The clip shows the scene in a crowded classroom as pupils settle down for a lesson. They all appear to be preparing their materials, save for one student who sits motionless in the bottom right.
Just as the youngsters appear ready to start their lesson, that boy suddenly stands up at his desk and runs to the nearest side of the room.
Although that part of the room is out of shot, it is understood that he leapt from a window - a conclusion that seems backed up by the distraught response of fellow pupils.
Some run to the window to peer out, others run from the room, while one simply paces while clutching her head in her hands.
One student comes to the front of the class where he points at the teacher and shouts something at her.
A description of the video says: 'High school student Xiao Zhen leaps to his death from a a window in the middle of class. It is believed this happened due to pressure of preparing for college entrance exams.'
While the video's authenticity cannot be confirmed, it fits with a disturbing trend among Chinese youngsters for whom suicide has become the number one cause of death.
In most countries in the West, accidents are the biggest cause of death for young people.
The unusually high suicide rate among Chinese youth has been blamed on intense pressure to succeed in school, where the education system places great emphasis on grades and status at the expense of healthy social lives.
Last November the parents of a ten-year-old boy blamed a school teacher for their son's death, claiming that she had 'told him' to jump from a building after he failed to complete a punishment assignment.
Jun Jun smashed into a parked car beneath the flat where his family live in the Jinjiang district of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
China’s suicide rate has soared 60 percent in the past 50 years. According to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention an average of 287,000 Chinese citizens kill themselves every year.
Just as the youngsters appear ready to start their lesson, that boy suddenly stands up at his desk and runs to the nearest side of the room.
Although that part of the room is out of shot, it is understood that he leapt from a window - a conclusion that seems backed up by the distraught response of fellow pupils.
Some run to the window to peer out, others run from the room, while one simply paces while clutching her head in her hands.
One student comes to the front of the class where he points at the teacher and shouts something at her.
A description of the video says: 'High school student Xiao Zhen leaps to his death from a a window in the middle of class. It is believed this happened due to pressure of preparing for college entrance exams.'
While the video's authenticity cannot be confirmed, it fits with a disturbing trend among Chinese youngsters for whom suicide has become the number one cause of death.
In most countries in the West, accidents are the biggest cause of death for young people.
The unusually high suicide rate among Chinese youth has been blamed on intense pressure to succeed in school, where the education system places great emphasis on grades and status at the expense of healthy social lives.
Last November the parents of a ten-year-old boy blamed a school teacher for their son's death, claiming that she had 'told him' to jump from a building after he failed to complete a punishment assignment.
Jun Jun smashed into a parked car beneath the flat where his family live in the Jinjiang district of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
China’s suicide rate has soared 60 percent in the past 50 years. According to data from the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention an average of 287,000 Chinese citizens kill themselves every year.
Source : DailyMail
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