Chinese Students Burdened by Psychological Pressures: SurveyA latest survey on 1,444 school students in Tianjin municipality revealed that Chinese students face severe psychological pressure from parents, school and society.The survey sponsored by the Tianjin Municipal Youth Working Committee sampled students aged between six and fourteen, their parents, teachers and principals in ten schools. Too much homework has been a long-standing problem plaguing Chinese school students. Chinese education departments have adopted various policies calling on teachers to reduce homework for students. However many students do not feel any less unburdened because of high expectations from parents and the pressure of sitting for college entrance examination held once a year. Some students have lost the confidence in their studies because of these pressure. Parents also pay much attention to the grades of their children, caring little about their psychological problems and other interests. Recent reports revealed growing numbers of stressed and overworked students. Ninety-nine percent of parents said that they hoped that their children could enter a university after graduating from high schools. According to a survey of 20,000 high school students in Beijing between 1997 and 1999, conducted by the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, around 32 percent of high school students encountered psychological difficulties of one kind or the other. |
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