Chinese kindergartens pivot to senior care as population ages

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TAIYUAN: Top citizens influence to old-time music at a previous preschool in northern China as educators turn their attention away from children in the wake of a baby boom and a rapidly aging population.

According to official statistics, hundreds of millions of Chinese people will eventually reach retirement due to the government’s severely low birth rate.

The education field is already being hit by the recession, with thousands of classrooms closing nationwide as enrollment declines.

Others are adapting to the times, such as a hospital in Shanxi province that has swapped out chirroed children for more older people.

“( The problem ) became particularly evident as the number of children continued to decrease”, principal Li Xiuling, 56, told AFP.

I considered how to make the most of my school after it was emptied out, she said.

Li’s school was founded in 2005 and previously served as many as 280 kids, but closed final time.

In December, it reopened as Ideas of Youth, a fun facility for people over the age of retirement.

The area in the provincial capital Taiyuan boasts around 100 adult learners of music, dancing, modelling and different content.

” It’s rather a democratic idea”, Li said. They realize some of the goals they had when they were young.

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Japan’s public school teachers plagued by massive overtime, overwork and poor mental health

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Authorities Regard REFORMS

Officials in Japan have urged reforms like sourcing, digitizing some tasks, and hiring more support staff to deal with the issue immediately.

Some schools, like Ms Kurayama’s, are taking the initiative to reduce operating hours too.

Principal of Shimoda Elementary School, Kazuhiro Nakamura, claimed that all classes then end after breakfast and that Wednesday afternoon classes have been discontinued.

” Teachers can focus on (other ) duties in the afternoon. We counsel them to take a break and return house. That way, they may feel motivated to face the remaining weeks of the week”, he added.

Despite the college’s work, Ms Kurayama has found herself bogged down by sessions and unable to keep work earlier. &nbsp,

This has prompted Mr Nakamura to ponder another alterations, including playing to the teachers ‘ strengths, so that those who are good at counseling students, for example, help those who are not.

He noted:” All has strengths and weaknesses. If teachers may support one another, each tutor can choose the position that best suits them, and the working environment will likely be better.

SUPPORTING ONE A

However, these adjustments are still uncommon in Japan, mainly because the training committee for each neighborhood’s neighborhood needs to first approve changes.

Some instructors are taking matters into their own hands to figure out a way to carry on as shifts slowly occur.

An 18-year trainer named Mr. Takashi Koshimizu founded an training forum where schoolteachers can discuss their issues and exchange ideas with one another.

Teachers from several institutions alternately host it on their days off, with some registering online.

They take turns giving seminars in an unorthodox way, such as by playing stone, papers and scissors. Some people find its innovative approach and group discussion meetings to be more beneficial than the typical teacher training programs.

Ms Kurayama said:” Here, all breaks out of their shell. We turn into kids and pick up a lot of skills.

” The method I speak to the children, the method I have a dialogue, I learnt everything around.”

The instructors themselves have problems of their own, particularly the strain of completing a long list of tasks.

Mr. Koshimizu cited the importance of dividing responsibilities between teachers and preventing people from exceeding their capacity, calling the current situation “abnormal.”

” We are makers, we do the selling, planning, customer support, control issues, approach them. These are handled by one man, “he added.

Movement TAKES A Burden

Mr. Koshimizu was moved to a different class last year because the teachers in Tokyo public colleges are rotated between them every six years. &nbsp,

This may take a burden on confidence and security, as in the case of his protege, Ms Kumi Sugaya. &nbsp,

The 26-year-old was left struggling without anyone to link her. Although she was the only room teacher, her emotional health took a tailspin, but she was unable to take time off.

After four years of teaching in open schools, she ultimately left in March.

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37 Chinese aircraft skirt Taiwan on way to drill: Taipei

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Taiwan’s defense ministry reported on Wednesday ( Jul. 10 ) that 37 Chinese aircraft were discovered close to the self-ruled island as they departed from exercises with an aircraft carrier in the western Pacific. Taiwan, which is 180 kilometers from the southeastern Chinese coast, is occupied by China, which maintainsContinue Reading

Was fallen Chinese defence minister Wei Fenghe compromised by hostile force?

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Wei is the only man to whom the word has been linked in the past ten years, according to a search of statements made by the top civil anti-corruption system, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), and its military equivalent.

A political scholar from Beijing’s Renmin school said the figures” dong jie” are most strongly associated with former Communist Party officials for Xiang Zhongfa or Gu Shunzhang, who defected to the Kuomintang, or Patriots, the Communists ‘ terrible competitors during the civil war.

” Question any party writer, what are the names that pop up in their head when you mention’ shi ding” to them, they will tell you the history of Xiang Zhongfa, who was regarded as a big embarrassment to the group,” said the researcher, who requested anonymity.

Xiang was the only public minister, or head of the party, to fault in its history. Just before his execution, he told his Kuomintang prisoners everything he knew about the group and its key services. This gave them a chance to completely demolish the Socialist underground community in Shanghai.

Gu, who previously headed the group’s spy system, even defected to the KMT after his record.

His defection resulted in the arrest of numerous important Communist figures, and even Zhou Enlai, the country’s future premier, was only briefly able to escape. Gu was frequently referred to as” the most dangerous traitor in the history of the CCP” and frequently used as an example of” shi jie” in official histories or media reports.

Wei’s crimes are likely to go beyond accepting bribes, said Hong Kong defense analyst Liang Guoliang, who made the unusual and harsh accusation.

He even compared it to Li’s declaration, which, despite being extremely stern in tone, claimed only that he had “abandoned his initial aspirations and lost his party principles” – a common line used to criticize those who give or receive bribes.

What exactly happened is undoubtedly top secret, and we wo n’t know what actually happened. However, the term” shi jie” appears to suggest that Wei’s behavior may have helped China’s enemies profit from it, Liang said.

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