Chinanews client, Beijing, September 11th (Reporter Kan Feng) Starting from the 11th, the registration for the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers (written examination) in the second half of 2020 will begin. The written examination will be held in 28 provinces, and registration for each province The announcement has been announced successively.
According to the latest documents issued by the Ministry of Education, qualified educational graduate students and publicly funded normal students can participate in the educational and teaching ability assessment organized by the school, and the qualifications of teachers are exempted.
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28 provinces start to register for written test on October 31
According to the news previously released by the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education, the registration for the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers (written examination) in the second half of 2020 will begin on September 11.
Judging from the registration announcements issued by various provinces a few days ago, the test was held in 28 provinces, including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia.
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.
In January of this year, registration for the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers in the first half of the year was launched in 26 provinces across the country. However, due to the epidemic, the examination originally scheduled for mid-March was postponed to the second half of the year. According to regulations, those who have passed the previous period The validity period of the written test scores and the certificate of passing is extended by one year.
In order to alleviate the impact on candidates, the seven departments including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Education issued in April the "Notice on the Implementation of Some Vocational Qualifications "First Employment, Re-certification" Phased Measures in Response to the Impact of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic". The qualification of teachers in kindergartens and secondary vocational schools implements the phased measures of "first take up the job and then verify".
According to the test center of the Ministry of Education, the written test for the qualification examination for primary and secondary school teachers in the second half of the year will be on October 31.
Data map: A teacher is in class.
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Teacher qualification exam, these students can be exempted!
It should be noted that, on the eve of the registration for the teacher qualification examination, on September 4, the Ministry of Education announced the "Implementation Plan for the Reform of Educational Postgraduate Students and Public-funded Teachers' Qualification Exemption Certification for Primary and Secondary School Teachers."
According to the requirements of the document, colleges and universities that enroll postgraduates in education and public-funded normal school students can participate in the examination-free certification reform from 2021.
Institutions of higher learning that implement the reform of exemption recognition should carry out educational and teaching ability assessments for educational postgraduates and publicly funded normal students in their schools according to their training objectives. Graduates of 2021 and later years who pass the assessment can be exempted from the national primary and secondary school teachers based on the educational and teaching ability assessment results Part or all subjects of the qualification examination.
On the eve of the teacher qualification examination registration, the Examination Center of the Ministry of Education also reminded that eligible educational graduate students and publicly funded normal students can participate in the educational and teaching ability assessment organized by the school, or voluntarily participate in the national primary and secondary school teacher qualification examination, and apply for the corresponding certification Teacher qualifications.
If the above-mentioned candidates have registered for the second half of 2020 primary and secondary school teacher qualification exam (including candidates transferred from the first half of 2020 to the second half of 2020), if they give up the exam, they must pass the primary and secondary school teacher qualification exam registration system during September 11-16 Apply for a refund.
"This reform has a positive effect on improving the education and teaching ability of normal students and the quality of training professional talents." Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, told reporters.
Huatu Education Teacher Project expert Yang Feng also analyzed that in the long run, the state has paid more and more attention to the quality of education and the training of teacher students. The training of teacher students must be strict in and strict out.
"This plan will undoubtedly make the path for normal students to become teachers more clearly, make the training goals of normal colleges clearer, and make the dimensions of teacher qualification assessment more diverse." Feng Yang said.
Data map: A teacher is in class.
Photo by Wang Yahai
The teacher qualification examination is heating up
In recent years, the teacher qualification examination has attracted more and more public attention. In the past two years, the teacher qualification examination has been held twice a year, and the number of applicants for each time has been over several million.
Taking 2019 as an example, according to the figures previously disclosed by the Ministry of Education, in the second half of 2019, 28 provinces across the country participated in the unified examination for the teacher qualification examination, and the number of applicants reached 5.9 million, a record high.
Together with the 2.9 million candidates who participated in the first half of the year, the number of primary and secondary school teacher qualification exams in 2019 will be nearly 9 million.
Regarding the teacher qualification examination in the second half of the year, Yang Feng analyzed that due to the policy of "first job before verification" under the epidemic situation and the impact of the postponement of the first half of the year examinations to the second half of the year, the teacher qualification examination will be held at the end of October. , The number of people taking the exam may hit a new high.
Regarding the reasons for the hotter teacher qualification examinations, Chu Zhaohui analyzed to reporters that on the one hand, "certification" is a necessary condition for teachers to take up their posts. On the other hand, in recent years, the state has gradually required some teachers in training institutions to obtain teacher qualifications. certificate.
As experts said, in January 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Comprehensively Deepening the Reform of Teacher Team Building in the New Era". The document clearly stated that the admission and recruitment system for primary and secondary school teachers will be improved. New teachers must obtain teacher qualifications. Strict access to teachers and improve entry standards.
In addition, the national level has successively issued a number of policies in the past two years, requiring that all primary and secondary school training teachers in offline and online education institutions must obtain teacher qualification certificates.
For example, in August 2018, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Regulating the Development of Off-campus Training Institutions". The document clearly stated that "Teachers engaged in training in language, mathematics, English and physics, chemistry, biology and other disciplines should have corresponding teacher qualifications" .
"It turns out that the teachers we understand are mainly teachers who teach in public schools. However, with the development of private schools and a large number of off-campus training institutions, the qualifications and entry thresholds for teachers are gradually adjusted and improved." Chu Zhaohui said The understanding of the scope of education is richer, and the definition of the concept of education is more detailed. These reforms and adjustments will make the qualification of teachers more standardized.
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