CHINA-INTERNAL: PROTESTS IN JIANGSU
Reports and videos of several thousand parents outraged at sudden cuts in quotas for admission to top tier universities for students passing the the 'gaokao' (centralised school admission examinations) are circulating on WeChat. 38,000 students of Jiangsu province are affected with their chances of admission to top tier universities diminishing. Students and middle-class parents were protesting outside Jiangsu Education Dept in Nanjing on Saturday and more protests were scheduled for Sunday. The agitating middle class parents complained it seemed to be alright for bureaucrats to implement these cuts, as their children were already studying overseas.
Meanwhile, reports indicate that quotas, like Beijing’s 40% reserved for locals, were beginning to be withdrawn.
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