The Shanghai Education Commission, Shanghai Broadcasting and Television Station as well as Shanghai Media Group (SMG) signed a contract on July 14th to jointly build a long term online educational programme titled “Classroom on Air”, marking a milestone in the development of Shanghai’s online education.

“Classroom on Air”was set up in early March to allow 1.43 million elementary and middle school students in Shanghai to learn online amid the epidemic lockdown.

Besides the current fall semester courses from grade 1 to 12 broadcast on 12 TV channels, two new course types - special education for pupils and middle school students, as well as adult life time education- will be added.

Moreover, more qualified young teachers will participate in this program to improve the overall quality of these online courses.

Via the wide reach and accessibility of SMG, “Classroom on Air” is expected to keep expanding its future influence on children. “By cooperating with SMG, a complete set of quality courses will be formed to empower both teachers’teaching and students’self-learning. A teaching mode combining online and offline education will be formed,” said Wang Ping, director of the Municipal Education Commission.

According to research from China Central Television Market Research (CTR) these online courses have been viewed more than 92 million times and have received high praise from teachers and students.