Promoting Education Equity and Sharing Quality Education (Writing a New Chapter)
What is a better and fairer education?
How to make every child have confidence in himself and hope for the future?
Standing at a new historical starting point, Chinese education has taken solid steps towards a higher level of fairness.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that educational equity is an important basis for social equity, and we must continue to promote more and more equitable outcomes of educational development to benefit all people, and promote social equity and justice through educational equity.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has always placed education as a strategic priority for development. Education development in ethnic minority areas, old revolutionary base areas, and remote and poverty-stricken areas has been tilted. The integration of urban and rural compulsory education has steadily advanced. The gap between regions, urban and rural areas, and schools has gradually narrowed. The enrollment of colleges and universities has continued to be tilted toward the central and western regions and rural areas. The student financial aid system has been continuously improved. More Children have the opportunity to excel in life.
Give every child the opportunity to be educated
In April 2019, the first stop of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection in Chongqing was Zhongyi Township Primary School in Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County, which is located deep in the mountains.
The general secretary pointed out: "No matter how hard you are, you can't suffer children, and no matter how poor you are, you can't be poor in education. It is necessary to ensure that children in poverty-stricken mountainous areas can go to school and receive education, and have a happy childhood."
Today, Zhongyi Township Primary School has gratifying new changes.
"The dolls use a brand-new plastic playground, live in dormitories with hot baths, and have achieved full coverage of the online teaching environment." Principal Liu Bin said, "Our children are becoming more and more confident and sunny."
"Two no worries and three guarantees", an important one of which is that compulsory education is guaranteed, and the control of dropping out of school is an important task to achieve the goal.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, various localities have taken multiple measures to intensify efforts to persuade them to return to school, formulate a "one case for a lifetime" work plan and implement precise policies. .
In 2021, the national nine-year compulsory education consolidation rate will reach 95.4%, an increase of 3.6 percentage points over 2012, and the universality of compulsory education will exceed the average level of high-income countries in the world.
During the compulsory education stage, the students who drop out of school from poverty-stricken families who have been registered and registered in the compulsory education stage have been dynamically cleared since the end of 2020, which has historically solved the long-standing problem of drop-out and fully realized the guarantee of compulsory education.
"Strive to give every child the opportunity to receive education", this is a solemn commitment and the direction of forging ahead.
——It is no longer difficult for children who have moved with them to go to school.
All localities actively implement the relevant policies for children who migrate with them, and arrange the children who migrate with them to go to school mainly under the management of the local government and public schools; further improve the admission method based on the residence permit, simplify the certification materials, and lower the admission threshold; Full implementation of exam-free admission to the nearest neighborhood and "citizen recruitment" is strictly prohibited, and the collection of loan fees and sponsorship fees is strictly prohibited.
In 2021, 90.9% of the children who moved with them during the compulsory education stage nationwide will study in public schools and enjoy the government-purchased degree service in private schools.
——There is an inclusive kindergarten on the doorstep.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the "education for children" has achieved remarkable results. All localities and counties have formulated plans for the layout of inclusive kindergartens, vigorously developed public kindergartens, and actively supported private kindergartens to provide inclusive services.
At the same time, a pre-school education investment mechanism with government investment as the mainstay, reasonable sharing by families, and other multi-channel fundraising mechanisms will be implemented.
In 2021, the gross enrollment rate of the three-year preschool nationwide will reach 88.1%, the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens will reach 87.8%, and the proportion of children in public kindergartens will reach 51.9%.
- The educational opportunities for children with disabilities have increased substantially.
In accordance with the principles of precise verification, scientific evaluation, and classified placement, all localities will give priority to school-age disabled children in the nearest places, and provide door-to-door education services for disabled children who are severely disabled and unable to attend school.
In 2021, the compulsory education enrollment rate of school-age children with disabilities will be over 95%.
Let hundreds of millions of children share high-quality education under the blue sky
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to promote the integrated development of urban and rural compulsory education, narrow the gap between urban and rural education resources, promote education equity, and cut off the intergenerational transmission of poverty.
After historically solving the problem of "going to school", education equity has achieved a new leap forward. Now it is riding the momentum and moving towards the desire of "letting hundreds of millions of children share high-quality education under the blue sky".
Looking at the new red and white teaching buildings, standardized plastic playgrounds, and scattered student dormitories, Odi Erliang, the principal of Luoyigan Township Primary School in Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, said with emotion: "The most beautiful building in the village now. It's the school."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the state has successively implemented projects such as the comprehensive reform of compulsory education, the construction of small-scale rural schools and township boarding schools, the improvement of weak links in compulsory education and the improvement of capacity, focusing on strengthening the construction of rural schools, and 99.8% of schools are running schools. The conditions meet the basic requirements.
"I like the big screen in the class. The teachers in it sing very nicely. There are also classmates in the city with us." In Shibadong Primary School, Huayuan County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan Province, the Internet class is very popular among children. .
At present, the networking rate of primary and secondary schools (including teaching points) across the country has reached 100%, and schools that are not connected to the Internet have been dynamically cleared.
At the same time as the improvement of hardware facilities, the construction of rural teachers has also been continuously strengthened.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the scale of the “Special Post Program” has continued to expand. The central government has invested a total of 77.9 billion yuan to supplement 1.03 million teachers in rural schools in the central and western regions, covering more than 1,000 counties, 3 schools in 22 provinces in the central and western regions. Thousands of schools.
In 2021, the targeted training plan for outstanding teachers in underdeveloped areas in the central and western regions will be launched, and will train about 10,000 normal students every year for primary and secondary schools in poverty-stricken counties and border counties in the central and western regions.
Balanced development needs to change "rural weakness" and alleviate "urban crowding".
Some time ago, Mr. Cai from Anshan City, Liaoning Province was very happy because the two primary schools in front of his home were merged and reorganized, and the school was run as a group.
Mr. Cai said: "In the past, there was a gap in the education level of the two schools. Everyone wanted to go to a good school. Now we have integrated teacher allocation and teaching management, and everyone can enjoy high-quality resources."
In recent years, the education department has vigorously promoted compulsory education exam-free admission to the nearest neighborhood. In 2021, the proportion of public compulsory education schools in 36 large and medium-sized cities across the country will exceed 99%, and the proportion of large classes in compulsory education nationwide will drop to 0.71%. to 0.01%.
Problems such as "school choice fever" and "large class size" have been effectively resolved.
"Promoting the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education and the integration of urban and rural areas is a major task. At present, all counties (cities and districts) in the country have passed the national supervision and evaluation of basic balance of compulsory education. The next step will be from basic balance to high-quality balance." The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education introduced.
Give every child a chance to thrive in life
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to promote targeted poverty alleviation through education, focusing on helping the children of the poor to receive education, blocking the intergenerational transmission of poverty, so that every child has confidence in himself and hope for the future.
Poverty alleviation must help wisdom, and poverty alleviation must first cure ignorance.
In order to allow the majority of students to grow up healthily and happily, and to give every child a chance to shine in life, it is necessary to continuously expand the channels for the vertical flow of poor students, and to create more equitable educational opportunities for students in poor areas.
"Thanks to good policies, I was able to go to university in Beijing." Xie Fei is a poor student from Xiji County, Guyuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Thanks to the special plan implemented by the state to recruit students from rural and poverty-stricken areas, Xie Fei was admitted to China Agricultural University.
Like Xie Fei, there are many students who benefit from the "special enrollment plan".
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a long-term mechanism to ensure that students from rural and poverty-stricken areas go to key universities has been gradually established through separate plans and separate admissions.
Over the past 10 years, the annual enrollment scale of the special plan has been continuously expanded, from 10,000 in 2012 to 122,000 in 2021, with a cumulative enrollment of more than 820,000 students, greatly increasing the possibility of students in poor areas to obtain high-quality higher education resources.
Vocational education has also given many young people the opportunity to change their destiny.
In the First People's Hospital of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, nurse Tashi Zhuma takes care of several patients with meticulous care.
"I originally thought I was going to herd sheep for the rest of my life, but I didn't expect that I would be able to continue my studies, and one day I would be able to settle in Chengdu and become a hospital worker." Tashi Zhuma was grateful.
At present, more than 70% of the students in my country's vocational colleges come from rural areas, and "one vocational education, one employment, and one family out of poverty" has become a vivid portrayal of many families.
From 2013 to the end of 2020, more than 8 million students from poor families have received secondary and higher vocational education, and more stories of skills changing their lives are happening.
Let more children go out of the mountains and fly higher and farther with their dreams, and it is inseparable from a sound funding system.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the student financial aid system has been continuously improved and the investment of financial aid funds has been continuously increased, helping tens of millions of students from financially disadvantaged families to smoothly enter and complete their studies.
"The student loan from the source of the students has solved the problem of tuition fees, and it is great that both children can go to college." After completing the loan procedures, Shen Jianli, a villager in Yaoliuzhuang, Hugang Township, Dancheng County, Henan Province, breathed a sigh of relief. "After enrolling, you can also apply for special funding, as well as national grants, and you don't have to worry about living expenses."
According to reports, at present, my country's student financial aid programs have achieved "three full coverages", that is, full coverage of all school sections, full coverage of public and private schools, and full coverage of students from families with financial difficulties. Difficulty and drop out of school”.
A policy, a group of data, a smiley face, are the imprint of the sunshine of education fairness on the motherland.
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, a fairer and higher-quality education system is taking shape, and the achievements of educational development will surely benefit all the people more fairly.
Our reporter Ding Yasong