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Can Deadly Virus Stop Education? 

OVID-19 is a sudden human disaster. As the country with the earliest 

outbreak, China’s epidemic situation has been basically controlled after 

arduous efforts. In the fight against the epidemic, the Chinese government 

has continued to postpone the start of new school semester, launched the 

largest online education activity in human history, and realized “School’s 

Out, But Class’s On” at all levels. 

With the continuous spread of the virus, more and more countries and 

regions in the world have announced the suspension of schools and the use of 

online education in order to control the epidemic. In order to better help 

countries around the world to understand China’s experience, the editorial 

office of the journal organized a special issue to report on the practices and 

experiences of Chinese schools in conducting online education activities dur-

ing the epidemic. 

It should be noted that some of the manuscripts presented in this issue 

are not “academic research” in a strict sense. We believe that at such an ur-

gent moment, academic standards should give way to realistic needs to a cer-

tain extent. In the manuscripts we present, there is a comprehensive analysis 

of the actual basis and impact of the largest online education activity in hu-

man history in China, as well as detailed descriptions of online education 

measures in different schools in China. The schools herein included came 

from both developed and underdeveloped regions of China, and also from 

urban and rural schools. Therefore, it can represent the status of basic educa-

tion in China more completely. 

We hope that through the sharing of these experiences, we can provide 

some lessons for all educators working hard to fight and control the virus. 

We also hope that with the efforts of everyone, the disaster will end earlier 

and quickly, and people’s lives and school education will return to normal as 

soon as possible! 

Correspondence to:  

Editorial Office 
Best Evidence of Chinese Education 

E-mail: eif.bece@basehq.org. 

 
Conflict of Interests: None. 

Doi: 10.15354/bece.20.ed006 

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