The Impact of Exam-Oriented Education on Chinas Students Development and Economic Development

The unique education system in China the Exam-Oriented Education is an examination system handed down from the past. As the main means of cultivating talents, education plays a crucial role in a nations development. The paper aims to analyze the positive and negative impacts of exam-oriented education to both students and economic development in China. In the article, qualitive analysis is mainly adopted to study the impacts of the system. Based on the analysis, the paper draws conclusion from different perspectives. Positively, students are benefited from the system by building solid academic foundation and cultivating persistence, meticulousness and information processing ability. Peoples strong ability in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) result in a rapid development in nations science and technology, which contributes to economic growth. On the contrary, the strict system somehow restrains students diversity, creativity, and critical thinking ability, which further influence the nations innovative ability. To solve the problem, potential policies such as changing evaluation system or improving vocational education are proposed as recommendations.