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original title: "reclining tables and chairs" enter campuses ningbo will complete 46,500 sets of lunch break equipment this year

students of beijing normal university yuyao experimental school take a nap on reclining desks and chairs. file photo.

shen liping, reporter of china ningbo network

at the beginning of the new semester, many schools in ningbo started using "reclining" desks and chairs, allowing students to "lie down and sleep freely" during their lunch break, which is truly enviable.

recently, at the south campus of yinzhou district no. 2 experimental primary school education group, after lunch, the children were preparing for a nap. rows of brand new desks and chairs were placed in the classroom, which looked no different from ordinary desks and chairs. after the children made some simple adjustments, they turned the desks and chairs into "small beds". the children covered themselves with blankets, closed their eyes, and soon fell asleep quietly.

hu chunying, vice principal of yinzhou no. 2 experimental primary school, said: "the biggest function of this kind of desk and chair is that it allows children to lie down in a limited space, so that their brains can rest and it is conducive to their physical development."

in the new semester, the school purchased 2,800 sets of "reclining" desks and chairs for use in the east campus, west campus and south campus. currently, children from grades one to four have all used "reclining" desks and chairs.

it is understood that the yinzhou district education bureau has promoted the "lie down and sleep during lunch break" project this year and carried out pilot projects in four schools. a batch of "reclining" desks and chairs, and nap mats have entered the campus, allowing nearly 7,000 students to achieve the "freedom to lie down and sleep."

among the other three pilot schools, ningbo art experimental school purchased a total of 1,900 nap mats for students to use during lunch breaks; cunde school in yinzhou district purchased 1,300 nap chairs, and nine classes as well as the second to fourth grade students of yinzhou district qiuai town central primary school who borrowed a site at cunde school have all used the nap chairs; all students in the primary and junior high school departments of the jiangnan campus of yinzhou district jiangdong central school have also used "reclining" desks and chairs.

parents have praised the "reclining" desks and chairs in the school. ms. li, who lives in yinzhou district, said that her child always rested on the desk before. if she kept this posture for a long time, her eyes would be easily compressed and her arms would be numb. she bought a nap pillow for her child. with the "reclining" desks and chairs, the children are more energetic in the afternoon.

students from xiapu school in beilun district try to use desks and chairs for sleeping during lunch break. file photo.

it is understood that all districts (counties and cities) are working hard for students' healthy lunch breaks. this year, fenghua district purchased 2,182 sets of nap chairs through public bidding, and carried out pilot projects in four schools in fenghua district, namely jishan primary school, banxi primary school, qiucun central primary school and baidu primary school. as early as two years ago, six third-grade classes in xiapu school in beilun district and six first-grade classes in the primary school department of gu guohe middle school began to pilot the use of adjustable lunch break desks and chairs, allowing 500 students to take the lead in realizing the "freedom to lie down and sleep" during lunch breaks. this year, the district stated at the on-site promotion meeting for the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education in the province that it will gradually update the "reclining" desks and chairs to allow first-grade students to basically realize their lunch break.

at a recent briefing on ningbo's policy of promoting large-scale equipment renewal and trade-in of consumer goods, the relevant person in charge of the municipal education bureau mentioned that in terms of equipment for the "lunch break lying down" project, the city will complete 46,500 sets of lunch break equipment by 2024. by 2027, the "lunch break lying down" project will be implemented and promoted in all primary and secondary schools in the city.