Following a wave of complaints from concerned parents, the Chinese education ministry shot down a proposal by the lawmakers that seeks to undermine learning English at schools in favour of promoting Chinese culture.

Chinese lawmakers’ proposal for learning local culture instead of English in schools leads to outcry

In the latest measure to help relieve parental and student pressure, China has decided to ban written exams for six and seven-year-olds. The evaluation of students was earlier based on their performance on exams taken from the very first year of primary school to university entrance exams when they turned 18.

To help relieve parental and student pressure, China bans exams for six-seven year olds

China's education ministry on Tuesday unveiled stringent draft rules for foreign teacher with strong "patriotic" fervour. According to the draft, the foreign teachers cannot take part in "words and deeds" which is harmful to the country's sovereignty.

Now, China's new draft guidelines for foreign teachers takes 'patriotic' tilt