Education


Thanks mother, it’s just what I want

A student and his mother peruse study guides at Shanghai Book City yesterday on the eve of the new school semester starting today. Guides are beloved by Chinese — or perhaps more accurately by Chinese parents — and they are especially popular as a new academic year unfolds. They are seen as an effective way to obtain good marks in a highly competitive environment. To reduce pressure on students, Shanghai Education Commission reiterated yesterday that schools must not set written exams for students in the first two weeks of term. ...

September 1, 2017, Friday


Schools prove good sports for getting fit

FOUR out of five primary and middle schools across Shanghai have opened their sports facilities to the public for free at weekends, holidays or at other times when not needed by schoolchildren. It’s ...

August 31, 2017, Thursday


Summer vacation blues for many students

NOW it’s payback time for thousands of city schoolchildren, who have been putting off doing their holiday homework. The nearly 790,000 pupils who attend primary schools in Shanghai begin the new semester ...

August 31, 2017, Thursday


Advice on how to duck injuries

STUDENTS in local schools will receive a special gift when the new semester starts tomorrow. They will be given a book advising them how to prevent and handle injuries during sports activities. The ...

August 31, 2017, Thursday


City seeks overseas science students

SHANGHAI wants to recruit more bright science students from abroad. It has launched a project to sponsor more international exchange programs to attract more young foreign scientists, particularly from ...

August 28, 2017, Monday


English math books all the rage

ENGLISH versions of a popular Shanghai math learning-aid book series “One Lesson One Exercise” sold like hot cakes at the 2017 Shanghai Book Fair. More than 500 were bought after it debuted at the fair, ...

August 23, 2017, Wednesday


Younger children need to read more

SHANGHAI primary school students aren’t reading enough books. On average they read 8.42 books a year, according to a report released by PsyLife, an educational assessment consulting institution. “The ...

August 17, 2017, Thursday


Cramming takes fun out of school holidays

SCHOOL’S out, but try telling that to the many young children whose summer holidays are filled with piles of homework assignments from teachers and never-ending cram courses organized by parents. In ...

July 31, 2017, Monday


Teaching students a new way to learn

A SCHOOL-enterprise interactive education platform was established in Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park over the weekend as a major project of innovation education for sci-tech talent in schools in Zhangjiang when ...

July 31, 2017, Monday


Detained for paying ‘surrogate’ to take test

THE owner of a local education company has been detained for allegedly organizing people to sit national exams for others, police said yesterday. The suspect, a man surnamed Wang, made about 270,000 ...

July 27, 2017, Thursday




 

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