Almost exactly the same as in India. That's why people here in US think that everyone in India is smart _and_ hardworking. Well, the truth is that they encounter only those people who have survived all this. There are countless millions who suffer.
Very true. When i see the kids in India today and the parental pressure they have, it is scary. They have schools, tution's(so that they don't forget what they study in Schools)then study time after they come home, this all happens in a day. They take memory pills, so that they don't forget what they read. I don't know, what will happen to this kids but I am sure they won't be creative enough to create anything.
academic pressure almost the same in Korea and Japan; except for the 1 child policy part
I feel only a small fraction of them are actually smart... the entire K-12 education in India is little more that an exercise in rote memorization. College education isn't that great either, even in the elite universities.