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Chinese teachers publicly shamed for low student scores, sparking outrage

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Teachers in Leibo County, Sichuan, China, were publicly shamed on stage during a meeting for their students' low test scores. Photos of the event, which included large characters meaning "humiliation" displayed behind the teachers, went viral on social media, drawing over 100 million views and sparking widespread public outrage. The Leibo County Education Bureau has since issued an apology for the incident. AI

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Chinese teachers publicly shamed for low student scores, sparking outrage

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    Chinese teachers publicly shamed on stage for students’ low test scores, sparking outrage

    An impoverished county in southwestern China issued an apology for arranging its primary and junior secondary school teachers on stage to pose for photos alongside prominent characters depicting humiliation due to their students’ low test scores. The images, which went viral on s…

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