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| Children play at a playground inside a shopping complex in Shanghai, China Jun 1, 2021. (File photo by= Reuters/Aly Song) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] BEIJING: Beijing city authorities issued draft rules on Wednesday (Feb 16) that ban pre-school tutoring apps for elective subjects, an extension of a crackdown on the for-profit private education sector, Reuters reported.
The rules are the latest aimed at reducing the stress and workload of Chinese children. The Ministry of Education issued a notice on Tuesday banning kindergarten teachers from using corporal punishment or any behaviors detrimental to the physical and mental health of pre-school children. The notice also banned pre-school teachers from teaching primary school content in advance and ordered them to ensure children under their care spend at least two hours outside the classroom every day and one-hour exercising.
The measures this week aimed at pre-school children followed a ministry notice in December that ordered the suspension of all tutoring apps aimed at primary and secondary school students.
