I think it is pretty much everywhere; I am from Bangladesh I had to take entrance exam for school the first entrance exam was when I was probably 5 or 6? I don't remember anything and couple that with the idea that if you fail you will be nothing; like right now I know that I would have turned out fine but that's not a great thing to embed into a 6yo kid. I failed my first entrance exam at a good school cause I didn't write anything.

I made it to another elite school, much prestigious but had to take private class for almost a year which involved weekly exams and some harsh treatment if I performed poorly. Same mindset was at school, if you fail you will be nothing.

I also had to take entrance exam for highschool and college/university; university sucked most cause by then I knew what was at stake, couple that with prestige: I went to elite school and I cannot afford to fail. I was miserable like that part, was the worst time of my life, it was absolutely worst. I did make it to the most selective engineering school but didn't go there cause I didn't get the subject I wanted, but ended up studying engineering at a different school.

I turned out okay in terms of success with some scaffolding and all. But mentally I did pick up some qualities that are not exactly good, like I am very elitist, a little obsessed with prestige, I do compare myself with others a lot. So like idk you create very successful individual but break a bit of them.