He points out that our national education system doesn't provide for students to repeat courses, much less whole years, and lacks any assessment mechanism. Many children in their last years of elementary school still can't do arithmetic or read a single Chinese character, but are nonetheless promoted into middle school.
他說，我們的國民教育既沒有重修也不能留級，缺乏考核機制，不少孩子到小學高年級還不會加減，一個中文字都不認得，竟然也能混進國中。