Chinanews client, Beijing, August 28 (Ren Jing) Recently, some provinces announced the registration and test time for the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers in the second half of 2021. Many provinces will start registration on September 2 and October 30. Written test on the day.

In recent years, the "teaching resources" test has continued to rise, what new changes will this test have?

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To clarify the time of the UGC in the second half of the year

  Recently, Henan, Hunan, Guizhou and other provinces have intensively announced the registration and examination time for the teacher qualification examination (written test) for the second half of 2021. Many provinces will start the registration for the teaching resources examination from September 2. The time is October 30th.

  In addition, according to previous news from the Education Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, starting from the fall of 2021, the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region will also be added to the state-organized primary and secondary school teacher qualification examination.

  According to the "Teacher Law", the country implements a teacher qualification system. All Chinese citizens who abide by the Constitution and laws, love education, have good ideological and moral character, have the academic qualifications stipulated in this law or have passed the national teacher qualification examination, and have the ability to teach and teach. Those who have been certified as qualified can obtain teacher qualifications.

  Judging from the current teacher qualification examination method, the examination is held twice a year in most provinces, and the general written examination is arranged in March in the first half of the year and November in the second half of the year, and registration is started 1-2 months in advance.

Since 2015, the teacher qualification examination has entered the national unified examination stage.

  In recent years, the "teaching resources fever" has continued to rise. In the first half of this year, on the day of the teacher qualification examination written test and when the interview was released, the "teaching resources test" was on the hot search list on the Internet.

  From the data point of view, in 2016, there were 2.6 million registered teachers for the teacher qualification examination. In 2017, it reached 4.1 million. By 2019, it has climbed to 9 million.

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How has the exam changed this year?

  From the category point of view, the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers includes the qualification examination for kindergarten teachers, the qualification examination for primary school teachers, the qualification examination for junior middle school teachers, and the qualification examination for senior middle school teachers.

  For the exams in the second half of this year, a change requires candidates to pay attention to.

  In June of this year, the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education issued the "Announcement on Adjusting the Titles of Some Exam Subjects for the Primary and Secondary School Teacher Qualification Examinations", starting from June 2021 to adjust the names of subjects such as primary and secondary schools for the primary and secondary school teacher qualification examinations.

  In elementary school interview subjects, "Primary School Society" was adjusted to "Primary School Morality and Rule of Law".

In the written examination subjects of junior high schools, "Ideological and Moral Subject Knowledge and Teaching Ability (Junior Middle School)" is adjusted to "Moral and Rule of Law Subject Knowledge and Teaching Ability (Junior Middle School)".

In the interview subjects for junior high schools, "Ideology and Morality (Junior High School)" was adjusted to "Ethics and Rule of Law (Junior High School)".

  After the above-mentioned examination subject names are adjusted, the original subject examination syllabus will still apply before the new examination syllabus is promulgated, and the test scores of the subjects that have passed and within the validity period are still valid.

For candidates who have taken the primary and secondary school teacher qualification examination (interview) in the first half of 2021, the name of the interview subject, the corresponding information in the examination pass certificate, and the name of the teaching subject recognized by the teacher will use the adjusted name.

Data map: September 9, 2018, Meishan, Sichuan, more than 150 college students put on the words "Blessing Teacher" on the playground.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Zhongjun

What causes the "teacher fever"?

  In recent years, more and more people, especially college students, have joined the army of elementary and middle school teacher qualification examinations, and "teacher fever" has become a phenomenon that has been focused by public opinion.

  According to Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the China Academy of Education, the “hot” of the teaching-related exams is firstly due to the increasing number of college graduates in recent years. The total number of college graduates in 2021 will reach 9.09 million. Under the competition for employment, holding a certificate means There is one more "way out".

  "In recent years, the state has raised the entry threshold for teachers, and teacher qualification certificates have become a necessary condition for teachers inside and outside the ranks. In addition, in recent years, the state has gradually required some teachers in training institutions to obtain teacher qualification certificates, which has led to teacher qualifications. Exam fever." Zhang Xiaojing, head of Huatu Education Teacher Research Institute, analyzed the media.

  Regarding the UGC exams in the second half of this year, Chu Zhaohui analyzed, "The'double reduction' policy will become a new factor affecting UGC exam registration, because the demand for talents in the education and training industry is decreasing."

  From a long-term perspective, Zhang Xiaojing analyzed that, from the perspective of the general environment, the salary of teachers has continued to increase, and the state has also given priority to guarantee needs in terms of staffing, and the attractiveness of the future teacher career will continue to increase.

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