LUSAKA Cheap Air Max Australia , Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday announced the creation of new ministries as part of his government's efforts to improve service delivery.
The Zambian leader, in his speech to the Fifth Session of the 11th National Assembly, decided to create new ministries by splitting some already existing ministries.
Lungu, in his first address to Members of Parliament which was also broadcast live on state television since winning the January 20 presidential election, decided to remove national planning function from the Ministry of Finance and formed a new Ministry of Development Planning while the Ministry of Education, Science Cheap Air Max Shoes , Vocational Training and Early Education has been split into the Ministry of General Education and the Ministry of Higher Education.
Other ministries that have been split include the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water Development, resulting in the creation of the Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development and the Ministry of Energy and Water Development while the Ministry of Transport, Works, Supply and Communication has also been split into the Ministry of Works and Supply and the Ministry of Transport and Communication.
The Zambian leader has also split the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock into the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
The Zambian leader further detached the function of mother and child health from the Ministry of Community Development and moved the function to the Ministry of Health while the Ministry of Gender and Child Development has been renamed the Ministry of Gender as the function of child development has been moved to the Ministry of Youth and Sports which now becomes the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Child Development.
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Beijing's Olympic Forest Park is busiest after sunset, when adults are taking an after-dinner stroll or jogging. Children are there too, but seldom do teenagers show up.
Teens are generally at home, working on math functions or English grammar. But while they are getting higher test scores Cheap Womens Air Max , they are also getting fatter, weaker and lazier.
Seven national surveys on the health of China' adolescents from 1985 to 2014 show a decline in fitness, despite better nutrition.
"In 1989, male students would fail physical exams if they took more than 3 minutes and 55 seconds to run 1,000 meters. That standard was lowered to 4 minutes and 32 seconds in 2014," said Wang Zongping Cheap Air Max , a motor quotient specialist at Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
"That means that if the teenagers competed with their parents at the same age, they would be 150 meters behind when their parents crossed the finish line."
According to the 2014 survey, Chinese students are taller and bigger than before, but they are also fatter and have worse eyesight. Lack of exercise is seen as the main culprit.
Even when they enter college, they maintain their couch potato lifestyle. Over 84 percent of college students exercise less than one hour every day, with 27 percent reluctant to go for a run. Instead Cheap Air Max TN Australia , they spent most their time doing homework and playing games online. When they do go out, they'll do almost anything to avoid walking, and few seem to be aware of the problem.
"The overall pass rate of physical exams over the years hasn't changed much," said Wang, "but only by lowering the par."
Discarded facilities
Back in the 1980s, students enjoyed a variety of athletic and gymnastic activities Cheap Air Max TN Shoes , but much of the equipment was removed from campuses in the 1990s due to parental complaints.
"If a student gets injured in class, the school is blamed," said Shi Fei, a PE teacher.
With only one child in most families, they are pampered and over-protected.
"It's almost impossible to see students sweat," Shi sighed.
Injuries are normal during exercise Cheap Mens Air Max TN , and are helpful for a person to better understand their own body, according to Wang.
About 30 million Americans under 14 take part in regular outdoor activities every year, and more than 3 million get injured, according to Professor Liu Zhan of Springfield College, a US college dedicated to sports.
"American teenagers haven't give up on sports for fear of injury, neither should their peers in China Cheap Womens Air Max TN ," said Wang.
Athletic activities are scorned on campus because academic performance is deemed the one and only criteria for higher education success. In some schools, PE lessons have been removed from high school curricula to make room for more academic classes. Heaps of homework and after-class courses are forced on students off-campus. Even kindergarten kids are more likely to be banging away at an abacus or piano than playing soccer or swimming.
"We care too much about developing children's IQ, and too little about their motor skills, team spirit and resilience. These 'invisible' capabilities can only be obtained through outdoor activities," said Wang.
Healthy China
Well aware of the issue, the government wants all kids to go outside and exercise.
The "Healthy China 2030" plan released in October said that healthier kids require better sports facilities.
The total area of "exercise space" will be increased to at least 2.3 square meters per capita by 2030 Cheap Air Max TN , in contrast to only 1.5 square meters today. That means more running and cycle tracks, more gymnasiums and more playing fields. The plan also calls for at least one hour of strenuous physical activity, three times a week for all students.