小学一二年级取消纸笔考试20210903

Beijing on Monday cancelled written exams for six- and seven-year-olds, as part of wide-ranging education reforms aimed at relieving pressure on pupils and parents in China's hyper-competitive school system.
China's exam-oriented system previously required students to take exams from first grade onwards, culminating in the feared university entrance exam at age 18 known as the gaokao, where a single score can determine a child's life trajectory.

"Too frequent exams...which cause students to be overburdened and under huge exam pressure," have been axed by the Ministry of Education, according to new guidelines released Monday.