Tibet pledges efforts for high-quality development of education

STORY: Tibet pledges efforts for high-quality development of education DATELINE: April 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the training session 2. various of students in school 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU CHANGYU, Official with Tibet education department 4. various of students in school STORYLINE: In recent years, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has taken multiple measures to build an all-around system with moral, intelligent, physical and aesthetic education, according to a school health training session held in Lhasa on Monday. The region's education officials say that in 2023, Tibet will strengthen physical education, enhance cultural training with more art-based curriculums and activities, and encourage students to participate in more manual labor to boost their hard-working spirit. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHU CHANGYU, Official with Tibet education department "In addition to learning curricular knowledge, students' health condition should

Native speakers in demand as Japanese schools step up English lessons

Native speakers in demand as Japanese schools step up English lessons

Yuko Shigematsu (L) takes a lesson at an English language school in Oita, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2018. Shigematsu is one of many elementary school teachers in Japan who are turning to English with native speakers as they seek to gain confidence teaching the language before it is formally added to their school curriculums in the academic year starting in April 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo