Nandu News trainee reporter Song Lingyan sent from Beijing On October 26, at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Education, Wang Dengfeng, director of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that "double reduction" is a fundamental project for the prevention and control of myopia in children and adolescents.
Wang Dengfeng, Director general of the Department of Physical Education, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education.
Wang Dengfeng introduced that from the recent statistics, from 2018 to 2020, the myopia rate of first-grade primary school students is about 14%, which is basically flat in these three years. He stressed that once myopia occurs, it is irreversible, and reducing the rate of myopia is not to treat those children who are already myopic, but to let children who are not nearsighted not have myopia, and at the same time let children who are already nearsighted not further aggravated.
Wang Dengfeng pointed out that for students in the lower grades of primary school, the "double subtraction" document has clearly required that there be no examinations, no homework, and at the same time establish good eye habits. In addition, in order to prevent myopia, it is necessary to effectively reduce the burden of schoolwork, and at the same time encourage and lead children to the sun, effectively enhance the homework in physical education and aesthetic education, and also help children to scientifically arrange work and rest, ensure sleep, etc.
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