CHINA published guidelines introducing education in Xi Jinping Thought at all schooling stages on Tuesday in further reforms to the education system.

The summer has seen a major reorganisation of schools, with many private schools being taken into public ownership and restrictions placed on for-profit education and private tuition. 

President Xi Jinping said the move was partly to address a “hyper-competitive” culture in which parents pay for extra tuition to give children an edge in examinations, university placements and the job market, saying: “Parents hope their children will have a happy childhood … but are afraid they will lose at the starting line in a competition over scores.”