Teachers at Jiangsu Middle School Protest after Being Forced to Take Exams

Teachers at Jiangsu Middle School Protest after Being Forced to Take Exams
Feb 06, 2015 By eChinacities.com

A Jiangsu Middle School had some seriously disgruntled teachers, after a new rule required that all third grade teachers under the age of 40 must take exams alongside their students.

According to an insider, the teachers felt that this was insulting and protested by leaving their answer sheets in the first language exam blank, after which one teacher was suspended.

The teachers were also apparently worried that they would score lower on the exams than their own students, putting them in bad stead with their classes and pupils’ parents.

The teachers also protested against the age requirements and asked why all teachers and the principal shouldn’t take the test as well.

The school responded that the move was simply a business training technique aimed at improving the quality of teaching and they didn’t expect to cause such a big reaction.

Source: ifeng.com

Warning:The use of any news and articles published on eChinacities.com without written permission from eChinacities.com constitutes copyright infringement, and legal action can be taken.

Keywords: Teachers at Jiangsu Middle School Protest after Being Forced to Take Exams

12 Comments

All comments are subject to moderation by eChinacities.com staff. Because we wish to encourage healthy and productive dialogue we ask that all comments remain polite, free of profanity or name calling, and relevant to the original post and subsequent discussion. Comments will not be deleted because of the viewpoints they express, only if the mode of expression itself is inappropriate.

Irfan100

if theachers were so good why they are afraid of exams ?

Feb 10, 2015 09:56 Report Abuse

andre.oli

nice post

Feb 08, 2015 23:37 Report Abuse

Englteachted

Is it me, or is wattaman a wumao? "Teachers less educated than students".... "That's great a sign of great teaching" "Thailand is worse and i'm trying not to use the word retard" Comparing yourself to other countries does not excuse or fix problems.

Feb 08, 2015 08:23 Report Abuse

bill8899

Bring it! I'll take any exam on my subject, and ace it. If you don't know your subject, GTFO.

Feb 07, 2015 04:36 Report Abuse

hi2u

Your subject is English I'm assuming? Have you seen some of the English the students are learning? Much of it is Chinglish and I guarantee some of the multiple choice questions will have Chinglish answers.

Feb 07, 2015 16:18 Report Abuse

bill8899

I don't teach English, but you're right. I also have seen some of the local exams and some of the answers are simply wrong. Some CET etc. exam MCQs - multi choice questions - have no correct answer among the choices. I mean, no correct answer whether you use British or American English. It is hilarious. Actually, it's sad for the really good students. They're actually penalized.

Feb 07, 2015 20:44 Report Abuse

Guest2503130

Haha wonder when they'll introduce this at my school...

Feb 07, 2015 00:38 Report Abuse

bill8899

wattaman, yew gonna be disappointed! LMAO "The lowest score on the final should be 85%". Me: "Whaaaa?!?!?!"

Feb 07, 2015 20:51 Report Abuse

DrMonkey

@wattaman It's pretty much how it works in China too. If you come for an improvement, you will be bitterly disappointed.

Feb 09, 2015 07:31 Report Abuse

Robk

"The teachers were also apparently worried that they would score lower on the exams than their own students" As they should be... most teachers in China are far dumber than their students and they KNOW it.

Feb 06, 2015 19:01 Report Abuse

Robk

Would you be proud that your entire 12 year old class is smarter than you? But NOT because you made them smarter, because they are born in the information age and you (as a teacher) are holding them back because you are not qualified to teach the course you are given. Many teachers in China fall in to this category. That is also why a lot of Chinese-English teachers are afraid to talk to foreigners around other teachers/students as they may be exposed.

Feb 07, 2015 13:38 Report Abuse

Sergg

Not many people able to speak foreign language perfectly. And chinese are very shy.

Feb 19, 2015 11:13 Report Abuse