Study load for summer vacation eased
22/6/2004 14:55
Local elementary and middle school students must be able to complete their
homework within one hour each day in the upcoming summer vacation, as part of
the city's move to ease students' heavy loads, the Youth Post reported
today.
Local elementary and middle schools are banned from giving collective
classes to students for the summer vacation from July 1 to August 31, with
violators severely punished, according to the Shanghai Educational
Commission.
In order to guarantee a happy and full summer vacation for local
students, Shanghai will begin a new TV channel by August specifically for
children. In addition, from the beginning of July to the end of August, all the
facilities at the Children's Palace entertainment centers will be open to the
students.
Moreover, all the local elementary and middle schools are required
to list their facilities that will be open to the public during the holiday.
Libraries and computer rooms should be open, but not necessarily sports
facilities.
Shanghai Educational Commission will allocate certain funds for
the provision of such school facilities.
Shanghai Cultural, Radio, Film and
TV Administrative Bureau also promised to improve public cultural facilities
such as libraries and art galleries open to the minors for free.
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
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