Tradition meets high-tech in China's PE classes

Wang Yu, vice-principal of Huaze School, said: "AI provides great data support, based on which we can learn the preferences of students to optimize our physical education courses and after-school services."

Starting from this autumn semester, primary and junior high schools in East China's Jiangsu province will arrange one PE class each day.

In dealing with shortages of PE teachers in the province, Wuxi Economic Development Zone recruited full-time and part-time PE teachers, and parents with professional sporting backgrounds. The schools also strengthened the training of all teachers in terms of physical fitness, safety and sports skills.

Meanwhile, in Beijing, supporting measures such as extending the previous 10-minute break between classes by five minutes and holding intra-school sports competitions have been effective over the past year.

"Sporting activities are indispensable in education, during the process of which, students can discover what they are good at and where they need to make improvements. We will continue to make reforms in our campus sports program for the all-round development of children," said Lu Yongli, principal of Beijing No 2 Experimental Primary School.

Xinhua