School starts in mid-April? Which provinces will start school next week? Six provinces and cities across the country announced detailed school opening dates in 2020

School starts in mid-April at the latest? Which provinces will start school next week? Six provinces and cities across the country announced the latest detailed start dates

At this stage, schools across the country are in a period of delayed school opening. Although local education departments have officially announced plans to postpone the start of school, most of the notices do not have time points. For anxious parents, these notices are like chicken ribs, which would be a pity to throw away without any meat.

As of now, six of the 34 provinces, cities and districts in the country have already clarified the start time of school. Here is a basic introduction.

Summary of school start time:

Tibet

On the morning of March 1, relevant officials from the Education Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region gave an introduction to hot issues such as the epidemic prevention and control work in the Tibet education system, the spring semester start time of schools, and how children in rural and pastoral areas can take online classes. In response to everyone's concern about the start date of schools at all levels and types in Tibet, the Education Department of the Tibet Autonomous Region has formulated a work plan and work guidelines for delaying the start of school in Tibet. The 2020 spring semester of all schools in the district will be postponed and the start time is tentatively scheduled for

Late March. Before March 20, all schools of all levels and types in the district (including private schools and training institutions) will not open.

Qinghai

The People's Government of Qinghai Province issued the "Notice of the People's Government of Qinghai Province (No. 15)", which clarified the start dates of some schools, as follows: In principle, general high schools and secondary vocational schools will start classes from March 9 to 13; in principle, junior high schools will start classes from March 16 to 20.

Guizhou

After scientifically analyzing the actual situation of epidemic prevention and control in Guizhou Province, and fully listening to the opinions of epidemic prevention and control experts, heads of education administrative departments at all levels, parent representatives and other sectors of society, the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government have decided that senior high school and junior high school students in Guizhou Province will officially start school on March 16. The start time for other stages and other grades in high schools and junior high schools will depend on the epidemic prevention and control situation in the next stage, and will be determined after scientific evaluation and announced to the public.

Taiwan

Kindergartens in Taiwan Province have already started classes in early February, and primary and secondary schools have all started classes on February 25. At the same time, they will use two weeks of summer vacation to make up for the missed class hours. More than 170 colleges and universities in the province have gradually started to return to campus since March 2; but for students from the mainland, they are currently unable to return to Taiwan to study.
Hongkong

The Hong Kong Education Bureau previously announced that all schools will be suspended until no earlier than March 16. On February 25, the Secretary for Education, Kevin Yeung, held a press conference and said that as the epidemic has not shown any signs of abating, the school suspension arrangements will be further extended until the end of the Easter holidays, which means that all schools in Hong Kong will resume classes on April 20 at the earliest. also. He said that he was temporarily inclined to resume classes in stages, and that during the suspension period, all schools had put a lot of effort into ensuring "no classes but no learning", so there was no need to change the summer vacation arrangements.

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Is it true that primary and secondary schools across the country will start to reopen on March 9th? In response to the news posted by netizens that "Beijing's universities, colleges and primary and secondary schools will start classes in early March", the Beijing Municipal Education Commission clearly stated that this is false information. When can school officially start? The Municipal Education Commission responded that the start date of school will depend on the development of the epidemic.

"At present, epidemic prevention and control is the top priority." Li Yi, spokesperson for the Municipal Education Commission, said that now is not the time to rush to consider when and how to start school.

On February 27, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Premier of the State Council, and head of the Central Leading Group for Dealing with the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic, presided over a meeting of the Central Leading Group for Dealing with the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic. The meeting stressed that all localities and relevant departments should, in principle, continue to postpone the opening of universities, colleges, primary and secondary schools, and kindergartens based on the epidemic prevention and control situation.

The Municipal Education Commission stated that the learning and growth needs of students in different stages of education vary greatly. The learning status of different student groups such as elementary school, junior high school, high school, lower grades, upper grades, and graduating grades are different. During the extended holiday, the focus of higher education is to carry out distance learning and reassure students that they “do not leave home or return to school.” At present, the preparation and arrangements for online learning and online MOOCs in various colleges and universities are basically ready. Primary and secondary school students should study well at home. The delayed start of school is a continuation of the holidays. Schools are not allowed to organize new classes in any collective form, nor are they allowed to hold any form of offline teaching and collective activities. The practice of "online cramming" is even more unacceptable.

The Beijing Municipal Education Commission stated that with the postponement of the start of school, the city’s primary and secondary schools will adhere to the principle of providing educational resources according to student needs, and will try their best to provide students with efficient and high-quality online courses. In the later stage, each district and school will fully solicit opinions from students and parents and make adjustments to make students feel more fulfilled.

Guangzhou will start school in three batches

All schools in Guangzhou will strictly follow the requirements of the Provincial Department of Education. Before the end of February, all schools at all levels and types in Guangzhou will not open, all training institutions will stop offline services, all examinations will be postponed, and all internship (apprenticeship) activities will be suspended. The specific start time of school will be determined based on the epidemic prevention and control situation, after scientific analysis and announcement to the public in advance. Schools in Guangzhou will start classes in batches and phases.

The Municipal Education Bureau requires that all colleges and universities should accurately arrange for faculty and students from key epidemic prevention and control areas to return to school in an orderly manner by department, grade, class, province, phase and batch. The specific start time will be determined by the colleges and universities themselves, but must not be earlier than the start time of primary and secondary schools. Other schools (secondary vocational schools, technical schools, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, and childcare institutions) will start classes in three batches: the first batch is the third year of high school; the second batch is the graduating years of secondary vocational schools and technical schools, first and second years of high school, junior high schools, and primary schools; the third batch is other grades of secondary vocational schools and technical schools, kindergartens, and childcare institutions. The offline service hours of various training institutions shall not be earlier than the school start time.

Teaching and research departments at all levels should scientifically formulate online teaching work plans and subject teaching curriculum timetables during the epidemic prevention and control period, organize online teaching and research and collective lesson preparation, coordinate excellent teacher resources, record high-quality courses for schools to choose from, strengthen guidance on school teaching, and ensure that teaching work is carried out in an orderly manner. Schools can make up for the teaching time lost due to the delayed start of school by adjusting classes one day on the weekend (Saturday or Sunday) or compressing the summer vacation.

In the next step, the Municipal Education Bureau will, in accordance with the city’s unified deployment, go deep into the front line to inspect the epidemic prevention and control situation, understand the needs of schools, and promptly resolve problems and difficulties encountered. Through safety inspections, daily patrols, and flight inspections, problems are discovered and rectified in a timely manner to ensure that "school will not open if the work plan for epidemic prevention and control is not perfect; school will not open if epidemic prevention and control materials and forces are not fully prepared; and school will not open if the inspection of epidemic prevention and control implementation fails."

Colleges and universities in Guangzhou must not start classes earlier than primary and secondary schools

Regarding the return to school arrangements, the Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau stated that schools will start in batches and phases. Colleges and universities should accurately arrange for faculty and students from key epidemic prevention and control areas to return to school in an orderly manner by department, grade, class, province, phases and batches. The specific start time will be determined by the colleges and universities themselves, but must not be earlier than the start time of primary and secondary schools. Other schools (secondary vocational schools, technical schools, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, and childcare institutions) will start classes in three batches: the first batch, the third year of high school; the second batch, the graduating year of secondary vocational schools and technical schools; the first and second year of high school; junior high schools and primary schools; the third batch, other grades of secondary vocational schools and technical schools; kindergartens and childcare institutions. The offline service hours of various training institutions shall not be earlier than the school start time.

All schools should further implement joint prevention and control measures, follow the guidelines for prevention and control work after the resumption of classes, continue to improve the epidemic monitoring, investigation, early warning, prevention and control mechanisms, vigorously carry out the patriotic health campaign, increase campus environmental sanitation and disinfection of key places, break down the work into details, coordinate and promote it, leave no gaps and no blind spots, and do a good job in epidemic prevention and control in an all-round way.
Due to the epidemic, the delayed opening time for primary and secondary schools in various places has basically been decided. The earliest school starts on the 17th of this month; the latest is on March 1st.

Due to the impact of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Education announced that schools across the country will postpone the start of the school year!

The provinces that start school later include Heilongjiang, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Wenzhou.

In most areas, schools will start on February 17, such as Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai.

Of course, there are also some areas that have not yet had clear regulations on the specific date for school to start. For example, in our Shaanxi Province, there is currently no notification on the specific date for primary and secondary schools to start classes.

Parents are also discussing the different school start times in different places. Some think it is too early, some think it is too late. In short, they all seem to think it is unscientific.

The Ministry of Education has already issued regulations on the start time of school. Let’s look at the following figure:

The notice from the Ministry of Education requires all localities to make unified arrangements based on actual conditions, but there are no rigid requirements. Therefore, the start time of school in different places can actually be arranged flexibly.

Will the 2020 college entrance examination be postponed due to the epidemic?

Now is the critical period for the second round of review. The effect of the second round of review is very important in the entire senior high school review, especially for many art students, who did not spend much time on review last semester as they were busy with professional course exams, so they want to improve their scores through the second round of review. The delayed start of school has greatly shortened the time students have to review effectively, so many people hope that the college entrance examination can be delayed to give children sufficient time to review. However, postponing the college entrance examination is a big deal and involves too many areas, so it is unlikely, and many senior high school students are very anxious.

Wang Hui, director of the Department of College Students of the Ministry of Education, stated at a press conference of the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism on February 12 that there are still nearly four months to go before the college entrance examination. The Ministry of Education will closely monitor the development and changes of the epidemic and carefully study and formulate a specific implementation plan for this year's college entrance examination. The relevant work arrangements will be announced to the public in a timely manner. In addition, the press conference introduced related situations such as campus epidemic prevention and control, opening arrangements for universities, colleges and primary and secondary schools, and employment of college graduates.

The start date of school this year has not yet been determined, and high school students and their parents are undoubtedly most concerned about whether the time of the college entrance examination will change. Wang Hui, director of the Department of College Students of the Ministry of Education, said that there are still four months to go before the college entrance examination. The Ministry of Education will closely monitor changes in the epidemic, work with various departments to assess possible problems caused by the epidemic to the organization of the examination, and carefully study and formulate plans for this year's college entrance examination. Subsequent relevant examination arrangements will be announced to the public in a timely manner.

Regarding the national postgraduate entrance examination re-examination originally scheduled for early April, Wang Hui said that the relevant departments of the Ministry of Education have recently issued a notice clarifying that the re-examination and admission of master's students from self-set admission lines in universities and the doctoral entrance examination and admissions work of relevant enrollment units originally scheduled to be held in the near future will be postponed. The specific work arrangements will be determined by the relevant enrollment units under the guidance of the provincial college admissions committees in their locations, combined with the local and unit epidemic prevention and control situation, and will be notified separately.

Wang Hui introduced that there are 8.74 million college graduates in 2020, an increase of 400,000 year-on-year. It is expected that the employment situation in the first half of this year will be more complicated and severe. In response to the epidemic, the education system has suspended on-site recruitment activities for all types of college graduates. It has strengthened online employment services, established a large employment market, verified online recruitment information of employers, and promoted online interviews, contract signing, and employment procedures.