China is set to begin educating school children on AIDS and drugs,
as well as environmental protection.
The Ministry of Education of China announced Thursday it had
decided to open courses on AIDS prevention, anti-drug and
environmental protection in elementary and middle schools across
the country starting this spring semester.
AIDS prevention education will be offered in junior middle schools
and the first two grades of senior middle school, both of which
have three grades in China.
Anti-drug education will be provided from the fifth grade of
elementary schools through the second grade of senior middle
schools.
Environmental protection will be promoted very early, from the
first grade of elementary school.
The teaching materials for these issues, compiled by the ministry,
will be published and sent to schools across the country, ministry
sources said.
(People's Daily March 14, 2003)