Ministry ensures students' break time
China DailyStudents play a game during a class break at a primary school in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, on Nov 8. China's top education authority has launched a round of inspections across eight provincial-level regions in response to complaints made online in November that children in some primary and middle schools weren't being let out of the classroom in between periods — unless they needed to go to the toilet — to "ensure their safety". Local education authorities and schools must resolutely correct the practice of simply restricting necessary breaks and activities between classes in the name of "ensuring student safety", an official with the ministry said. Major breaks for physical activities at primary and middle schools in Shenzhen should not be shorter than 30 minutes every day, according to the opinion, which will take effect on Jan 1. Students at primary and junior middle schools should have one physical education class each day while those in senior middle schools need to take three classes a week, it said.
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