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Education: After-school services to be extended

Primary and junior high schools in Beijing will extend after-school services from next month, when the new academic year begins, according to the local education authority. The services, including physical exercise, science and study aid classes, will be extended to two hours, five days a week, Feng Hongrong, an official with Beijing Municipal Education Commission, said. The services work as an alternative to after-school classes or extracurricular training for students whose parents are still at work when school finishes.

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