Lack of exercise is the problem, not fitness tests

A STUDENT at Wuhan University in Central China's Hubei province died while doing a physical fitness test on Nov 19. This is not the first time a student has died while taking such a test. Beijing Youth Daily commented on Tuesday:

Physical fitness tests have become high-risk actions for students. As a result, Tianjin University recently asked students to sign a waiver of liability before taking the physical fitness test.

However, this is a questionable practice because in August 2014, the Ministry of Education issued the revised national student physical health standard, which clearly stipulates that students must take a physical fitness test lasting 50 minutes at the beginning of each new semester or they will not be given a graduation certificate.