five-day week harms students

Based on the work of the Pavlodar schools Committee public health decided that the five-day school week is injurious to health and nervous state of the school. As a result, experts have revealed violations of sanitary norms, which in the future may affect different diseases of the nervous system. The data breach was not made intentionally, and solely in order to adapt to five-day working environment.

'28 schools in our district was included in the schedule of paired lessons in the elementary grades and introduced elective classes in order to meet the required hour minimum. In Fedor's high school schedule made up without taking into account the complexity of the objects, and the other never even observed break between shifts,' explained the acting head of the Agency of Kazakhstan Dosanov.

At three schools of Pavlodar area, scientists have identified the trainings without taking into account the complexity of the objects. Was the fact of violation of the workload and failure to comply with hygienic requirements for the change between classes in the villages of the region.

Having conducted the survey among students revealed that more than half of students believe that five days increased the load. The filling of the questionnaires showed that children spend on homework about three hours, when all it should take about an hour. In middle school goes as well to three hours, and the older to four hours instead of two.

40% of students also noted that the physical flexing superseded by physical education classes, or not done.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of education and science believe that the transition to five-day period should reduce the time for homework and unload the children.