China News Service, September 4th. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, six departments including the Ministry of Education recently issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Rural Teachers in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions").
The "Opinions" put forward the need to improve status and treatment so that rural teachers can enjoy their due social prestige.
Data map: On June 4, Peng Youxing, a rural teacher born in the 90s in Guizhou, was tutoring a student to do class exercises.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Qu Honglun
The "Opinions" mentioned that it is necessary to innovate the staffing of rural teachers.
Fully consider the new urbanization, comprehensive two-child policy, new curriculum reform, education poverty alleviation, etc., implement the unified urban and rural primary and secondary school staff establishment standards, scientifically and rationally approve the staff establishment, give appropriate preference to rural small-scale schools, and follow the class-teacher ratio The combination of student-teacher ratio is approved.
Encourage local governments to explore the establishment of a “turnover pool” system for faculty and staff on the premise of complying with the current establishment management regulations to properly address the needs of the faculty and staff in primary and secondary schools.
Encourage qualified areas to formulate standards for the staffing of public kindergartens, and tilt them towards the countryside when they are equipped.
The "Opinions" pointed out that it is necessary to tap the potential to adjust the establishment of rural schools and standardize the management of rural school personnel.
Strengthen the evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of rural teacher establishments. It is strictly forbidden to squeeze, misappropriate, or withhold the rural teacher establishments, and it is strictly forbidden to use long-term empty staffing, non-supplementary staffing, and extra staff.
The "Opinions" propose to unblock the integration of urban and rural channels, focusing on guiding the flow of outstanding talents to rural schools; innovate teacher education models to cultivate high-quality rural teachers that meet the requirements of the new era; expand career growth channels to allow rural teachers to gain broader development space .
The "Opinions" make it clear that improving status and treatment will allow rural teachers to enjoy their due social prestige.
Improve the protection mechanism of rural teachers' treatment to ensure that the average salary level is not lower than or higher than the average salary level of local civil servants.
Improve the honor system. The state will continue to issue honor certificates to teachers who have taught in rural schools for more than 30 years, and local governments will give awards based on actual conditions.
In all kinds of talent projects, honors, awards, and awards, we are inclined to rural teachers.
The "Opinions" also pointed out that we should care about the work and life of young teachers, optimize the system and humanistic environment for making contributions in the countryside; strengthen organizational leadership to ensure that various policies and measures are implemented.