The desks and chairs can be adjusted by hand! Nanjing invested 50 million yuan to renovate desks and chairs in primary and secondary schools

In 2019, eight departments including the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education issued the "Opinions on Comprehensive Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents", proposing that in order to improve the visual environment, schools must use standard adjustable desks and chairs with a distribution compliance rate of 90% . Nanjing City launched the standardization project of desks and chairs in primary and secondary schools in the city in May 2020, and has invested 50 million yuan so far. 

Wei Wanqian, a third-grade student at Nanjing Shibuqiao Primary School: "My height is 134 centimeters. According to the prompt 'My ruler is amazing', there are two models of desks and chairs for me to choose from, No. 7 and No. 8. Desk No. 7 The height range of the chair is 128 cm to 142 cm, and the height range of the No. 8 desk and chair is 120 to 134 cm. My legs will be a bit tight for the No. 8 desk and chair, but my legs can be relaxed for the No. 7 desk and chair. So I chose desk and chair No. 7.”

The reporter learned that this summer Shibuqiao Primary School carried out a comprehensive renovation and upgrade of the original wooden desks and chairs, from the past three specifications of high, medium and low to 10 specifications. The school posted in the class the "Awesome Ruler" produced by the Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which can easily measure the desks and chairs that match the height; the school also formulated a "Desk and Chair Management System" that requires accuracy Check the height of the child and the corresponding desks and chairs to ensure that the desks and chairs in the classroom are arranged low in the front and high in the back. When changing seats every week, the desks and chairs of the students should be adjusted every two months.

Xiao Yan, principal of Nanjing Shibuqiao Primary School, said: “Through this renovation of desks and chairs, the standardization of desks and chairs in our school has been achieved, and the standardization of school equipment has also been enhanced, allowing our school to better serve the students. Student Healthy Growth Services.”

In the autumn semester, more than 1,200 students at Nanjing Zhongdian Yihejiayuan Primary School also used upgraded desks and chairs. All grades one to four were replaced with new desks and chairs, and grades five and six had their original desks and chairs renovated. . The new desks and chairs adopt hand-crank adjustments, which can more easily be fine-tuned to match the height of the child.

Wu Xueying, the principal of Nanjing Zhongdian Yihejiayuan Primary School, said: "After replacing this table, the small rocker can be gently inserted and shaken, and the table can be easily raised and lowered to the appropriate height for the child, so it is important to protect the students' eyesight. Real place."

Zhang Han, the head teacher of Class 4 (3) of Nanjing Zhongdian Yihejiayuan Primary School, said: "Now they can straighten their bodies, sit more upright, and write more beautifully. Their concentration in class has indeed improved."

This upgrade also reduced the thickness of the table bucket, leaving more room for children's legs.

Zhang Feng, director of the Office of Nanjing Educational Technology Equipment Center, said: "After the desk is raised, the space under the desk becomes smaller. After the height of the desk and chair matches the height, the legs cannot be put in, so this rectification is The focus is mainly on this.”