Context is everything: "By late afternoon, the invigilators were trapped in a set of school offices, as groups of students pelted the windows with rocks. Outside, an angry mob of more than 2,000 people had gathered to vent its rage, smashing cars and chanting: "We want fairness. There is no fairness if you do not let us cheat." According to the protesters, cheating is endemic in China, so being forced to sit the exams without help put their children at a disadvantage. Teachers trapped in the school took to the internet to call for help. "We are trapped in the exam hall," wrote Kang Yanhong, one of the invigilators, on a Chinese messaging service. "Students are smashing things and trying to break in," she said.... Another of the external invigilators, named Li Yong, wa police eventually cordoned off the school and the local government conceded that "exam supervision had been too strict and some students did not take it well".
Posted on: Sat, 22 Jun 2013 19:47:50 +0000
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