The breaking point for Hong Kong student Sarah* came in November 2023. The daily stream of tests and quizzes for her Form One classes became too much for the then 13-year-old, and she simply stopped going to school.
“It just never ends. I had to study 16 subjects, and almost all had quizzes, even for music and religious classes,” she said. “It was so exhausting. Whenever I failed, I had to do a re-quiz on top of the scheduled quizzes on that day. There was no chance to finish all the revisions.”
