India, Dec. 22 -- A primary school teacher in China has drawn widespread praise online for choosing compassion over harsh truth while informing her young pupils about the death of a classmate. Instead of disclosing the tragedy, she told the children that the boy had transferred to another school, a decision that prompted an outpouring of heartfelt letters and tender gestures from his classmates.

According to a report by South China Morning Post, the emotional story unfolded at a primary school in Huainan, located in China's central Anhui province.

On December 11, the teacher shared on social media that one of her pupils had died after battling an illness. The boy's age and the nature of his illness were not disclosed. In her post, she w...