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CHINA / SOCIETY By Li Qiao Published: Mar 01, 2021 10:57 PM
A student in Beijing Jinyuan School puts his mobile phone into the safe deposit box installed in the classroom on March 1, the first day of the new semester.Photo: Li Hao/GT
More than 1 million primary and middle school students in Beijing started their new semester on Monday. Many classes have set up mobile phone safes in response to China s Ministry of Education s notice to strengthen mobile phone management among primary and middle school students.
At Beijing Jingyuan School, Shijingshan district, students are required to sign a cell phone commitment with their headteacher and parents, promising not to bring mobile phones to class. Each classroom is equipped with a mobile phone safe deposit box. Students are required to turn off their mobile phones and store them in the safe deposit box when they arrive at school.
Lessons in excellence Share CLOSE Two-time Olympic badminton champion Zhao Yunlei coaches kids from Beijing Yuxiang Primary School during the third edition of online show My Sports Class on Wednesday. [Photo for China Daily]
Not many kids can claim to have been taught PE by an Olympic champion.
So when the likes of volleyball great Hui Ruoqi or speed skating ace Zhang Hong takes class, there s certainly no danger of concentration levels flagging.
Hui and Zhang are among a number of former world and Olympic champs taking part in My Sports Class －an online program from Tencent Sports that aims to instill kids with a passion for exercise and fitness.