Chinanews.com client, Beijing, December 30th (Lang Lang) is on holiday. This is a sweet term in the eyes of students. For parents, I am afraid it is like an enemy.
Recently, schools of all levels and types have entered the end of the term, and sporadic cases of the new crown pneumonia epidemic have appeared in many places, and the prevention and control of the epidemic is facing challenges.
Therefore, in areas where the epidemic has occurred, how to take school New Year's Day and winter holidays has become the focus of concern for parents.
At present, Beijing and other places have made it clear that the winter vacation time for elementary and middle schools is advanced, and many colleges and universities in some regions have made it clear that they will have early vacation.
Beijing clear middle and primary school holidays
Recently, sporadic cases in Beijing have caused many parents to worry about the safety of their children, but also wonder: Will the school be closed early?
This question now has an answer.
On the 29th, at the Beijing Epidemic Prevention and Control Press Conference, Li Yi, deputy secretary of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission and spokesperson of the Municipal Education Commission, introduced:
According to the arrangement, Beijing Elementary School will start the winter vacation on January 16 (Saturday), 2 weeks earlier than originally planned;
The first and second grades in Beijing will start winter vacation on January 23 (Saturday), one week earlier than originally planned;
Beijing’s middle school, senior high school and senior high school second grade will be closed on January 30 (Saturday).
"During the winter vacation, schools will not arrange online teaching activities, and must not organize any form of collective make-up classes." Li Yi said.
At the same time, at the moment, we must adhere to closed campus management. Primary and secondary school cadres, teachers, students, and family members living together must insist on not going out of Beijing if necessary, not leaving the country if necessary, not gathering, and not going to high-risk areas if necessary; Schools are not allowed to organize large-scale meetings, festive parties, and teacher-student gatherings.
Data map: 2019 data map: On January 18, 2019, Beijing Yuyuantan Park launched the "Happy Winter Olympic Winter Holiday Snow Dream" Snow Fun Games.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Winter vacation in these areas around New Year's Day
In addition to Beijing, some regions in Heilongjiang have also arranged winter vacation for primary and secondary schools.
As early as December 2, the Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Education issued a notice stating, “Affected by the epidemic, the start time of the 2020 fall semester of primary and secondary schools in our province will be determined by the municipal education bureaus.”
According to the current public information, Harbin, Suihua, Yichun and other places have advanced the winter vacation time for kindergartens, primary and secondary schools to around New Year's Day in 2021.
According to the Harbin Education Bureau, Harbin primary school and junior high school non-graduating students will be closed from January 1, 2021, and the junior high school graduation grades and ordinary high school grades will be closed on January 16; the holiday time of secondary vocational schools refers to ordinary high schools. Implementation; the kindergarten holiday time is arranged according to the actual local situation.
The start time of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens is March 1, 2021.
The vacation time for non-graduated grades of kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school and vocational high school in Suihua City is advanced to before New Year's Day in 2021; the vacation time for students in junior high school graduation grades and ordinary high school grades can be appropriately delayed according to actual conditions, and no later than January 15, 2021 .
The school start time is March 1, 2021.
Data map: On September 1, Zhengzhou, Henan, Changjiang East Road Primary School ushered in the first day of school. Students wearing masks entered the campus in an orderly manner.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Zhongju
Parents: A large wave of winter vacation courses are on their way
The sacred beasts came out early, and some parents complained: a happy baby, sad family.
There is a saying: "Mantis catches cicadas and oriole in the back". When the children are cheering for the holiday that has arrived earlier, they may not know that their winter vacation has been clearly arranged by various courses and homework.
According to data from Taobao Education, with the advancement of the winter vacation in kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in many places, the number of searches for "winter vacation classes" reached 3.8 times that of the same period last year; since December, the consumption of middle, small, and young courses has increased by 135% year-on-year.
Geographically, parents in Shanghai, Beijing, Shijiazhuang, Hangzhou, and Suzhou are the most anxious to plan winter vacation for their children. They took the lead in buying winter vacation classes in November.
If you don't do your homework, your mother is kind and filial, but you do your homework.
As the “hardest hit area” where homework contradictions broke out, the parents of elementary school students were the most active in buying winter vacation courses. From the growth trend, the consumption growth rate of entering the winter vacation classes in elementary schools in December reached 966%, higher than that of high schools and junior high schools.
Data map: In September 2020, Shanghai Songjiang University Town welcomes the "back-to-school wave", and students return to the familiar campus.
Photo by Yin Liqin
Many colleges and universities have holiday time extended in advance
With the exception of primary and secondary schools, under the background of the normalization of epidemic prevention and control and the requirements of "staggered" holidays, the start time of winter vacation in many colleges and universities has been earlier than the vacation time arranged in the previous school calendar, and some college holidays have been extended accordingly.
On December 27, Yunnan Agricultural University issued an emergency notice to adjust the holiday time for New Year's Day in 2021 and the winter holiday in 2021.
The notice pointed out that the New Year’s Day holiday will be cancelled and the winter vacation time will be adjusted.
The winter vacation will start on January 6, 2021, and the winter vacation will end on February 23, 2021. There will be a total of 49 days of vacation, and classes will officially start on March 1, 2021.
The winter vacation schedule in Hubei University’s calendar is from January 16 to February 21, 2021, a total of 37 days; the officially announced winter vacation schedule on the 22nd is: students will have a holiday from January 10 to February 28, 2021, a total of 50 day.
Previously, the Ministry of Education responded to the notice issued by the Office of the Leading Group for the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic. Schools in various regions should plan early winter vacation and spring school arrangements, and coordinate normalized epidemic prevention and control, teaching and scientific research.
The Ministry of Education requires that colleges and universities adhere to the principle of "staggered peaks", arrange for students to leave school in batches in an orderly manner, and properly arrange the winter vacation life of the remaining teachers and students.
In colleges and universities, for example, Wuhan University of Technology issued a notice on December 15: students will leave school in batches starting from December 28, and start schools in batches from February 27 to March 7, and register specifically Time will be notified separately.