"Three major balls" will be added to the sports selection items of the Beijing High School Entrance Examination in 2019

The relevant person in charge of the Beijing Municipal Education Commission said yesterday that the "three major sports" of football, basketball, and volleyball will become the optional items for the sports examination of the Beijing High School Entrance Examination.

In addition, Beijing will soon issue opinions on promoting the implementation of campus football in primary and secondary schools. The city will establish 200 football-specific schools and support primary school students in grades three to six to go to designated clubs for after-school football training through government purchase of services.

Campus football will receive special education funds. The "Notice on Preparing the Physical Education Examination for Junior High School Graduators" previously issued by the Beijing Municipal Education Commission requires that from now on, the Beijing High School Entrance Examination will add football dribbling and dribbling on the basis of the basketball dribbling test.

There are two events in volleyball and paddling, from which candidates can "choose one" from three.

The relevant person in charge of the Municipal Education Commission said yesterday that in the future, they will also explore the testing of football events in the high school physical education examination.

In addition, Beijing will also issue opinions on promoting the implementation of campus football in primary and secondary schools. In the future, municipal education funds will have special funds for the development of campus football.

Among them, the government will purchase services to rent social venues to provide venues for campus football, build small venues and cage football venues in urban areas, and build football competition venues in remote suburban counties.

It also supports primary school students in grades three to six to participate in football training and learning at recognized sports clubs in their spare time, and the government will provide subsidies.

Physical education teachers conduct special football training. The person in charge said that in order to promote campus football, 200 football-specific schools will be established in the city in the future, and three Beijing campus football training centers will also be established relying on schools and social forces.

In the next two to three years, in addition to increasing the football population on campuses in Beijing to no less than 100,000, a special football training program will be carried out for Beijing's physical education teachers to ensure that every school in the compulsory education stage has a physical education teacher who is qualified for football.

Teaching and training, and hiring domestic and foreign football experts, professors from Beijing universities, senior football coaches and retired football players to fully participate in the development of campus football.

However, the person in charge also stated that the above content is still being improved and the final release version should prevail.