China bans teachers from pushing young children to learn ahead of curriculum

China’s education ministry has renewed its push to reduce the academic burden on the country’s schoolchildren as they return to class after the coronavirus lockdown.Primary and middle schools have been issued with a detailed list of what not to teach, in the latest effort to stop the widespread practice of getting young children ahead of the curriculum in the hope of giving them a head start in the all-important National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao.Education in China is…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3083935/china-bans-teachers-pushing-young-children-learn-ahead