11.08
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On November 8, Chinese media reported that primary and secondary schools in many parts of the country have adjusted their schedules, delaying school start times and canceling morning reading sessions. Netizens commented that canceling extended school services is the only real measure to reduce time spent at school, and netizens from many provinces stated that local school schedules have not been adjusted, with student pressure remaining excessively high.
11.06
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On November 6, the University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences established the School of Obscure Studies in Beijing to research over a dozen ancient ethnic scripts, including Old Turkic, Tangut, Khitan, and Jurchen, as well as oracle bone inscriptions and bamboo/silk manuscripts. The university stated that this would provide academic support for the long-term stability of border regions, and Vice Dean Zhao Rui described it as a concrete measure to implement the discourse of Xi Jinping.
11.02
·Official claim
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Shanghai
East China Normal University issued a notice stating that classes will be suspended across the entire campus on November 16 due to the district-level People's Congress election, sparking public questioning regarding the real power of candidates and students' right to know.
10.31
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Lianyungang, Jiangsu
On October 31, a netizen shared a work reminder issued by the Donghai County Education Bureau in Jiangsu Province, requiring schools to strictly adjust their schedules, control evening self-study hours, and regulate holiday arrangements. Except for the third year of high school, schools must strictly implement two-day weekends. Practices such as 'dismissal on Saturday noon and returning on Sunday noon'—a fake two-day weekend—are prohibited, and no disguised supplementary classes are allowed. The news sparked discussions among students and parents, with some Jiangsu netizens claiming that similar measures are often abandoned as soon as the inspection teams leave.
10.30
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·河南省新乡市长垣市
The Education and Sports Bureau of Changyuan City, Xinxiang, Henan Province, issued a document requiring all middle schools to achieve an HPV vaccination rate of over 80% by November 20. The bureau will rank schools based on their vaccination rates, and the principals of the bottom three schools will be summoned for talks by bureau leaders. Vaccination sites are operating 24 hours a day. Parents in many places have reported being pressured by homeroom teachers and principals.
10.26
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, an educational consulting institution published an article reviewing policies in China in recent years on income incentives and subsidies for teachers of ideological and political courses at universities. Universities in many regions have explicitly required that the actual income of such teachers be higher than the average income of all teachers on campus, with preferences also given in professional title evaluations.
10.16
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
The table of contents of the PEP edition high school Chinese selective compulsory textbook (Volume 2) has been adjusted: Rousseau's "Compassion Is Human Nature" has been dropped from its original unit, replaced by Xi Jinping's speech and article on the "two integrations."
10.02
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
According to a report by The Washington Post on October 2, China's Ministry of Education recently stated that it expects all schools to offer AI education before 2030, establishing an AI literacy system covering all educational stages and society as a whole.
09.30
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
A frontline English teacher using the online name "Teacher Li the Educator" posted an article claiming that Chinese cultural and ideological-political elements make up nearly 80% of the new People's Education Press (PEP) English textbook, that the protagonists have been changed from Li Lei and Han Meimei to "Fuxing" (Rejuvenation), and that because relations with a certain country have deteriorated, all material from that country has been deleted, calling for textbooks that combine Chinese and Western elements.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
According to a September 29 report by the Chinese edition of The New York Times, China will include Jane Eyre in the ninth-grade Chinese "whole-book reading" list this autumn, and ninth-graders across the country are required to read it in full. State media said it helps foster a positive outlook on life and understand equality and an independent personality in love.
09.21
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
The Ministry of Education released the "Management Measures for Primary and Secondary School Leadership Personnel," stipulating that having taught in rural and weak schools for more than 3 years will be a priority condition for the selection of school leaders, and encouraging leaders of quality urban schools to exchange, take up posts, and study in rural schools.
09.17
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·Yongji
On September 16, to comply with the implementation of the "Shanxi Provincial Electric Bicycle Management Regulations," multiple schools in Yongji City, Shanxi Province, required students to bring the helmets used for riding electric bicycles into classrooms and mark them with their class and name. Helmet usage was incorporated into students' daily behavior evaluations and growth records, triggering netizens' doubts about insufficient campus space and over-management.
09.17
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Beijing
On September 17, Peking University issued the "Implementation Measures for Fulfilling the Requirement of Tightening Our Belts," strictly controlling expenditures on meetings, business travel, and asset procurement, explicitly prohibiting holding meetings at 21 scenic spots including Huangshan and Jiuzhaigou. Recently, Beijing Forestry University, Anhui Jianzhu University, and several other universities have also successively issued detailed rules to curtail administrative extravagance.
09.12
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
On September 11, netizens released the ninth-grade first-semester "Morality and Rule of Law" textbook compiled by the Ministry of Education, which requires students to arm their minds with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era. It also quotes "A household with a thousand mouths is led by one person" and emphasizes the maintenance of Xi Jinping's core position, sparking public attention.
09.10
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 2
·China
The new edition of the Grade 5 first-semester 'Morality and Rule of Law' textbook, revised according to the 2022 curriculum standards, has been released, covering political indoctrination such as the history of the CPC, socialist propaganda, and the core status of Xi Jinping.