Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children

STORY: Urumqi in China's Xinjiang reforms final exams for small school children SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of pupils participating in final exams 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XUE YANGZIMENG, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MENG FANJIANUO, Second-grader of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG JUN, Vice Principal of the Experimental School of Xinjiang Teacher's College STORYLINE: Local education authorities in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have rolled out new measures to reform final exams for small school children. According to the new measures, test paper results will no longer be the only standard for measuring students' learning capacity for first and second-graders at elementary schools. They encourage these pupils to participate in different fun learning ac