Education administrative departments at all levels and primary and secondary schools (kindergartens) should strictly follow the school calendar arrangement in this notice, start school and have holidays according to the specified time. In case of special circumstances, they should be approved by the education administrative department of the city (state) and reported to the Provincial Department of Education for the record.

Education administrative departments at all levels and primary and secondary schools (kindergartens) should carry out education and teaching activities in strict accordance with the relevant requirements of the state and our province on standardizing running schools, and should not increase or decrease teaching time at will, and should not advance or postpone teaching progress at will. The first grade of primary school should strictly implement the "zero starting point" teaching.

Compulsory education schools should implement the "double reduction" policy, improve the quality of classroom teaching, and do a good job in effectively connecting the improvement of after-school service level with the improvement of education and teaching quality.

It is necessary to strictly implement the relevant provisions of the Law on the Protection of Minors, and it is not allowed to take up statutory holidays, rest days and organize students to make up classes collectively in winter and summer vacations. Schools should co-ordinate the curriculum arrangements of all grades and ensure that social practice activities organized by schools are not less than once every semester.

Schedule of primary school students:

Primary school starts at 8: 20 in the morning and middle school starts at 8: 00. Pupils sleep 10 hours a day, junior high school students sleep for 9 hours and senior high school students sleep for 8 hours. Schools may not require students to participate in unified education and teaching activities in advance. For individual students who arrive at school in advance due to special family circumstances, the school should open the door in advance and make proper arrangements.

Reasonable arrangement of recess and afternoon class time, places and schools where conditions permit should ensure students' necessary lunch break; Boarding schools should arrange their work and rest schedules reasonably to ensure that students meet the prescribed sleep time requirements.

City (state) and county (city, district) should take the strict implementation of school calendar as an important part of regulating school-running behavior, and bring it into the scope of supervision and inspection, strengthen supervision and inspection of the implementation of school calendar, curriculum plan and timetable in primary and secondary schools, promptly investigate and deal with behaviors such as starting school in advance, making up lessons in violation of regulations, requiring students to come to school in advance, effectively reducing students' excessive academic burden and promoting the healthy growth of primary and secondary school students.

Reference to the above contents: Guizhou Provincial People's Government-primary and secondary schools (kindergartens) in Guizhou Province in the 2023-2024 school year.