Students to be offered after-school programs By ZOU SHUO | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-30 09:10 Share CLOSE Students participate in a soccer training at Yuanbao Primary School in Guizhou province's Dafang county. [Photo by Luo Dafu/Provided to chinadaily.com.cn] After-school programs will be made available in all primary and middle schools in urban areas, the Ministry of Education pledged recently. Such programs cater to the needs of working parents who are unable to pick up their children immediately after school. In a notice issued recently, the ministry said the programs should run until half an hour after the usual time that office work ends.