Best first lesson

No first lesson is more important than the one on personal safety for kids. The First Lesson of the New Semester, a TV documentary about how to protect oneself in time of emergency to be shown tonight at prime time, is meant to provide school students with the know-how on self-protection in such natural disasters as earthquake, fire, snowstorm or flood and other life-threatening situations.

The Ministry of Education has notified all primary and middle schools to urge students and their parents to watch this documentary, which was jointly produced by the ministry and CCTV. Some Olympic gold medalists, renowned scholars and social celebrities have participated in making this program.

With this program as the core of a national campaign to alert students on personal safety, the ministry has called on all schools nationwide to give lessons on self-protection know-how in time of emergency every semester.