More and more families realize the "zero breakthrough" for college students.


  China's higher education has entered the era of popularization

  This summer, a hot search on "I was still working on the construction site before receiving Tsinghua's admission notice" made Sun Chuan a target of public attention.

Sun Chuan comes from Mianning Middle School in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. He was admitted to Tsinghua University with a score of 675 in the college entrance examination this year.

  "I am the first college student in our family." Sun Chuan told a reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily.

Sun Chuan was born in a rural family in a deeply impoverished area in the "three districts and three states". His father worked outside the home all year round, and his mother was a substitute teacher for elementary school.

Sun Chuan is the eldest son of the family. He has to take care of his younger siblings and help his parents with farm work.

  After the college entrance examination, Sun Chuan worked as a small laborer at a construction site in Mianning County for one month, earning tuition and living expenses for himself and reducing the financial burden on the family.

Regarding the future, Sun Chuan said that he is looking forward to university life and hopes to study steadily. He also plans to find some work-study positions in the school.

  Today, my country has built the largest higher education system in the world.

With the development of higher education in our country, more and more families, like the Sun Chuan family, have achieved "zero breakthrough" for college students.

  The Institute of Education of Tsinghua University has carried out data tracking for several years. The "Tracking Study on the Learning and Development of Chinese College Students" summarized the situation of undergraduate families nationwide from 2011 to 2018 and found that more than 70% of college students are the first generation of families. College Students.

Among them, 69.74% of the first-generation college students are from rural areas, 70% are non-only children, and 76.89% of college students’ parents are in ordinary occupations.

  These first-generation college students not only changed their own destiny, but also made a qualitative leap in the living standards of one family after another.

  "My hometown is in Cuiluan District, Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province. It is a small town with a total population of only over 40,000. I spent my teenage years there." Zhu Rongkuan is a member of the Institute of Aerospace Thermophysics, School of Energy, Harbin Institute of Technology In his view, as the first college student in his family, this is not only an identity, but also a choice and a career.

  Although the background is ordinary, the academic performance of the first generation of college students in many families is not inferior.

  In 2019, Guo Jiao, an associate researcher of the Institute of Higher Education, East China Normal University, conducted a survey of the first generation of college students in their families.

Studies have shown that the academic performance of first-generation college students, whether they come from rural or urban families, is not significantly different from that of students from non-first-generation college students.

These include three indicators: the number of subjects missed during school, academic performance ranking and scholarship level obtained.

  In the school for more than 5 years, after 1995, Zhu Rongkuan became a party member. During his undergraduate period, he won the national first prize in the energy-saving and emission reduction competition and applied for 3 national invention patents. During his master's period, he followed his tutor to engage in research in aerospace and defense. .

For 5 years, he has served as the chairman of the college student union, the chairman of the graduate student union, and the chairman of the college student union.

  Nowadays, more and more families have their first college students.

As the gross enrollment rate of higher education has increased from 17% in 2003 to 51.6% in 2019, my country has officially entered the stage of popularization from the popularization of higher education.

  According to Chen Baosheng, Minister of Education, during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, China's higher education support, service, and leadership capabilities have been continuously enhanced.

  “Universities gather more than 60% of high-level talents across the country, undertake more than 60% of national basic research and major scientific research tasks, undertook to build 60% of national key laboratories, and won more than 60% of the three national science and technology awards, and produced a batch of international The landmark achievement of influence has strongly promoted the construction of an innovative country. After the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia, colleges and universities have made active contributions in medical assistance, vaccine research and development, testing products, and screening of curative drugs." Chen Baosheng wrote not long ago. .

  Today, with the popularization of education, more and more underachievers can "walk the waves" toward the ideal university through their own efforts.

  Li Wolin, a senior at Beijing Institute of Technology, is not only the first college student in the family, but also the first high school student in the family.

When he came to university, he believed that his biggest gain was the change of vision.

  "My home is in the countryside, and I go to school in the county town. When I first came to Beijing, I felt like a frog at the bottom of the well. After I came to university, I met many amazing people and learned a lot from them. In the future, I will strive to continue my studies and not only realize myself Value, but also shoulder the responsibility of the family." Li Wolin said.

  Taking Tsinghua University and Peking University as examples, the reporter learned that this year 317 rural students from 268 middle schools in 28 provinces across the country were recognized by Tsinghua University’s self-improvement plan for admission discounts. In the end, a total of 197 students were successfully admitted to Tsinghua University. And the number of admissions reached a record high.

This year, the headquarters of Peking University has admitted a total of 190 people from the national special program; the scale of the Dream Building Program has been further expanded. A total of 553 people received extra points, of which 108 were admitted to Peking University.

  Not only higher education, but also during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, educational equity has continued to expand in breadth and depth.

In 2019, there were 530,100 schools of various levels and 282 million students in the country, and the level of education at all levels reached or exceeded the average level of high-income countries.

Nationally, the goal of ensuring compulsory education has been basically achieved.

A modern education system for lifelong learning for all has been initially established, and important progress has been made in the construction of a learning society.

  In the future, our country’s universities will also become an important engine for the country’s development.

  At a recent meeting, Wu Yan, Director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education, pointed out that China's higher education in the era of universalization will play two roles: The first role is a strategic weapon, and it must become a country that is based on the present and wins the future. The second function is the strategic engine, which must become the strategic engine of the country's hard power, soft power, smart power, and sharp power.

  When the first generation of college students in these families face the future, they hope that more children can become the "first" in the family like themselves.

  When he was in high school, Zhu Rongkuan gradually realized the impact of the lack of educational resources on student development. After graduating from undergraduate, he decided to go to Guangxi Jinxiu to teach for one year as a high school physics teacher.

"The biggest wish in the past year is that more of the students taught will become the first college students at home, step out of the mountains, and enter a more colorful world; I also hope that more of them will devote themselves to the construction of their hometown." Zhu Rongkuan said.

  China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Ye Yuting Source: China Youth Daily