they plant standard three for everyday support use discuss tradition

For middle and primary school students，learning to cook has become a must.They will also need to learn how（1）

to plant

to plant

vegetables，raise poultry （家禽） and maintain home appliances （修理家電） under new requirements for labor （勞動） education.
   The Ministry of Education （MOE教育部） brought out a new（2）

standard

standard

for labor education in school last year.From the 2022 fall term，students in primary and middle schools have to take courses on labor skills at least once a week.The new standard includes three kinds of labor tasks （任務）.The first is for things like（3）

everyday

everyday

chores，including cleaning，organizing，cooking and maintaining home appliances.Next is productive labor，such as making hand-made works and（4）

using

using

new technologies.The（5）

third

third

is service work which includes volunteer work.
   Schools in China have（6）

traditionally

traditionally

paid more attention to studying，and many have seen chores as a waste of children's time.But according to the MOE，labor education must be built up to help students and develop an interest in labor.
   Online，people have been busy（7）

discussing

discussing

the new standard on social media （社交媒體）.Liu Fang，a mother of 6-year-old twins in Beijing，strongly（8）

supports

supports

labor education.For the past year，she has trained her daughters to do chores and make simple dishes（9）

for

for

the family."Through doing housework，their eye-hand coordination （手眼協調），time management and organization skills can be trained and it's also good to help（10）

them

them

relax."Through such education，Liu thinks her twins have found fun in doing chores and are more independent.