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Teen burns down house over test grades

Teen burns down house over test grades

TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese boy burned down his home, killing his stepmother and two younger siblings, for fear his parents would find out he had lied about his score on an English test.

The 16-year-old, whose name has not been released, is thought to have set fire to the house in Nara, western Japan, and left his stepmother to die along with his 7-year-old brother and 5-year-old sister, domestic media reports said on Saturday.

The boy’s parents had been due to attend a meeting with teachers about his exam results that same day, reports said. The teenager told police his father, a doctor, had put him under extreme pressure over his academic performance, Kyodo news agency said.

Mark my words this will be Britain in less than a decade from now.

The pressure to succeed in school and pass tests is ever increasing now that league tables of test results is the be all and end all of the British education system.

By Matt Wharton

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