Poor marks for proposal

What is the solution to relieving primary and middle school students of their heavy schoolwork burden? Making them study not just for higher exam scores but also building their problem-solving abilities are the keys.

But a plan revealed by the Ministry of Education over the weekend that more than 10,000 headmasters of primary and middle schools will be sent to developed countries in three years to receive training seems to miss the point.

A senior ministry official said the headmasters would be trained on how to make students enjoy their studies on campus. But that seems like it's been the fault of the headmasters that has created the heavy schoolwork burden on students, not the problematic education system.