Exam one of the few channels for social mobility

Posters that appeared in a high school in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region emphasizing the importance of passing the national college entrance exam, with statements such as "enter a good university even if the effort fills your whole body with wounds", have aroused much discussion. Comments:

It is easy to blame those who made the posters, but difficult to change the sad reality that the national college entrance exam remains one of the few chances for grassroots children to change their destiny. There are too few channels for people at the bottom of society to climb up the social ladder. In order that posters of this kind disappear, it is necessary to make society fairer and grant ordinary people more opportunities.

People's Daily, May 27