Last week, the media of Guangdong Province reported that the province approved the completion of the admission work of undergraduate colleges in advance, and a total of 10,287 people were admitted.

Among them, the teacher special plan enrolled 1,600 people, and the health special plan enrolled 1122 people.

Judging from the scores of the cast files, the majors of publicly-funded teacher-training students are very popular.

Judging from the situation of the first cast, the lowest rank of the cast has generally increased compared with last year.

　　A reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily found that this phenomenon does not only occur in Guangdong.

　　In the enrollment of Northeast Normal University in Zhejiang Province, the ranking of the lowest admission scores for many teacher-training majors has also increased significantly.

On July 21, Tianjin announced the admission status of the city's general undergraduate batch A phase, and normal colleges are also favored by Tianjin college entrance examination candidates.

In order to avoid hype about the admissions of high-segment candidates, Tianjin did not announce the scores for the professional groups of the general undergraduate batches of high-segment colleges. This "high-segment" boundary is limited to 690 points. Tsinghua University, Peking University, etc. There is no specific score line behind the colleges and universities, and they are uniformly marked with "690 points or more".

Next is Beijing Normal University, which has a minimum score of 688 points for enrollment in Tianjin, which is only 2 points behind the "high segment". In addition, East China Normal University has a minimum score of 674 points for enrollment in Tianjin and Northeast Normal University. The scores of universities and Huazhong Normal University are also around 660 points.

　　"This phenomenon shows intuitively that normal colleges and normal majors have gradually become candidates' first choice, and the attractiveness of the teaching profession is becoming more and more attractive." Professor Zhang Shuang, deputy dean of the School of Education of Capital Normal University, said the reasons behind it are also Obviously, one reason is that in recent years, the state has successively introduced policies to improve teachers' treatment. The purpose is to attract and retain more outstanding talents to provide high-quality education, and the professional attraction of teachers has become increasingly attractive.

　　The expert's judgment is consistent with the official assessment.

At a press conference held by the Ministry of Education at the beginning of this year, Yu Fayou, deputy dean and researcher of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, introduced the implementation of Central Document No. 4 ("Opinions on Comprehensively Deepening the Reform of Teaching Staff in the New Era"). The tripartite evaluation shows that the professional attractiveness of teachers has increased significantly, and the proportion of students applying for teacher majors in the top 30% of college entrance examination scores has increased from 18.3% in 2018 to 33.4% in 2019.

　　The other reason is also obvious.

"In the last two years, uncertainty has become a key word." Zhang Shuang said, whether it is the epidemic or the confrontation of international relations, many professions have been affected. In this case, stability, high treatment, and social To a certain extent, the attractiveness of teaching professions with better status and winter and summer vacations has increased.

　　If a certain major or a certain type of college is popular, it will be the first to release a signal to the job market. Teachers are no exception. The most obvious example is that in recent years, with the booming online education market, the number of primary and middle school teacher qualification exams Keep climbing.

　　In the first half of 2019, the number of people taking part in the qualification examination for primary and secondary schools nationwide was 2.9 million. The number of candidates in the second half of the year rose to 5.9 million, and the number of people who took the exam for the whole year was nearly 9 million.

In 2020, this number will continue to climb.

　　According to media reports, on June 15th, in the first half of 2021, the results of the teacher qualification interviews for elementary and middle schools were opened for inquiries. After that, the topic of #教资访结果# quickly rushed into the hot search on Weibo.

The reporter also found that the reading volume of topics related to "teacher qualification certificate" on Weibo is extremely high. For example, the reading volume of #老师Qualification# has exceeded 7.8 billion, and the reading volume of #老师Qualification Certificate Writing Test# has also reached the reading volume. 2.9 billion.

The popularity of the teacher qualification examination is evident.

Some institutions predict that the number of applicants this year will exceed 10 million.

　　Signals from the job market will also push back the application for college majors.

Especially last year, an executive meeting of the State Council was held and it was decided to promote the reform of teachers’ qualifications for teacher training graduates, allowing graduates with a master’s degree in education and above, and teachers with publicly funded teachers’ qualifications, which means graduates with a master’s degree and above, Public-funded normal school students no longer need to take the examination for the qualification certificate of primary and secondary school teachers.

This has also promoted the application for teacher training colleges to a certain extent.

　　However, many experts pointed out that it is necessary to rationally treat these "high" and "hot", because choosing to study a teacher's major and obtaining a teacher qualification only makes it possible to "learn from teaching", and it is only a matter of whether a person can eventually become a teacher. The team is still some distance away.

　　In addition, the college entrance examination application has a certain game color.

For example, the high score of a certain school in a certain year is likely to affect the candidates' choice of this school in the second year, and it will also affect the score of this year. When filling in their volunteers, the first thing many students think of is "Can you? Being admitted to this university" is not a real career choice.

　　"Therefore, one cannot simply judge whether the relevant major is cold or hot simply by the change in admission scores." Xiong Bingqi, dean of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said that with the implementation of "parallel volunteering", this situation has improved, but There will still be ups and downs in admission scores. "This is just the ups and downs brought about by volunteering, and it cannot truly reflect the attractiveness of the profession. This must be viewed rationally."

　　When combing the data, the reporter found that in recent years, there has also been a phenomenon in which normal colleges and universities are "leading the way" on the "disruption" list. That is to say, some normal colleges will be unsatisfied with the enrollment plan and volunteer again. Call for.

In addition, although the number of teachers in the teacher qualification examination has reached the order of tens of millions, there are still gaps in the teaching team in some places, especially in rural and underdeveloped areas.

　　"The situation in a certain year or in a certain region does not represent the overall situation." Zhang Shuang said, but this phenomenon does show that the current educational development in my country is still uneven between regions and between urban and rural areas. The social status and remuneration issues of teachers have not been completely resolved, and this requires urgent attention.

　　Xiong Bingqi believes that whether the teaching profession is truly attractive depends on how many of those who have applied for the teacher's major and the teacher's qualification certificate actually enter the teaching team.

　　Behind the 10 million examination certificates are nearly 10 million college graduates. With the increase in the number of college graduates, the number of postgraduate entrance examinations and examination certificates is increasing rapidly.

Many non-teacher graduates sign up for the teacher qualification exam to give them an extra choice for future job hunting.

"In other words, the enthusiasm for teacher qualification examinations is more about the difficulty of obtaining employment for college graduates." Xiong Bingqi said.

　　In any case, it is good news that more and more outstanding talents have a tendency to choose a teaching profession. As Zhang Shuang said, this can improve the structure and quality from the "entry side".

At the same time, teacher education itself is also facing transformation. Education is valued by the whole people, the multiple challenges of the information society, and the formation of a family-school-society-education pattern all put forward higher requirements for the all-round improvement of teacher quality.

　　"Cultivating future teachers has a long way to go!" Zhang Shuang said.

　　China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Fan Weichen and intern Tang Renzhang Source: China Youth Daily

　　Edition 05 on July 26, 2021