China’s Ministry of Education said on Friday that teachers in primary schools must not assign homework through the social media app WeChat or QQ messaging service, nor should they shift the duty of correcting homework to parents.
The statement was a written reply to a proposal submitted at the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China’s top political advisory body.
Regional educational authorities in China have already introduced similar regulations amid a national initiative to free teenagers from homework overload.