Ministry of Education Issued 2026 Summer Safety Rules for Schools and Kindergartens (China, June 2026)
The Ministry of Education issued a national notice on 2026 summer safety work for primary schools, secondary schools, and kindergartens. The notice strengthens summer safety education, campus risk checks, drowning prevention, summer care regulation, school-meal and materials oversight, and limits on non-teaching burdens for teachers.
The Ministry of Education issued a national notice on 2026 summer safety work for primary schools, secondary schools, and kindergartens. The notice strengthens summer safety education, campus risk checks, drowning prevention, summer care regulation, school-meal and materials oversight, and limits on non-teaching burdens for teachers.
What Changed?
The notice requires education departments and schools to implement summer safety responsibilities, apply the 1530 safety education model, conduct safety-theme education before students leave school, guide parents on guardianship, regulate summer care on a voluntary and public-welfare basis, inspect campus risks, strengthen flood-season emergency prevention, maintain closed campus management, continue rectification of school meal, teaching-aid, and uniform issues, and reduce non-teaching holiday burdens on teachers.
Old System vs New System
Summer safety work was handled through local arrangements and previous annual guidance, with varying local emphasis on campus management, anti-drowning work, teacher holiday duties, and regulation of summer care.
For summer 2026, the Ministry of Education set a nationally defined safety and management package for schools and kindergartens, including explicit requirements on closed campus management, risk inspections, drowning prevention, summer care standards, and teacher workload protection.
Who Is Affected?
Student Impact
Students should receive summer safety education before leaving school and may have access to regulated summer care where local schools provide it voluntarily and on a public-welfare basis.
Parent / Family Impact
Parents are expected to take stronger guardianship responsibilities during summer and arrange children’s holiday life with enough rest time and safety awareness.
School / Institution Impact
Schools and kindergartens must check safety risks, manage campuses during summer, regulate summer care, implement safety education, and continue compliance work on meals, teaching aids, and uniforms.
Teacher / Staff Impact
The notice emphasizes reducing non-education and non-teaching burdens, protecting teachers’ legal rest rights, and avoiding excessive holiday duties or unrelated assigned tasks.
Key Dates
- 2026-06-29: notice date
- 2026 summer vacation: main implementation period.
What To Do
- Families should check local school summer safety notices
- summer care rules
- drowning-prevention reminders
- and any official school arrangements before the vacation begins.
What To Watch Next
Watch for provincial and local education bureau implementation notices, especially on summer care availability, teacher duty rules, drowning prevention, and school safety inspections.
Global Context
The notice is relevant internationally because it links school safety, family responsibility, teacher workload protection, and summer care regulation in a national basic education system.
Source Record
Source type: Official notice
Source name: Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China