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Forum Advocates All-round Education
Some 100 educators from 20 countries and regions in the Asia-Pacific region have been brought together by the goal of "learning essential life skills" to discuss how to improve education for students at a forum, which was opened Tuesday in Beijing.
During the two-day forum on improving education quality, UNESCO Asia-Pacific members will exchange views on shifting traditional education to modern comprehensive learning, which teaches students academic knowledge, fine art and sports, as well as morality, independent thinking and creativity.
The forum is sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the China National Institute for Educational Research.
China needs to turn its massive population into a human resource advantage, the newspaper quoted Liu Bin, president of the China International Association for Educational Exchanges, as saying.
China has made great achievements in popularizing education among its citizens since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, especially over the past 20 years of reform, Liu said, but more effort is needed to promote educational programs for people of different ages.
China is also actively promoting comprehensive education to phase out the previous text-oriented rote teaching to equip students with all-round skills, according to the Ministry of Education, the newspaper reported.
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