{"id":3031,"date":"2013-05-03T08:24:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T08:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/two-teens-commit-suicide-over-unfinished-homework\/"},"modified":"2013-05-03T08:24:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T08:24:52","slug":"two-teens-commit-suicide-over-unfinished-homework","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/two-teens-commit-suicide-over-unfinished-homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Teens Commit Suicide Over Unfinished Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In an extreme case highlighting the immense pressure schoolchildren can face, two teens in eastern China committed suicide after failing to complete homework assignments.<\/p>\n

In a highly competitive education system that emphasises rote learning and passing exams, Chinese students spend on average 8.6 hours a day in class and can expect several more hours of assignments afterwards.<\/p>\n

State-owned media confirmed today that a 15-year-old boy in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province, who failed to finish homework from a three-day public holiday jumped to his death around 11:00 am on Thursday, the China Daily said.<\/p>\n

A 13-year-old boy in the same town got up at 4:00 am Thursday to complete holiday assignments but was found hanged on a staircase at his home two hours later, it reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a suicide note, the boy said he loved his parents, felt sorry for them and hoped they could bring lilies, his favourite flower, to his grave,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n

China has made impressive progress in rolling out universal education across the country, and according to the United Nations has a youth literacy rate of 99 percent. But many parents complain about the emphasis on rote memorisation and tests and the rigid teaching style.<\/p>\n

Some students spend as much as 12 hours in the classroom each day, a 2007 survey by China’s Youth and Children Research Centre reported. They can typically expect several hours of homework on top of that.<\/p>\n

Xiong Bingqi, deputy director of the Beijing-based 21st Century Education Research Institute, told the China Daily that: \u201cTest scores are still an important evaluation, or the only evaluation, for a student to get admitted to college. Therefore it’s natural for teachers to leave heavy homework assignments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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