What do you usually do after school? Most of you may have to finish homework. After that, some of you may take after-school classes, such as Xueersi to learn English or take math classes. Do you feel like there’s too much work to do? Some of you may not have enough time to sleep. But there is some good news on the way that may cheer you up.
On March 5, during the first session (会议) of the 13th National People’s Congress (全国人民代表大会), Premier Li Keqiang delivered this year’s Government Work Report. Education was one of the highlights.
"We will give attention to solving the problem of heavy extracurricular burdens (课外负担) on primary and secondary school students," Li said during his speech.
Chinese parents often put a lot of effort and money into their children’s education. Many send their children to after-school classes. In 2016, China had about 180 million school-aged students, according to a report by the Chinese Society of Education. More than 137 million of them were taking part in extracurricular classes or off-campus training.
To work out this problem, the Ministry of Education (MOE,教育部) and three other ministries put out guidelines on Feb 26 that call for more action to be taken to reduce extracurricular burdens. Their targets are private training schools that create excess workloads (过度的作业量) and pressure for students.
The guidelines are aimed at training schools which have no professional qualifications (资格) or pose(造成) safety risks, said Lü Yugang, an official from the MOE. He also said that reducing workloads for students should be a priority.
"It is a must-do task for children to study happily and grow in a healthy manner … and sleep half-hour or an hour more every day," said Wang Guoqing, spokesman for the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Politial Consultative Conference (中国人民政治协商会议).
【小题1】From the first two paragraphs, we know that _______.| A．students now have more homework than before |
| B．some students take after-school classes |
| C．many aduIts don’t get enough sleep nowadays |
| D．this year’s Government Work Report didn’t mention education |
| A．180 million | B．180 billion |
| C．137 million | D．137 billion |
| A．that are not approved by the MOE |
| B．that punish students physically |
| C．that have no professional qualificeations |
| D．that charge high tuition (学费) |
| A．Risks of off-campus training classes. |
| B．Reducing students’ workloads. |
| C．The 2018 Government Work Report. |
| D．Guidelines created by the 13th National People’s Congress. |
| A．the teachers | B．the parents |
| C．the students | D．the MOE offieials |
