The opening of school sports venues still lacks legal protection
Netizens suggest to open the sports venues of primary and secondary schools to the public for free, experts say
□ Trainee reporter Sun Tianjiao
□ Our reporter Chen Lei
"Actively work with the General Administration of Sports and other departments to do a good job in the use, management, upgrade and upgrade of the existing sports facilities, further revitalize the existing stock resources, and promote the two-way opening of school sports venues and social public sports venues." Recently, the Ministry of Education in China The government website replied to netizens in "Your message, the ministry has a response".
Earlier, netizens from Beijing "remember" left a message saying that many primary and secondary schools have complete sports venues, but their spare time is closed and idle all the year round, causing a huge waste of public resources.
Experts interviewed by a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily believe that at the national level, the opening of school sports venues to the society has a policy basis, but it is not a legal obligation. It is urgent to include the opening of school sports venues to the society into legal norms in order to proceed in accordance with the law. School sports venues are open to the public.
This can not only promote the full utilization of school sports facilities resources, but also bring benefits to the school.
Stadiums are idle after class
Netizens call for opening up
The Chinese government website has an interactive column "I want to speak to the prime minister". Below it is "Your message, the ministry has a response."
The message from the Ministry of Education to netizens on "opening the gymnasiums of primary and secondary schools to the society for free as soon as possible" is a recent one.
Netizens from Beijing believe that with the process of urbanization, community residents live intensively, and many areas lack physical fitness venues in the overall planning, which cannot meet residents’ fitness needs. It is recommended that primary and secondary school sports venues be opened to the public for free as soon as possible. Make full use of public facilities during holidays and holidays, actively respond to the call for national fitness, and meet people's basic fitness venue needs.
A reporter from the Rule of Law Daily found in an interview that, in reality, the public has a real need for the opening of sports venues in primary and secondary schools.
Ms. Su, 26, works in a public institution in Xicheng District, Beijing, and has a one-and-a-half hour break at noon.
A middle school in Beijing is near her unit and has been open to the public before. Ms. Su often uses one of the gates during lunch breaks to enter the campus for physical exercise.
"I mainly swim and play badminton, and occasionally I feel comfortable walking on the playground, which can help me get out of the stress of work." Ms. Su said, but about two months ago, this gate of the school It was closed because "parents reported outsiders entering and leaving campus."
“For the safety of students, I think it’s understandable. It’s just that I don’t have a place for activity. If I want to work out at noon on the working day, I can’t find a good place to go.”
In this regard, Cheng Fangping, a professor at the School of Education of Renmin University of China, said in an interview with a reporter from the Rule of Law Daily that the two-way opening of school sports venues and social public sports venues is actually a two-way promotion process, which can not only promote the opening of school resources to the society, but also popularize the society. Education, and may also bring benefits to schools.
“The main reason for promoting two-way opening is that it can make fuller use of social resources and better improve the health of the people.” Chu Zhaohui, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, believes that the number of sports venues in primary and secondary schools is relatively large. And sports facilities are relatively complete, and the school's use of sports venues is time-sensitive. "At a specific time, the use of sports venues may not be sufficient."
In this case, opening to the public is a better choice.
Different opinions
Two-way opening is difficult to land
Ms. Zhao, 26, is the second-grade class teacher of the Second Central Primary School in Hedong District, Tianjin. The playground of her school can play football. In the corner of the playground, there are table tennis tables, single parallel bars, and basketball stands.
These sports facilities are used in normal physical education classes, daily break exercises, and annual faculty and staff fun activities.
“Opening the school’s sports venues is definitely a good thing for nearby residents.” Ms. Zhao said, but for the school, there are too many issues to consider, such as how to ensure the safety of students, whether teaching arrangements will be affected, What to do if the sports facilities are damaged.
In fact, many parents of students are reluctant to open school sports venues to the public.
Ms. Wang, who lives in Langfang, Hebei, has a daughter who is in second grade. Safety is Ms. Wang’s biggest concern, so she believes that junior high and high school sports venues are not suitable for opening up to the society.
Chu Zhaohui believes that the management cost of school sports venues is different from opening to students and to the society. When opening to the society, a series of management issues are involved, including facility maintenance, order maintenance, and public security management.
It is understood that the general public, school teachers, and parents of students have disagreements on the openness of school sports venues to the public. Although the openness of social public venues can be guaranteed, there are still shortcomings in the face of student groups.
Take a tennis court in Beijing as an example. It has a dedicated tennis area, badminton area and yoga venue, and it can also practice outdoor baseball.
However, when booking the venue, a reporter from the "Rules of Law Daily" found that apart from the membership price, the venue does not have a special student preferential policy, and there is no separate student activity area.
In its reply, the Ministry of Education also mentioned possible problems in the two-way opening: the current teaching attributes of school sports venues do not match the social fitness requirements; insufficient resources and low use efficiency of school sports facilities; school sports teaching time and society There is a certain conflict in the opening hours; the profitability and public welfare of the service operation are difficult to balance and the identification of responsibilities is difficult to distinguish; the opening of public sports venues to students for free or preferential treatment needs to be further strengthened.
In terms of promoting the opening of school sports venues to the public, in 2017, the Ministry of Education and the General Administration of Sports issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting the Opening of School Sports Stadiums to the Society".
In accordance with the government's overall planning, multi-party participation, measures to local conditions, and orderly progress, the school gives priority to safety, serves the public, and reflects the principles of public welfare. By clarifying the basic conditions and opening hours of the venues, the opening objects and the list of open venues are reasonably determined. Measures to vigorously promote the opening of school sports venues to the society, effectively alleviate the contradiction between the growing demand for sports fitness of the broad masses of young people and the people and the insufficient supply of sports venues, and promote the prosperity and development of national fitness.
In terms of promoting the opening of social public sports venues to students, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Deepening Education and Teaching Reform and Comprehensively Improving the Quality of Compulsory Education" in 2019, which clearly stated that encouraging places to open public sports venues to students free or preferentially.
Encourage sports social organizations to provide students with high-quality sports services by purchasing services.
The Ministry of Education, in conjunction with the General Administration of Sports, guides localities to build public sports facilities as far as possible in schools or around schools, and open them to students for free or at a discount.
Fully conduct research hearings
Orderly advance according to local conditions
How can the existing policy requirements be implemented, while promoting the two-way opening of primary and secondary schools and social public sports venues, while eliminating teachers and parents' concerns about safety and order?
In this regard, Cheng Pingyuan, a professor at the School of Social Development of Nanjing Normal University, believes that investigation and hearings should be regarded as necessary links.
First of all, we must conduct full research on the background information required for two-way openness, and collect opinions from all parties, various hidden danger safety rules, and feedback from various interest groups in the process of research.
"In most cases, we only see the administrative department pushing unilaterally, but only the administrative department's voice is obviously not good at doing this."
Cheng Pingyuan believes that whether primary and secondary school sports venues can be opened must go through a hearing. Through a hearing, the community, school, parents, and some sports enthusiasts in the community who are more enthusiastic about two-way opening up, all parties express their opinions on public affairs. , There can even be some debate.
Two-way openness may involve the interests of multiple parties. The hearing brings people from these parties together and discusses a solution in the process of conflicting interests.
"Research and hearings must fully respect local characteristics, adapt measures to local conditions, provide a basis for follow-up policy implementation from the bottom up, and avoid making decisions across the board."
Chu Zhaohui also believes that different schools, different regions, and different cities have different situations. It is necessary to determine how to open up according to the actual situation of each place, rather than causing more social problems.
Cheng Fangping suggested that the opening of sports venues can be stipulated in relevant laws, and the responsibilities and obligations of all parties can be clarified through the law, so as to provide a legal basis for realizing the two-way opening of primary and secondary school campuses and social public sports venues, and relevant departments shall coordinate and advance in accordance with the law.
For example, in the process of opening up school sports facilities to the outside world, security issues, funding issues, management system issues, a series of coordination issues can be regulated by law.
In terms of specific measures, Cheng Fangping believes that the development of "quasi-sports stadiums" can be emphasized.
"For example, there are sports equipment in the park. Although it is not a formal stadium, it can also achieve the purpose of physical exercise. The combination of formal and informal stadiums can better improve the utilization of social sports resources."
Cheng Fangping also suggested that the opening of primary and secondary school sports venues can be adopted to separate the school's sports venues from regular teaching areas, and reopen them during special periods such as weekends and holidays, so as to avoid affecting classes.
At the same time as it is open, information registration is carried out for those entering the campus to ensure campus safety.
The problems of depreciation and maintenance of sports venues can be solved by charging appropriate fees for those entering the campus.