Chinanews.com, December 1st. At a press conference held by the Ministry of Education on December 1, Liu Changya, Director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education pointed out that since the 13th Five-Year Plan, a total of 40.88 million college graduates have been employed for the first time. The rate has remained above 77% for many years.
Data map: A group photo of college graduates at the graduation ceremony.
Photo by Yang Bo
Liu Changya introduced that since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the education system has conscientiously implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and resolutely implemented the fundamental task of establishing morality and cultivating people. The party's leadership in education has been comprehensively strengthened. The system is more complete, the Chinese characteristics of education are more distinctive, and the face of education is undergoing structural changes. The main objectives and tasks set in the "13th Five-Year Plan" will be completed as scheduled.
First, the level of popularization of education has been improved.
In terms of education penetration at all levels, it has reached or exceeded the average level of high-income countries. In 2019, the gross enrollment rate of pre-school education has reached 83.4%, the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education has reached 94.8%, and the gross enrollment rate of high school education has reached 89.5%. , The gross enrollment rate of higher education exceeded 50%, reaching 51.6%, achieving a historic leap from popularization to popularization.
The average number of years of education of the working-age population reached 10.7 years, and the proportion of new laborers who had received higher education exceeded half, and the average number of years of education reached 13.7 years.
Second, education equity has reached a new level.
Fully win the battle against poverty through education.
The national compulsory education stage has been filed and registered and the dropout students have dropped from 200,000 at the beginning of the establishment of the ledger to the current "dynamic clearing". The key colleges and universities recruited students from rural and poor areas to a total of 525,000 during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period. people.
Establish a student financial aid policy system covering the entire school period.
A total of 391 million poor students were funded, and the amount of funding reached 773.9 billion yuan.
The compulsory education nutrition improvement plan covers 1634 counties and more than 130,000 schools, benefiting more than 37 million students.
Vigorously improve the level of basic public education services.
Two consecutive pre-school education action plans have been implemented, and the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens has now reached 76%.
In 23 provinces across the country, 95.3% of county-level units have achieved basic and balanced development of compulsory education, 99.8% of compulsory education schools (including teaching points) have reached the “20 bottom line” requirements, and the proportion of large classes with more than 56 students has been reduced The 12.7% in 2016 dropped to 3.98% this year.
The policy of compulsory education exemption from nearby enrollment and public and private enrollment with the same enrollment policy has been implemented. The proportion of nearby enrollment in 24 major cities has reached 98.6%, and 85.3% of migrant children enroll in public schools or enjoy the government's service of purchasing degrees.
Third, new breakthroughs have been made in education services for national development.
The spatial layout of educational resources has been further optimized.
In accordance with the regional education innovation experiment proposed by the current party group of the Ministry of Education, which focuses on the promotion of "four points, one line and one side", a number of key projects for the revitalization of education services in the region are being pushed forward.
Innovatively develop the mode of joint construction of universities by ministries and provinces to support the development of 14 universities in the central and western regions.
The construction of modern vocational education system is accelerated.
More than 800 enterprises integrating production and education have been cultivated, and more than 1,400 various vocational education groups have been established.
In 2019, 1.16 million people will be enrolled in higher vocational colleges. Vocational colleges at all levels send about 10 million technical and skilled talents to various industries every year.
The reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education in universities continued to deepen.
The organization has recognized 200 demonstration colleges for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reforms. Since 2016, it has held five consecutive China "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competitions. The sixth edition was held at South China University of Technology just the previous week.
Among them, a total of 15 million college students and more than 3.7 million college student teams have participated.
Actively guide and encourage graduates to work at the grassroots level. In 2019, the proportion of graduates working in the central and western regions reached 59%, and the proportion of grassroots jobs at the prefecture-level and below reached 69%.
Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the total number of college graduates has reached 40.88 million, and the initial employment rate has remained above 77% for many years.
The service innovation-driven development capabilities of universities have accelerated.
Colleges and universities have undertaken more than 60% of the country’s basic research and major scientific research tasks, built more than 60% of national key laboratories, won more than 60% of the three major national science and technology awards, and received more than 80% of the national science and technology funds. , Producing a batch of landmark achievements with international influence.
A new pattern of education opening to the outside world has accelerated.
Signed 19 cooperation agreements with 14 international organizations such as UNESCO, realized mutual recognition of degrees and qualifications with 25 countries along the “Belt and Road”, and promoted the implementation of 2,331 Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects.
The fourth is the comprehensive reform of education to stimulate new vitality.
Comprehensively promote the administration of education according to law.
Completed the revision of the "Private Education Promotion Law" and the "Regulations on the Education of the Disabled" and the formulation of 9 educational rules and regulations, and completed the approval of all the constitutions of the higher education institutions under the central government.
Deepen the reform of decentralization, regulation and service in the education field.
12 items of administrative examination and approval items at the departmental level were cancelled, and all non-administrative approval items and administrative examination and approval intermediary service items were cancelled.
Decentralize 31 colleges and universities to carry out independent review of degree authorization, promote the decentralization of the review power of college titles and the foreign affairs approval power of directly affiliated colleges and universities, and actively expand the autonomy of colleges and universities.
Deepen the reform of the education supervision system in the new era, promote the construction of a world-class evaluation system in line with China's reality, and support and standardize the establishment of education by social forces.
Steadily advance the reform of the examination and enrollment system.
Deepen the comprehensive reform of the college entrance examination, promote the classification of higher vocational enrollment examinations, deepen the reform of the enrollment of postgraduate examinations for masters, promote the classification of professional degrees and academic degrees, and improve the recruitment and selection mechanism for doctoral candidates.
Implement the "Strong Base Plan" to strengthen the selection and training of top innovative talents in basic disciplines.
Liu Changya pointed out that this year is the final year of the "13th Five-Year Plan" and the year of preparation of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
The Ministry of Education will thoroughly implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. On the basis of conscientiously summarizing the experience of educational reform and development during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the Ministry of Education will scientifically formulate the 14th Five-Year Plan for education to achieve overall realization by 2035. The modernization of education, the establishment of a strong education country and a good start will provide strong support for the realization of high-quality economic and social development.