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Province to ban mobile phones in classrooms
    2018-12-12  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

GUANGDONG Province plans to ban electronic devices in classrooms in an effort to protect the eyesight of schoolchildren.

Mobile phones and tablets, as well as other electronic gadgets, should not be taken to classrooms in primary and secondary schools, according to a draft document on fighting juvenile myopia issued by the provincial education authority Saturday.

Schools are encouraged to guide students to use electronic gadgets in a scientific way and assign paper homework instead of assignments overly dependent on electronic devices , said the draft document.

Other measures to prevent myopia among adolescents include participating more in outdoor activities, getting more sleep and reducing students’ homework loads.

Through these measures, the province aims to reduce the juvenile myopia rate by 0.5 percent annually in the next five years.

The long-term goal is to keep the nearsightedness rate for 6-year-olds at around 3 percent by 2030, with the rate for primary school students capped below 38 percent, junior high students below 60 percent and senior high students below 70 percent.

According to a report released by the World Health Organization last year, the myopia rate among Chinese juveniles is the highest in the world at 70 percent for high school and college students and nearly 40 percent for primary school students.

The document echoes central authorities’ efforts to safeguard the eyesight of adolescents and children.

Eight ministries and departments, including the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission, issued a plan in August to curb the problem of myopia among schoolchildren.

According to the plan, the prevention and control of myopia will be used to evaluate local governments’ performance.

(China Daily)

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