December 23, 2023

A toy that had a profound impact

Lego, the world's leading toy maker, has teamed up with a Chinese publisher, to create a set of "class-kits" for Chinese primary and middle schools. The company has designed the "class-kits" to encourage science, technology, engineering, arts and math, known as STEAM classes, together with the publishing house of East China Normal University based in Shanghai. "We did a survey in China, which shows over 90 percent of Chinese parents believe their kids are burdened by school education, and over 85 percent of teachers understand their students are losing self-confid