Beijing offers required training for kindergarten staff

The education authority of China's capital has offered training to principals and teachers of all kindergartens in Beijing to improve faculty management and teaching capacity as well as work ethics.

Heads and teaching staff from all of the capital's kindergartens are required to complete 30 hours of training, which includes an eight-hour face-to-face component and 22 hours of online courses, according to the Beijing Municipal Education Commission on Friday.

The training covers the management team and teachers from kindergartens of all kinds, including private and public schools.

Li Yi, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission, said it is important to raise the recruitment levels for teachers at preschools to build a solid faculty, to offer training that enhances teaching capacity, as well as to provide better packages that attract more talent to a preschool teaching career.

Starting from late June, the kindergarten teacher training has lasted four months, with 200 classes designed for kindergarten principals, teachers and child care workers. More than 3,000 kindergarten principals took part in the training.