Chinese School Triggers Outcry for Categorizing Students According to Family Background

Chinese School Triggers Outcry for Categorizing Students According to Family Background
Chinese schoolchildren attending class at a primary School in Pingjiang County in China's Hunan Province, on Oct. 8, 2015. Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images
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Chinese media outlets and bloggers have criticized a primary school in northern China for categorizing students based on their family background.

The concern follows a survey form dated Oct. 27, 2021, given to students from the No. 1 Primary School of Yuanping City of Shanxi Province. According to the form, the survey was asking the school’s class two, grade three a series of controversial questions.