Around 100,000 grade 11 and 12 students from over 250 high schools in Shanghai returned to school on Monday after about three months away from campus because of the COVID-19 epidemic.

Grade 11 and 12 high school students in Shanghai can return to school starting on June 6, and Grade 9 students can do so starting on June 13, the Shanghai Education Commission announced on Thursday.

Shanghai will pull its strength toward enhancing employability of fresh university graduates whose job-seeking prospects are disturbed by the current round of the COVID-19 outbreak, local authorities said on Saturday.

More than 95,000 primary and secondary school students in Shanghai's Jiading district started online learning on March 14.

Middle schools, primary schools and kindergartens in Shanghai's Jiading district began a new term on Feb 17.

Teenagers are recommended to spend time exploring at Dalai Time Museum, which is located in Jiading district, during the winter holiday.

Shanghai's Jiading district has made fruitful achievements in establishing schools in 2021 with the opening of 14 new schools.

Shanghai is stepping up efforts to become a winter sports hub.