Education must evolve with the rest of world

It was recently reported that Yunnan provincial educational department will abolish its middle school examination. In other words, junior middle school students in Yunnan will no longer be solely assessed on the basis of the nationwide entrance examination prior to entering senior colleges. However, there will be other evaluation criteria taken into consideration.

These junior middle school students will be evaluated in the areas of personal ethics, learning attitude and ability, communication skills and teamwork, physical fitness, appreciation of aesthetic and character development.

Despite being an educator by profession and having taught in Vietnam, Singapore and China for the past couple of years, I do not think I am in the position to argue the merits of the "revolutionary" idea espoused by the Yunnan provincial educational department.