With just weeks until China's dreaded annual university entrance exams, a secondary school in Hebei province has installed cage-like "anti-suicide" barriers to prevent stressed students jumping to their deaths.
Around 9 million students will pack Chinese exam halls in early June for the "gaokao", a gruelling nine-hour examination that makes British A-levels look like a stroll in the park.
The culmination of months of agonising and cramming, the gaokao is the sole criteria on which admissions departments judge candidates, making it a life-changing event.
Such pressures push some to breaking point: at least two students at Hebei's Hengshui No. 2 High School have reportedly taken their lives ahead of this year's exam. Full story...
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Around 9 million students will pack Chinese exam halls in early June for the "gaokao", a gruelling nine-hour examination that makes British A-levels look like a stroll in the park.
The culmination of months of agonising and cramming, the gaokao is the sole criteria on which admissions departments judge candidates, making it a life-changing event.
Such pressures push some to breaking point: at least two students at Hebei's Hengshui No. 2 High School have reportedly taken their lives ahead of this year's exam. Full story...
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