(CFP)

Students at Anwen Primary School in Pan'an County, east China's Zhejiang Province, are at an earthquake drill, on May 23, 2013.

The Ministry of Education on March 3 asked schools and kindergartens to organize evacuation drills on a regular basis to ensure quick response to emergencies such as earthquakes and fires.

Schools are advised to carry out at least one drill each month while kindergartens should do so every three months, according to a guideline issued by the ministry. It asked middle schools to finish each drill within two minutes and primary schools to do so within three minutes.