Beijing: Late nights spent preparing for an exam the next day, several cups of coffee to stay awake and even after all that some of us still manage to get bad grades. Well, not anymore. At least not in China.
A high school in eastern China has come up with a novel scheme to encourage students to study harder by allowing students to loan marks from a “grade bank” to avoid failing exams, the South China Morning Post reported.
The students must repay their borrowed grades with even higher scores on a future exam. Students can also do extra work in the form of lab experiments or presentations to repay the bank, said Guardian.
China has just a few major exams and entry into Chinese colleges is entirely determined by one test in the final year of school. A high or low marks in the higher examination or the gaokao could determine a student's life opportunities and earning potential.
The “grade bank” at Nanjing No.1 High School is currently in the pilot phase. About a quarter of the students in the pilot programme have borrowed from the bank.
Borrowing marks will incur interest, and students can repay their debt in installments.
