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China's elite education makes children suffer somewhat
(Shanghai Star)
Updated: 2005-08-01 17:00 Zhang Xiuxiu, a 13-year-old girl from Northwest
China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous District, committed suicide on July 10, after
being turned down by the local school of her choice.
 Zhang's father returned home to find his daughter lying dead on the
sofa. She had drunk a bottle of pesticide.
Zhang failed to achieve good results in her middle school admission exams,
meaning she was unable to attend any of the local “key schools” unless she was
able to pay fees totalling 100,000 yuan.
Key schools are those with the best reputation, teaching staff and
facilities, which send their students to the top universities in the country.
“Dad and mom, I regret my failure to achieve good marks in the exam and
cannot attend a key school without paying them too much money. I know you cannot
afford such sums. The last choice left for me is to end my life and save the
money for you,” wrote Zhang in the letter left for her parents before consuming
the poisonous liquid.
“Zhang was a victim of the current education system, which forces students
and their parents to struggle for entrance to key schools, said one teacher (who
declined to be named) from Zhang’s primary school.
“The parents and their children are engaged in fierce competition for places
at key schools,” she added.
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