Pre-school study little help to children
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STUDENTS who received academic training before entering primary schools were no more competitive than those “starting from zero,” a survey authorized by Shanghai education authorities found.
Parents of 163,582 first graders at primary schools in the city were asked to fill in an online questionnaire last month.
Education authorities have been advocating against academic training for pupils before they enter primary schools.
The survey claimed 92.46 parents said their children could finish homework independently, while only 7.54 percent said they had to help children with school assignments.
The report released by the Shanghai Education Commission yesterday said 85.46 percent of surveyed parents believed their children were “very happy” to go to school, with 12.63 percent “relatively happy” and only 1.91 percent saying their children were “not so happy.”
Also, 69.15 percent said their children were “very interested” in studying as against 2.73 percent claiming “low interest.”
The survey concluded that there were no obvious gap in adaptability, learning interest, attentiveness and happiness in school between students who had academic knowledge before they entered primary school than those who didn’t.
The Shanghai Education Commission has been encouraging parents to stop sending children to academic training classes before their primary school years.
It said too many parents in the city were pushing their children to attend the classes in the hope of making them more competitive.
Some experts have criticized the behavior as they said it put unnecessary pressure on children and put more burdens on the families.
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