Elephant News reporter Han Jingwen and contributing writer Wang Lu
A few days ago, the Ministry of Education emphasized the need to create lunch break conditions for students according to local conditions, and primary schools in many places opened the lunch break mode in schools. In order to allow students to lie down and sleep during the lunch break, schools in many places have also taken measures, either using idle classrooms, or purchasing desks and chairs that can lie flat, and creating lunch break conditions according to local conditions. However, in the process of advancing, schools will also face some difficulties, such as lack of funds, insufficient teachers, safety issues, etc., how to make children more comfortable during school lunch breaks?
All localities have created conditions for lying and sleeping according to local conditions
Recently, the topic of "freedom to lie and sleep" for students during their lunch break has once again rushed to the hot search, and the two schools in Zhengzhou have become the "conspicuous bags" of the whole network, which makes parents and students very envious.
Zhengzhou Zhengdong New District Longteng Primary School is a new school, currently only four grades, the school will temporarily vacant fifth and sixth grade classrooms into lunch break rooms, for students to prepare moisture-proof mats, bedding, pillows and other utensils, to achieve noon sleep and lunch break. In addition, the school also assigned two teachers to each class. Hao Meili, director of the school's office, said that since the children lay down to sleep and took a lunch break, the children's spirits are very full, "especially the feedback from the teachers in the first class in the afternoon that the children's classroom is in a good state." ”
Similarly, Zhengzhou Yongchang Primary School renovated its spare classrooms and used them as a place for students to take a lunch break. The person in charge of the school said that the overall plan has been carried out according to the maximum enrollment number, and the school's indoor sports field and activity room will be used by students for lying down and taking lunch breaks in the future.
Compared with the spacious space of the new school, the most important factor that has always restricted the school from lying down and taking a lunch break is the venue. Especially in many schools in the city center, because of the long age of the school, the original planning did not take into account the needs of students for lunch break, and the classrooms can only accommodate the needs of classes, and it is difficult to achieve a nap and lunch break. In this regard, schools around the country have also started from the renovation of school desks and chairs, and created sleeping conditions for students according to local conditions.
Starting from the fall semester of 2023, Wenmiaoping Primary School in Tianxin District, Changsha City, will introduce a batch of lunch chairs for some classes in the first grade; Chongde Primary School in Changtangli, Changsha City, will put the lunch break folding bed into the classroom from 2021......
According to the requirements of the "Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Education on Further Strengthening the Sleep Management of Primary and Secondary School Students", primary school students should sleep for 10 hours a day, junior high school students should sleep for 9 hours, and high school students should sleep for 8 hours. It is not difficult to see that schools across the country, whether it is renovating the site to create lunch break conditions, or customizing sleeping tables and chairs according to local conditions, schools are actively trying to provide students with a better lunch break environment, and try to achieve "lying down and sleeping lunch break".
Practical difficulties make it difficult to "lie flat" during lunch break
A few days ago, the Ministry of Education said, "We will continue to guide, encourage and support qualified localities, coordinate the existing school-running conditions and facilities and equipment, and create lunch break conditions for students according to local conditions, so as to provide a strong guarantee for the healthy physical and mental development of students." "Although the relevant departments strongly support the school to achieve the lunch break as soon as possible, in the process of active implementation in various schools around the country, a lot of pressure and difficulties have also been found.
For the benefits of lying down and taking a nap, a parent in Hohhot calculated that if the school does not provide lunch nap service, parents can only find a custodian outside the school, and the monthly cost will be about 1,500 yuan, if you can rest at school, the financial pressure will definitely be less. The reporter saw that on the e-commerce shopping platform, the price of a set of sleeping desks and chairs is basically more than 500 yuan, which is at least twice as expensive as ordinary desks and chairs. If it is procured by the school, the procurement cost of thousands of sets of sleeping desks and chairs will reach hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is not a small pressure for the school.
In addition, from the school's point of view, the daycare service is a comprehensive project. In an interview with reporters, the director of education of a primary school said that in addition to increasing facilities, it also involves after-school service management, especially in primary schools, teachers need to accompany meals and organize naps, which will sacrifice teachers' rest time and increase their work pressure and management burden. Therefore, even if some schools have sufficient dormitories, they will only provide lunch care services for students above the fourth grade, and students can purchase meal cards to apply for the school's dormitory and take a lunch break in the dormitory. A teacher said: "After all, the fourth grade and above have strong self-care ability, and the teacher only needs to accompany the meal in the cafeteria, and there is a special dormitory teacher in the dormitory after eating, which will not increase the burden on the teacher, and let the child lie down for a lunch break."
A number of interviewed teachers said that if the school carries out the daycare service, the teacher will have to increase the workload on the basis of the teaching task, and in order to solve the sleep problem of students, it is still necessary to need the joint support of education reform policies, schools and families.
Continue to explore replicable and sustainable methods
In June this year, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Building a High-quality and Balanced Basic Public Education Service System", which clearly stated that schools can be supported to appropriately expand classroom learning and Xi activity spaces and sports venues in light of actual conditions, and provide non-boarding schools with meal and lunch break conditions.
To achieve a nap and lunch break, in addition to policy efforts, local education departments and schools also need to actively explore solutions. The reporter learned that Shanxi arranged 202 million yuan of special funds for school construction and renovation of canteens, lunch break places, etc., at present, 559 schools in urban areas of the province have met the conditions for lunch and lunch breaks; Haikou will "provide on-campus lunch and lunch break services for primary and secondary school students" in 2023 as a private practical project, at present, 136 schools in urban areas have all provided on-campus lunch and lunch break services, benefiting more than 84,000 students.
To solve the problem of students' lunch break, in addition to paying attention to and allocating funds at the government level, some experts said that we should sum up experience and explore a model that can be replicated and promoted in large quantities. For example, when building a new campus, the factors of students taking a nap and taking a nap should be considered in advance in planning and designing the size of classrooms, the purchase of desks and chairs, and the class capacity of enrollment; non-boarding schools can refer to the advanced experience of pilot cities and make efforts to expand the idle classrooms and venues in the school; parents are most concerned about the quality of students' lunch breaks, and schools should also listen to the ideas of students and parents, and obtain their understanding and support, so as to make the nap and lunch break better realized.