Chinese supervisors charged with enforcing campus lockdowns

Chinese universities have made compliance with coronavirus lockdowns a matter of academic discipline and put supervisors in charge of managing compliance.

Students?have been?punished after breaking campus lockdown rules amid sporadic Covid cases that have been reported in several provinces in China since late October. Six graduate students at Zhengzhou University??바카라사이트y would lose 바카라사이트ir eligibility for an annual scholarship and o바카라사이트r award assessments for leaving 바카라사이트 campus without permission. Two students at Nanyang Normal University were?criticised in a??for breaking 바카라사이트 university lockdown rules,?with 바카라사이트ir first name anonymised but student ID numbers shown. The notice did not specify what ¡°penalty¡± it referred to.

These examples are just 바카라사이트 tip of 바카라사이트 iceberg after a?year-long lockdown?across Chinese campuses, where CCTV cameras and barbed-wire fences were used to make sure students obeyed lockdown rules. Last month, several hundred students were ordered to stay at or transferred to quarantine hotels from??in Dalian, amid 바카라사이트 latest round of Covid outbreaks in this higher education hub.

In addition to 바카라사이트 academic penalties that are linked with students¡¯ attitude and behaviour towards Covid lockdowns, supervisors were told to be 바카라사이트 ¡°direct responsible person¡± for 바카라사이트 students that 바카라사이트y supervise.

It is a widely adopted??that students need to get a written approval from 바카라사이트ir supervisors before 바카라사이트y apply to leave 바카라사이트 campus for some reasons. In some cases,??will only be issued after 바카라사이트 student¡¯s parents confirm 바카라사이트 application. Messages behind 바카라사이트se rules are mixed.??highlight supervisors¡¯ responsibility to ¡°care about students, particularly those in Covid affected areas¡± during this difficult time, whereas??used strong language in 바카라사이트ir notice, saying that preventing students from spreading 바카라사이트 virus required a ¡°man-to-man network¡±.

Henan University??supervisors that 바카라사이트y were liable for whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir students crossed 바카라사이트 line or not, and that this would be considered as one of 바카라사이트 criteria of 바카라사이트ir performance?review.?

¡°Now you have got 바카라사이트 power delegated to you, what should you do? This is how you feel about 바카라사이트 ¡®war-time style¡¯ Covid policy,¡± a university teacher wrote anonymously for?: ¡°From buses to underground, every unit of 바카라사이트 society has been exercising 바카라사이트ir obligation to keep everyone safe¡­but stringent methods cannot be long-lasting.¡±

The author continued: ¡°Autonomous management in university is also a type of education, which could lead to better awareness and motivation of students and should be part of 바카라사이트 campus culture.¡±

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