School offers class to cope with smog

Beiijng Jingshan School plans to suspend classes on heavy smog days and will launch distance teaching lessons via the online chatting tool QQ. The school tested its distance education system based on QQ on Saturday. Teachers can share the studying materials for the class through the system with students while delivering lectures. Students can also have discussions using the system. The school is the first in Beijing to launch such a system to cope with smog days.