Teachers trained to provide multiple subjects in a single classroom

East China's Jiangsu province has created a program to train elementary school teachers who can teach at least three subjects.

These "comprehensive teachers", according to the program, will be able to teach Chinese, mathematics and English. Some can even teach music, painting and physical education.

Li Wei, director of the teacher education school at Nanjing Xiaozhuang University, said some of the students admitted to the university will be chosen for the program.