrinking population. The policy was meant to improve conditions for pupils and save educational resources.
However, pupils' journeys to school became longer and more expensive, especially in remote mountainous areas.
As a result of closures, privately run but unqualified schools have sprung up.
Wei Wei, a teacher at Chenxi Primary School in east China's Anhui Province, posted a picture online showing the pupils lying on the ground writing on their test papers.
She said hundreds of the students, from grades one to six, had to stay outside for about three hours once a month to take their exams because there were two pupils to a desk inside and that made cheating more likely, according to yesterday's Jianghuai Morning Post.
Her picture was taken on March 28 when the weather was particularly hot.
Students had become accustomed to it, Wei said, and their parents hadn't objected.
Zhang Xiangkun, a senior official at the school, said it was only on sunny days that pupils took their exams outside and teachers were with them at all times.
An official surnamed Li with the Guoyang County Education Bureau said the privately run school was facing punishments and would be merged with another school for a series of problems. No details of the other issues were given.
Online there were several comments criticizing the school. One said: "The headmaster has problems with his mind. Let him and his teachers lie on the ground as well to mark students' papers."
An increase in rural education problems has been the unexpected byproduct of China's urbanization.
The number of rural pupils is at a 10-year low, according to a 21st Century Education Research Institute report.
Ten years ago, education authorities advocated the merger of facilities in light of the shrinking population. The policy was meant to improve conditions for pupils and save educational resources.
However, pupils' journeys to school became longer and more expensive, especially in remote mountainous areas.
As a result of closures, privately run but unqualified schools have sprung up.
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