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China bans palm-reading assessment in schools
Wednesday February 01, 2012 05:47:30 PM,
IANS
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Beijing: Authorities in
a China city have prohibited schools and kindergartens from
carrying out palm-reading tests, conducted to ascertain children's
intelligence and professional aptitude.
"We have issued a circular to criticise the three kindergartens
that offered palm-reading tests for 1,200 yuan ($190) per person,"
Xinhua quoted Ma Zhaoxing, education bureau chief in Taiyuan,
capital of Shanxi province as saying.
The education bureau, meanwhile, has set up an investigation team
to find out if the kindergarten management had been ripped off by
the company that provided the palm-reading service, Shanxi Daomeng
Culture Communication Co., Ltd., said Ma.
He said all the three kindergartens were privately-run.
Earlier in January, some parents in Taiyuan had complained that
they had been asked for the test to enable them find out their
children's aptitudes in music, mathematics or languages, so as to
cultivate these talents accordingly at an earlier age.
Though some parents eagerly took their children to the test, many
others complained of the high costs and doubted if it was
scientific or superstitious.
Mei Mingzhi, a company executive with Shanxi Daomeng, said the
test could help determine a child's innate intelligence and
potential and was applicable to all children aged over three
months.
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