'Student fireworks factory' caused China school blast

"... children as young as eight were putting fuses into firecrackers when the explosion occurred.... the site was littered with paper used to wrap firecrackers although village officials have denied that the school was being used to make fireworks .... there have been reports of schools using children to assemble toys, collect palm nuts or cultivate vegetables to help boost school funds. Some have even been known to work in mines and other labor-intensive activities."

This article makes you wonder if the Chinese school system actually teaches its students anything, or if it's just evolving into a source of convenient child labor.