If true, this provision risks violating the Higher Education Law. Schools can offer several different kinds of physical education courses when implementing higher education. However, unless swimming is an essential skill and ability of a certain subject or major, there is no reason for the school to take swimming as a compulsory course, and there is no legal basis for refusing students to graduate or issuing academic certificates to students on the grounds that they failed the swimming exam. Another example is actually obvious. If a school builds a golf course, it is stipulated that students who must learn to play golf can graduate, and everyone must have doubts. What's the relationship between my coming to college and learning to play golf? Swimming is a common skill. Learning to swim has many benefits, but no amount of benefits can explain it. I studied law/computer/philosophy/biology in college. What does it have to do with learning to swim?
I support attaching importance to sports, but it is only for discussion. What are the advantages and disadvantages of forced swimming in a water-deficient country without knowing the per capita popularity level of swimming pools? As a genetic scum, but I have been busy rowing for decades since I was a child (literally), I think it is more reasonable to promote a certain project from the perspective of national fitness. The requirements of the venue at home are not good, the cost performance is high, and it doesn't take much time ... Let me just say a few things. Do exercises. Several combinations of unarmed movements. Hiit action is difficult. Running. Climb stairs, climb mountains. Simple ball games. As for the assessment, there were ready-made methods twenty or thirty years ago. For example, the basketball exam in that year was to shoot and run the basket, and to score points within the specified time, as long as the action was passable. So it's not a matter of position. That year I won the third place in the school swimming competition, and my children also took swimming lessons.
Don't worry about this problem. Our school (South China University of Technology) is also one of the few schools in China where undergraduates need to swim. The school will offer swimming classes in the freshman year, and only after passing the exam can you get the diploma. Otherwise, you must learn it before graduation, otherwise you can only get a diploma. As for the special group you mentioned, you can apply like a school, but you need to provide medical records or other documents from hospitals above grade three. If you really can't or are not suitable for water, you can apply successfully, so don't worry, the school can't ask special groups to learn swimming. There is much water in the south, so learning to swim is also your life-saving skill. You can also help yourself in case of emergency. And swimming in the swimming pool every day, we will continue to learn. We can apply for a swimming license if we have a good health certificate, and we can practice in the school swimming pool at ordinary times, as long as it is not during class hours. Having said that, you just don't have to worry about this problem. You really don't want to come to a school where you have to learn swimming, so change your home. After all, there are so many universities.