Will online classes shorten the summer vacation in 2020? Why do we need to take online classes if the summer vacation is shortened?

Do we need to make up for the summer vacation after taking online classes? During the epidemic, many students have started online classes, but I heard that the summer vacation will still be shortened because many students did not take the courses seriously during the online classes. It was very difficult for both teachers and students during the online classes. I hope the epidemic will end soon. Will the subsequent summer vacation be delayed? Let's listen to the arrangements of the Ministry of Education!

Will the 2020 summer vacation be shortened by taking online classes?

It now seems very likely that the weekends and summer vacation will be shortened.

Why do I say so?

Take our school as an example. Our Spring Festival semester was originally planned to start on February 9 after the Lantern Festival. However, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, we started online teaching on March 2. In other words, there will be 21 extra days of vacation.

According to the total number of class hours for each course, if we calculate the class hours from the start of the online class to the official start of school and then to the end of the normal week, there are still 21 days of teaching hours that cannot be guaranteed to be made up.

So, where can we get back these lost class hours? Obviously, we can either shorten weekends, holidays, or summer vacations. However, some places also plan to postpone courses that can be postponed until the start of the fall semester. These are all good ways, and some regions have already decided to do so. For example, Shaanxi Province stipulates that schools in various places can make up the total class hours by shortening summer vacations and adjusting weekend classes.

If you add one day to a week and three statutory holidays, it will be almost enough time. The summer vacation when the hot weather is not conducive to studying does not have to be compressed.

In fact, there is no need to worry too much, everything is under our control! All we have to do is obey orders and follow instructions!

Why is the summer vacation shortened and we still have to take online classes?

First of all, before the outbreak of the epidemic, many high schools would use weekends to make up for the lessons, and high school seniors only had one week off during winter and summer vacations.

Secondly, although online classes are very popular, many schools require students to listen to online classes seriously. However, who knows whether students are listening to the class through the mobile phone screen? They may be sleeping soundly. According to many teachers and students, online classes have little effect on students with poor self-awareness. After all, online classes do not have the learning atmosphere of school.

Furthermore, according to the normal plan, the school should have been open for a week and a half now. How can we make up for the lost time? In addition, what if the school cannot be opened in March?

Therefore, I think that after the official start of school, weekends and summer vacations will definitely be compressed. As for how much to compress, it depends on the teaching progress. Compulsory education may be compressed less. High school is the most important period of more than ten years of hard study. If it is not compressed, parents will probably find tutors themselves.

When do schools start in various parts of the country?

The current epidemic situation is unclear. Some education authorities have issued a notice to allow students to take online classes from March 2. When it will end depends on the current epidemic situation. According to preliminary estimates, it is unlikely that schools will start in early March. Some places will start schools in mid-to-late March. The start time in Hubei Province may be in April.

In areas where the school starts late, it is not enough to just compress the weekend time to make up for the students, and they often compress the summer vacation time to make up for the students. The specific situation is subject to the notice issued by the local education authority.

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First of all, the post-epidemic curriculum is generally formulated by schools based on a comprehensive analysis of the situation of online education. Secondly, according to relevant laws and regulations, statutory holidays such as weekends will generally not be occupied after the epidemic. However, the start time of school may be advanced due to the epidemic, which is understandable. After all, the epidemic has delayed normal teaching arrangements, and the quality of online teaching cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, the teaching plan for the first half of the semester must be completed, otherwise it will affect subsequent teaching work.