1.   Teenage depression, alcohol abuse, and even suicide are all attributed to the pressures of the exam system.

2.   The exam system is patterned after the one used in Japan.

3.   Immigration specialists say this has much to do with the historical role in Asian countries of the national exam system, a gatekeeper for professional success.

4.   Several School Committee members have said they would like to change the exam school admissions system in time for students to be admitted under the new rules next year.

5.   Canada became the first country to have an accreditation process, having initiated the exam system eight years ago.

6.   High school students and their teachers fiercely oppose the school reforms, which will introduce a stricter exam system but also create more places at university.

7.   High school students and their teachers fiercely oppose the school reforms, which introduce a stricter exam system but also create more places at universities.

8.   Last week, hundreds of students unhappy with the exam system had staged several small demonstrations that were quickly quashed by police.

9.   Students are opposing a stricter school exam system that also creates more places at universities.

10.   Students, and their teachers, angrily oppose government education reforms which took effect this year and are aimed at creating a more rigorous exam system.