A Chinese provincial government's directive banning schools from giving homework to young students in the interests of a more balanced life has sparked controversy.
Last week, a Department of Education in China’s northwestern Shaanxi province issued orders forbidding schools from giving written homework to students in grades one and two (around ages 6-8).
It also banned schools from allowing students in grades three to six (ages 8-12) to do more than one hour a day of homework while, for students in grades seven to nine (ages 12-15), 90 minutes was the maximum time per day they could spend on it each day, the department said.
The rule is not new, but simply a reinforcement of an earlier reg
Mar 03, 2021