Two private schools in Shanghai were punished by the municipality's education authorities for asking the parents of students who participated in interviews on Saturday to take exams.

Private schools in Shanghai held their recruitment interviews over the weekend. On Saturday morning, some parents complained online that Private Yangpu Primary School in the city's Yangpu district was asking parents to answer test questions, including logic problems.

Other parents complained that the Shanghai Qingpu World Foreign Language School in Qingpu district also asked them to answer questions that asked about the family's educational background.