The Fifth Floor: Exam nightmares
How to prepare for the infamous Gaokao exam in China and why millions of young people in India feel their future is at risk.
Why are exams so stressful? Chinese journalists Wanqing Zhang and Eric Junzhe share personal memories about the infamous Gaokao exam in China, which this year reached a record of 13.42 million applicants; and India correspondent Soutik Biswas reports on the exam scandals threatening the future of millions of young people in India. Plus: why do we have recurring nightmares about exams? Caroline Steel from CrowdScience has the answer. If you also have questions about exams, email them to crowdscience@bbc.co.uk.
Produced by Caroline Ferguson, Alice Gioia and Hannah Dean.
(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)
More episodes
Featured
.
Podcast
![]()
The Documentary Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories – and make sense of the world
Related Content
