Beijing reopened its high schools Thursday for third-year senior
students after a mandatory month-long shutdown to stem the spread
of SARS, reported Friday's China Daily.
Students in rural Beijing will go back to class next Monday.
Indensely populated districts, only third-year junior high school
students who are due to take senior high school entrance exams
between July 8 and 10 will go back to school on June 9.
Other grades of students in urban areas will stay home until July
14. The summer holidays have been postponed from July 11 to July
25, according to the national capital's education authorities.
Students must undergo temperature check at school gates and then
wash their hands in newly installed basins. Despite the
fuss,students said they were glad to be back, according to the
English-language paper.
(Xinhua News Agency May 23, 2003)
