Explore the construction of modern comprehensive high schools to achieve the expansion and improvement of high school education

　　Xiong Bingqi

　　Premier Li Qiang proposed in the Government Work Report on the 5th that we will carry out actions to expand and improve basic education, accelerate the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and urban-rural integration, improve the conditions for running rural boarding schools, continue to deepen the "double reduction", and promote preschool education. We will promote inclusive development and strengthen the construction of general high schools in counties.

　　Regarding the action to expand and improve the quality of basic education, many netizens expect to expand the enrollment scale of general high schools, reduce or even cancel secondary vocational schools, and make general high schools universal.

Gan Huatian, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Sichuan University West China Hospital, put forward the "implementation of ten-year compulsory education" proposal at this year's Two Sessions, which has once again attracted public attention. Many netizens believe that this can alleviate the anxiety of being diverted from general vocational education and reduce students' academic burden.

In fact, the only way to go is to vigorously improve the quality of vocational education, promote the integrated development of vocational education, and provide students with diverse choices for success.

　　Chen Weizhi, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of Shanghai New Era Education Group, conducted in-depth research on the issue of promoting the integrated development of vocational education and general education. He submitted a proposal titled "Accelerating the Construction of Modern Comprehensive High Schools and Promoting the Strategic Transformation of High School Education" at this year's Two Sessions. It is recommended to build a comprehensive high school that integrates general high school courses and secondary vocational technical and vocational courses according to high-quality standards, and promote credit-based teaching and management. This provides a feasible path to expand and improve basic education.

　　According to the basic situation of national education development in 2023 released by the Ministry of Education, in 2023, my country's general high school enrollment will be 9.678 million, and secondary vocational enrollment will be 4.5404 million. The ratio of general high school enrollment to secondary vocational enrollment is 2.13 to 1, not "online transmission" 1 to 1.

But even so, parents still hope to increase the enrollment scale of general high schools.

　　Even if all junior high school graduates are allowed to attend general high school, will students' burden and anxiety be reduced?

The answer is also no.

Because there is also an obvious gap in the quality of education in general high schools. There are key high schools, model high schools, general general high schools, private general high schools, etc. in various places. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to cancel the high school entrance examination. In order to enter a better general high school, Students will still compete for admission.

Moreover, some students who enter general high schools are not suitable for general high school education, but are coerced into exam-taking competition.

The survey shows that some students who take the general college entrance examination every year have college entrance examination scores of around 200 points (out of 750 points). In some provinces, the admission score for science and engineering undergraduates is less than 300 points. If all junior high school graduates go to general high schools, they will not take the general college entrance examination. In the college entrance examination, some students will score about 100 points in the college entrance examination. Such ordinary high school study is meaningless to them.

　　At present, considering the practical problem of inferiority in vocational education, building a comprehensive high school is a suitable choice.

This is a high school education model borrowed from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. General high school academic courses and secondary vocational technical courses are offered in comprehensive high schools. Students can choose independently according to their own interests and abilities. After graduating from high school, they can combine elective courses. Situation and future career development, apply for general colleges or vocational colleges.

Currently, our country is also promoting the construction of comprehensive high schools. The Ministry of Education issued the "Opinions on Implementing the Action Plan for Expanding and Improving the Quality of Basic Education in the New Era" last year, proposing to support a group of regions and schools with better foundations to take the lead in launching pilot programs for running characteristic schools. Actively develop comprehensive high schools and promote the integration of vocational and general education.

　　To run comprehensive high schools successfully, we need to pay attention to investment in the construction of technical and vocational courses, and establish a vocational education college entrance examination system that is equal to the general college entrance examination to avoid making comprehensive high schools universal.

Since the gross enrollment rate of high school students in our country has reached 91.8%, our country already has the realistic conditions for running comprehensive high schools.

Efforts to promote the construction of comprehensive high schools can promote the diversified development of high schools.

　　In this regard, the “vigorously improving the quality of vocational education” mentioned in the government work report is particularly important.

Our country must come up with hard and practical measures to improve the quality of vocational education, effectively solve the practical problems of inferior vocational education and low quality of vocational schools, integrate vocational education with universal education, build high-quality comprehensive high schools, and get rid of the social phenomenon of only academic qualifications. , Only famous schools are oriented to employing people.