Teachers asked to avoid banquets

Many teachers in Beijing this year will not attend banquets held by high school graduates. The Beijing National Day School recently posted an open letter on its website to graduating students saying that it asked teachers not to attend such banquets, Beijing Youth Daily reported on Monday.

Other schools in the capital also said that they do not encourage teachers attending the "thank you banquet". Banquet at which students thank their teachers have become common after high school students finished gaokao, or the national college entrance exams.