Chongqing school introduces military ranking system  

重庆一学校鼓励学生不用大红花 改为“军衔晋升制”

拿破仑有句名言，叫“不想当将军的士兵，不是好士兵”。在位于江北区的重庆市教科院华渝实验学校，也有类似的一句口号———“不想当将军的学生，不是好学生”。这句话印在一张巨大的“个人军衔晋升栏”上，晋升栏则贴在每间教室的侧墙上。 [查看全文]

(ECNS)-- A middle school in Chongqing has introduced China's military ranking system to motivate students to behave better, Chongqing Evening News said on Wednesday.

At Huayu Experimental School in Chongqing's Jiangbei district, students are all holders of "virtual military ranks" based on the school's system of hierarchical relationships similar to the current Chinese army.

According to the system, every student is a "private" -- soldier of the lowest military rank -- at the beginning of a semester. Students will start out with a base score of 30, but that will fluctuate during the semester based on their performance. Their military ranks are set based on the scores.

Students can earn points by answering questions in class, helping classmates, joining school activities, or doing good deeds.

On the other hand, disciplinary infractions such as eating in class, littering, cheating, and bullying will lower their rank.

With "general officer" being set as the 18th and the highest level in the system, students have the whole semester to work for the title.

There has been only one female student who rose up the ranks to a "general" since the system was introduced in September 2012, according to a teacher.

"The 18 ranks can be seen as 18 steps that show a direction for students who want to better themselves," said Wang Weihong, an official from the city's municipal academy of educational science.

The whole process of keeping score and fighting for a higher rank is more of a game than a course of study, Wang added.