[Forge ahead in a new journey and make contributions to a new era and great changes]
The parents of Liu Ying, a senior in Huize No. 1 Middle School, Huize County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, witnessed the changes in the school: "Compared with 10 years ago, the campus area of Huize No. 1 Middle School has expanded, the equipment of classrooms and dormitories has been updated, and the level of teachers has been improved. Improve, and do better and better in serving and educating people." The changes in this county are the epitome of the rapid development of high school education in my country.
Senior high school education is an important part of the national education system and plays a key role in linking the previous and the next in the cultivation of talents. In 2010, the Outline of the National Medium- and Long-Term Education Reform and Development Plan (2010-2020) was promulgated, making it a clear goal to speed up the popularization of high school education.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "universal high school education".
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China once again made it clear that we should "popularize high school education and strive to ensure that every child can enjoy a fair and quality education".
From "basically popularizing high school education" to "universalizing high school education" is the goal of the development of high school education entering a new stage, which shows the great importance and firm determination of the Party Central Committee to speed up the popularization of high school education. This is a major measure to further improve the overall quality of the people, the competitiveness of labor force, and build a country with strong human resources after the popularization of nine-year compulsory education.
The 2021 education statistics results show that the gross enrollment rate of high school education will increase to 91.4%. The development of high school education has not only entered the fast lane, but also entered the stage of high-quality development.
In 2021, there will be 14,600 general high schools nationwide. 9,049,500 students were enrolled and 26,050,300 students were enrolled. There are 7294 secondary vocational schools nationwide.
In 2021, the gross enrollment rate for senior high school will be 91.4%.
From 2016 to 2020, the central government has invested a total of 39.07 billion yuan, focusing on supporting poverty-stricken areas in the central and western regions to improve the conditions for running ordinary high schools.
Underpinning: Guarantee the basics and make up for the shortcomings
"To put high-quality education at the doorstep of the common people has become the belief of the entire school!" Bian Chunlong, vice principal of the No. 12 Middle School in Urumqi, Xinjiang, told reporters, "The changes in these 10 years are inseparable from the investment and support of the state and the government. "
In this garden-like campus, there are four grand teaching buildings; the classroom is equipped with an integrated blackboard of "Internet + Smart Touch", and children can watch the live broadcast of "Tiangong Classroom" synchronously with Beijing in the classroom. Our teaching staff is growing rapidly. School teachers tap their own expertise, pastry making, 3D creative design, opera and singing, calligraphy, Go, and various club classes emerge as the times require...
In April, Paitou Middle School in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province was full of spring.
The phoenix trees are blooming early, and the branches are covered with fragrance; in the academy, the students are reading quietly at their desks.
The School History Museum, Tongren Building, and Wutong Avenue are all shaded by trees and fragrant with birds and flowers. This is a good place to study. Focused listening in get out of class, constant questioning after class, and cooperation and competition among classmates are the appearance of diligent study.
In addition to studying, there are more delicacies not to be missed: braised pork, big noodles, big chicken thighs...you can choose it with confidence; the bedroom is spacious and comfortable, with a separate bathroom and hot water...a small world has become a "small harbor" for the students .
Like the No. 12 Middle School in Urumqi City, this century-old school in Paitou Town, Zhuji City is also completely new.
Wang Huifeng, vice president of Zhuji Paitou Middle School, said: In 2017, Tongwen Academy, which invested more than 13 million yuan, was put into use; from 2019 to 2021, more than 40 million yuan was successively invested in campus upgrading projects.
With the support of Zhuji Municipal Government, 5.5 million yuan was invested in the construction of smart campus.
"In the early years, our teachers in the countryside wanted to go to the city to teach as much as possible. Now, there are no teachers to take the exam. After all, the gap between urban and rural areas is not big." Wang Huifeng said.
As a manager, Wang Huifeng felt real changes. "In the past, I was worried about money and all kinds of funding. Now, I just want to run the school well and improve the quality of teaching."
During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, the central government has invested a total of 39.1 billion yuan in the construction of ordinary high schools, and local governments have increased funding, and 4,570 ordinary high schools have been newly built, renovated or expanded across the country.
Large classes and super classes have always been the "pain points" of ordinary high school education.
All localities have implemented a special plan for eliminating large class sizes in ordinary high schools in light of actual conditions, and accelerated the elimination of large class sizes in ordinary high schools.
The poverty-stricken areas in the central and western regions are the biggest shortcoming of popularizing high school education.
In the face of the difficulties faced by the county's development, experts pointed out: "High school education is the 'soft waist' for building a modern educational power. If this 'waist' cannot be straightened, it will be difficult to realize the dream of strengthening the country through education, and high school education will also be difficult to strengthen the muscles. Strong bones'."
The 2021 "Government Work Report" proposes to "strengthen the construction of county high schools".
At the end of 2021, the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Development and Improvement of Common High Schools in County Areas" (hereinafter referred to as the "Promotion Action Plan") was released, proposing that the state continue to implement the project to improve the school running conditions of regular high schools, focusing on supporting the improvement of the basic school running conditions in the county.
A series of measures point to "strengthening the waist" and "strengthening the muscles and bones". People further realize that popularizing high school education is an urgent need to adapt to the transformation and upgrading of my country's economic structure and increase the number of years of education for the labor force. Basic engineering for a resource-powerful country.
"The school introduces outstanding graduates from colleges and universities across the country every year, and focuses on training after joining." Looking forward to the future, Wang Huifeng is more confident.
Quality improvement: strong teachers make characteristics
In the impression of Zhao Tong, a student of Huize No. 1 Middle School in Huize County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province, the most memorable one was the activity of the literary society held in the courtyard of the "Rong Family Ancestral Hall": under the leadership of the teacher, the students were under the osmanthus tree. Recite works, eat fruits and share cakes together.
"I'm a child from the countryside. I was eating and crying that day. I was moved by the fact that I could meet such a good teacher and study in such a heart-warming campus." Zhao Tong said.
Where do good teachers come from?
Zhang Hong, Secretary of the Education and Sports Working Committee of Huize County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province and Director of the County Education and Sports Bureau, introduced that the county-level finance allocates 8 million yuan every year to reward the collectives and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the development of education, especially the development of high school education.
Implementing special government subsidies to enhance teachers' sense of happiness, gain and honor, as well as the issue of separation between husband and wife, which is related to the stability of the teaching team, have all been included on the agenda.
In 2017, the "High School Education Popularization Tackling Plan (2017-2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the Tackling Plan) was released, and measures such as expanding educational resources, improving the funding mechanism, and strengthening the construction of the teaching staff were included.
The "Promotion Action Plan" proposes to implement a targeted training plan for outstanding teachers in underdeveloped areas in the central and western regions.
Appropriately increase the proportion of intermediate and senior teacher positions in primary and secondary schools, appropriately tilt the middle and senior teacher positions in the county, reasonably approve the total amount of performance-based wages in the county, and tilt the internal distribution of performance-based wages towards outstanding talents.
Zhang Hong told reporters that in recent years, Huize County has recruited 2,802 new teachers, including 1,373 new teachers in 2020.
And organized and planned comprehensive training and training for the county's education management cadres and teachers to resolve problems such as the loss of outstanding principals, key teachers and the instability of the teaching staff, so as to improve the teaching staff as a whole.
Another brand of Suzhou No. 6 Middle School is: Suzhou Art High School of Jiangsu Province.
"It is opposite to Pingjiang Road, a famous historical street, and is adjacent to the Humble Administrator's Garden, Lion Forest, and Suzhou Museum. The 400-year-old Ming-style ancient building on the campus was later the former residence of Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu Province in the Qing Dynasty." As soon as Zhu Wenxue mentions the geographical location of the school, people can naturally perceive its cultural and artistic atmosphere.
Turning into a high school with artistic characteristics, Suzhou No. 6 Middle School has embarked on a high-quality development road of "art and literature go hand in hand".
The "Tackling Plan" proposes to promote the diversified and distinctive development of schools.
Deepen the curriculum reform of ordinary high schools, strengthen the construction of elective courses, make full use of off-campus educational resources to expand the breadth and depth of on-campus courses, and enhance the selectivity and suitability of courses.
Popularizing high school education and improving the quality is what it should be.
It is not only necessary to pay attention to the problem of unbalanced high school education in the vast rural areas and economically underdeveloped areas, but also to deepen the connotative development in areas where high school education is basically universal, change the homogenization tendency of thousands of schools, and explore various types of education. model.
Chen Ruping, deputy dean of the Chinese Academy of Educational Sciences, said that it is possible to set up high school types such as high schools for science and technology, high schools for general vocational education, high schools for humanities and academics, and high schools for arts and sports to guide the classified development of ordinary high schools and form the healthy development of ordinary high schools in the region. ecology.
The spring breeze resolves the meaning, and writes the painting scene.
Green willows on the bank, small bridges and flowing water, long warblers and flying grass, raised eaves, peach red, plum and white, and yellow jasmine flowers are included in the painting.
Self-cultivation, meditation and concentration.
Dancing with an upward artistic heart, growing up in time, from being ignorant to getting better, and achieving a better self.
Wu Chenqian, a student from Suzhou No. 6 Middle School, couldn't help but said, walking into the art studio, the familiar and beautiful paint and the smell of pencils lingered in his nose, along with the art seed buried in his heart quietly taking root...
The development of high school education must take into account the needs of society and the needs of individuals. At present, the social division of labor is refined, the society's demand for talents is increasingly multi-level and multi-standard, and the individual's growing demand for personalized development, which determines the general high school. Diversification of educational goals.
Chen Ruping believes that this needs to stand at the height of educating people and promote the all-round development of people, and explore various types of educating people.
Coordination: Adjusting the Structure for Development
Good news.
On April 17, in the 2022 Guizhou Vocational College Teacher-Student Skills Competition and the National Vocational College Skills Selection Competition, the "Distributed Photovoltaic System Installation and Operation and Maintenance Project" of the middle-level vocational group, Li, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province The representative team of Bo County Secondary Vocational School (hereinafter referred to as Libo Vocational School) won the first place in the provincial competition and got tickets for the national competition.
On April 21st, Pan Xingpin, a "post-00" girl majoring in electromechanical engineering in Libo Vocational School, won the first place in the province in the "Electronic Circuit Decoration and Application" project of the secondary vocational group in the competition. She will also represent Guizhou Province to participate in the National Vocational College. School skills competition.
It is not only the competitions that prove the strength of secondary vocational students, but some students who study here have also obtained the "reservation form" of the admission notice of high-quality vocational colleges in Guizhou Province in advance.
Just as Wu Wanshen, Class 3, Class 20, Auto Repair, Libo Vocational School won the second prize in the provincial competition in the first grade of secondary vocational school, he said: "I chose the right school and the right major. With my own hard work, I have obtained the qualification to be exempted from the higher vocational examination through the skills competition, and I will definitely become an excellent socially useful talent in the future."
Senior high school education is not only ordinary high schools, but also ordinary secondary schools, vocational high schools, and technical schools.
It should be admitted that secondary vocational education is indeed a "short board".
The "Tackling Plan" proposes to coordinate the coordinated development of ordinary high school education and secondary vocational education, and to optimize the structure of high school education.
The "National Vocational Education Reform Implementation Plan" issued in 2019 pointed out that as my country enters a new stage of development, industrial upgrading and economic restructuring continue to accelerate, and the demand for technical and skilled talents in all walks of life is more and more urgent, and vocational education plays an important role. and role is becoming more and more prominent.
In the east-west collaboration with Guangzhou Tourism Business Vocational School and Guangzhou Electronic Information School, Libo Vocational School strives to learn cutting-edge new technologies, new processes, and new norms, and strives to create a "school like an enterprise, a classroom like a workshop, and a classroom like" The new model of modern apprenticeship vocational education development with Chinese characteristics, where work sections, teachers are like masters, students are like apprentices, lesson plans are like drawings, and assignments are like products, allows students to learn their true skills through teaching reform.
The Vocational Education Law of the People's Republic of China, which came into effect on May 1, has attracted much attention.
At the legal level, the Vocational Education Law stipulates that vocational education is equally important as general education, and strives to improve the recognition of vocational education.
It is proposed that vocational school students enjoy equal opportunities with ordinary school students at the same level in terms of further education, employment, and career development.
In the view of some experts, this lays a solid foundation for the rule of law for cultivating more high-quality laborers and technically skilled personnel and building a modern vocational education system.
Dedicated to the vocational education garden, from the original one-by-one mock examination papers, piles of workbooks to correct the identity of the design and production of one circuit, one by one functional program compilation "double-type" teacher, Libo Vocational School The teachers of the school have seen new opportunities for development. They believe that there will be more students like Pan Xingpin and Wu Wanshen. In the integration of "Internet +" and "Made in China 2025", they will take the road of becoming skilled and serving the country and find their own way. A world of development.
(Reporter Jin Xiaoyan Yang Sa)