Japanese media: prevent and control children's myopia, China "Light Action" is effective

Japan's Yahoo News Network on August 17th, the original title: Chinese education reform by Japanese media has rescued children from myopia based on Japan's "school health statistics survey", and the proportion of children's myopia gradually increased. In fact, the problem of myopia aging is a big problem as early as a few years ago. According to statistics, the myopia rate of primary schools and junior high school students in China is about 50%, and high school students have reached 80%. The popularity of smartphones may be one of the reasons, and a heavy learning burden is also considered a reason for myopia.

In 2018, China began the national myopia prevention and control work, and the eight departments of the Ministry of Education jointly issued the "Implementation Plan for Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Children and Adolescents". After the implementation of the plan, the effect was reflected in two years. In 2020, Chinese children's myopia rates decreased by 0.9%compared with 2018.

Since then, due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia's epidemic, many schools have been changed to online lectures, and this learning environment has increased the burden on children's eyes. In this context, in 2021, the Ministry of Education and other 15 departments jointly issued the "Plan for the Plan for the Institute of Myopia for Children and Adolescents (2021-2025)" (hereinafter referred to as "Light Action"). This has also become a highlight of educational reforms in the same period.

In addition to advocating the evaluation methods of the examination and reform of students in recent years, the education reform in China has also included measures to reduce the energy of parents' investment in education, improve the childcare environment to cope with young childization, reduce education costs, solve public health problems And prevent various problems such as crime of young people. Of course, children's myopia problems have also been incorporated into the category of public health issues. In "Light", in addition to physical education, ministries and commissions also encourage various forms of outdoor activities. In addition, it is required to carefully and standardize eye exercises to set the desks of the children at the best height to reduce the pressure of the eye.

Although there is a criticism of Chinese practices, the execution of the problem that can find problems and quickly cope with it is worth learning. (Author Faka Cong, strict translation)

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