Ministry of Education: Ensure the safety of primary and secondary schools, kindergartens during the summer vacation of 2026.

Recently, the Office of the Ministry of Education issued a notice on the deployment of the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Summer Safety Work of Primary and Secondary Schools and Kindergartens in 2026". The notice requires that all schools in various regions strictly implement the requirements related to the basic education norms to consolidate the annual action and the special action for the sunshine enrollment of primary and secondary schools, strictly manage homework and exams, regulate school behavior, and fully implement enrollment and admission policies. It is necessary to comprehensively investigate and rectify hidden safety risks on campus, strengthen emergency prevention during the flood season, and strictly implement campus closed management. It is necessary to promote relevant departments to implement water management responsibilities, improve safety protection facilities, increase dynamic inspections and controls, and strictly prevent drowning incidents among students. It is necessary to solidly carry out the investigation and rectification of prominent issues in school meals, teaching aids, and school uniforms, and continue to consolidate the results of the "three improvements". It is necessary to effectively reduce the non-educational burden of teachers and ensure teachers' legitimate rest rights and interests.