China offers classes online amid Coronavirus outbreak

Chinese students can reportedly attend classes online or study via television and or mediums as schools and colleges have been shut down for months and it remains unclear when new semester can resume in several cities due to outbreak of coronavirus.

As millions remain quarantined in China to curb global contagion from Wuhan Virus, Minister of Education, Wu Yan, issued guidelines for colleges and universities to organize online classes for students, with 22 online platforms offering 24,000 courses to students across country, ministry said at a press conference according to reports.

Courses offered online to students are of high-quality

Wu Yan told reporters that courses offered to students are of high-quality and were carefully selected over past several years, ding that more platforms will also be launched in future in view of lockdown due to Coronavirus outbreak.

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minister furr ded that a "cloud platform" will also be launched on February 17 to provide students in elementary and secondary schools with education resources covering all major school subjects. He ded that students should be able to resume education via an online platform, so y do t stay behind acemically.

Students can opt for courses related to coronavirus

Wu Yan emphasized that aside from school and university’s regular subjects and course, students have option to opt for courses related to Coronavirus outbreak. ministry will also provide new courses related to different fields of study so students can gain and enhance kwledge on various or interesting subjects.

education minister said that students should also learn about epidemic prevention and control during period and receive education on patriotism, life, and psychological health, according to a separate guideline issued by MOE and Ministry of Industry and Information Techlogy on Wednesday.

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