2021-04-26 10:05:24 GMT2021-04-26 18:05:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
YINCHUAN, April 26 (Xinhua) -- In the local school education base, 12-year-old Duan Jiayang learned how to properly place mulch film over vegetable fields.
"I learned how to place the mulch film independently," said Duan, a student of Tanglai Hui Primary School in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. "It's not easy."
In China, many parents place a heavy focus on their children's academic grades, while vocational skills have largely been ignored.
"Some parents do everything for their children," said Yan Mei, an official with the primary school. "For instance, during the school's general cleaning, some parents could be seen doing all the chores, and their children were just sitting around."