Lego kits bring fun to Chinese classrooms

SHANGHAI - Lego, the world's leading toy maker, has teamed up with a Chinese publisher, to create a set of "class-kits" for Chinese primary and middle schools.

The company has designed the "class-kits" to encourage science, technology, engineering, arts and math, known as STEAM classes, together with the publishing house of East China Normal University based in Shanghai.

"We did a survey in China, which shows over 90 percent of Chinese parents believe their kids are burdened by school education, and over 85 percent of teachers understand their students are losing self-confidence due to pressure. That's why we are moving forward with this," says Esben Stark Jorgensen, Lego Education's global president, who demonstrated the kits at a recent event.