This was a hard-fought battle that saw a large number of students leave and touched the hearts of many parents!
The policy, however, was very popular among the people.
Soon, the school bus was filled with all the students set to endure a rural experience, leaving the academically gifted students to continue their examination preparations.
This arrangement also allowed the teachers to ramp up their tutoring for these already high-achieving students.
So such a policy was indeed a profound reform, and a good one at that.
Gu Qibao and his cohort were the first batch to trial this program.
The journey to the countryside was very long, and it was said that the bus ride alone would take two to three days.
The Ministry of Education was resolute; the location they chose was frighteningly remote and, reportedly, there were only seven or eight households in the entire village.
And the houses were widely scattered.
