China News Service, September 27. According to the website of the Ministry of Education, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country's educational undertakings have made historic achievements and undergone historic changes.

Data records history, and data witnesses achievements.

Looking at the "education decade" from the data, my country's education landscape is undergoing structural changes.

  Looking at the "education decade" from the data, my country's education landscape is undergoing structural changes.

  1. The level of education popularization has achieved a historic leap

  In the past ten years, the level of education popularization has been continuously improved, the opportunities for people to receive education have been further expanded, and the level of education has been further improved.

  In 2021, there will be 529,300 schools of all levels and types nationwide with 291 million students; compared with 2012, there will be more than 6,300 schools and more than 28 million students.

  There are 295,000 kindergartens nationwide, with 48.052 million children in pre-school education. The gross enrollment rate is 88.1%, an increase of 23.6 percentage points in ten years, and the basic popularization has been achieved.

There are 207,000 schools in the compulsory education stage, with 160 million students, which has been fully popularized.

There were 22,000 high school education schools with 39.764 million students and a gross enrollment rate of 91.4%, an increase of 6.4 percentage points in ten years.

There are 3,012 higher education schools, with a total enrollment of 44.3 million people, an increase of more than 11 million in ten years, and a gross enrollment rate of 57.8%, an increase of 27.8 percentage points in ten years, nearly doubling.

The popularization of education at all levels has reached or exceeded the average level of middle- and high-income countries, among which the popularization of compulsory education has reached the average level of the world's high-income countries, and higher education has achieved a historic leap from popularization to popularization.

  In 2021, the average number of years of education for the working-age population will reach 10.9 years, an increase of 1.0 years from 2012.

Among them, the proportion with higher education was 24.9%, an increase of 10.3 percentage points over 2012.

There are more than 218 million people in the country with a university degree, and the quality of the people has been continuously improved, which has provided strong intellectual support for the high-quality economic development and injected a strong impetus into the national rejuvenation.

  2. New Achievements in Educational Equity

  In the past ten years, the people-centered development philosophy has been practiced, and more and more educational development achievements have benefited all people in a fairer way.

On the basis of the comprehensive popularization of compulsory education, all 2,895 counties in the country have achieved basic balance of compulsory education, which has become another new milestone; The government-led student financial aid policy system with the active participation of schools and the society has achieved full coverage of "all school sections, all schools, and all students from families with financial difficulties", and has sponsored nearly 1.3 billion students in ten years, ensuring that "no one Students drop out of school due to family financial difficulties.”

There are also many policies that benefit the people to further promote education equity, and we can also see obvious changes from the data.

  More inclusive kindergartens.

In 2021, there will be 245,000 inclusive kindergartens nationwide, accounting for 83% of the total number of kindergartens.

Half of the Puhui Parks are public parks, with 128,000, an increase of 72,000 from 2012.

The proportion of children in inclusive kindergartens reached 87.8%, an increase of 20.5 percentage points over 2016.

  There are more children of migrant workers going to school.

Implement the "two main, two inclusion, and residence permit as the main basis" to enroll the children of migrant workers in cities. The proportion of studying and enjoying the degree service of private schools purchased by the government reached 90.9%.

  School-age disabled children and adolescents have more opportunities for education.

A special education promotion plan was implemented. All counties with a population of more than 300,000 have special education schools. There are 920,000 students in special education, an increase of 541,000 compared with 2012. The compulsory education enrollment rate of school-age children with disabilities is over 95%.

  Children in the Midwest and rural areas have more opportunities to attend good colleges.

Implement the state-supported enrollment cooperation plan for the central and western regions, and arrange part of the quota from the increment of the national enrollment plan each year to recruit students from the central and western regions and major provinces.

A total of 950,000 people have been admitted to key colleges and universities through the national special enrollment plan for rural and poverty alleviation areas.

  Children in rural areas have improved nutritional status and are taller.

In-depth implementation of the nutrition improvement plan for rural compulsory education students, covering 123,800 rural compulsory education schools, benefiting 350 million students.

Compared with 2012, the average height of boys and girls increased by 4.2cm and 4.1cm respectively in the areas where the nutrition improvement plan was implemented. International organizations such as the World Food Programme believe that "the nutrition improvement plan for Chinese rural students is an amazing plan in the world."

  3. A new improvement in the quality of education

  Over the past ten years, the education system has fully implemented the party's education policy, implemented the fundamental task of morality and education, adhered to the simultaneous development of five educations, promoted the all-round development of students, and steadily improved the quality of education to help everyone shine and become talented.

  The construction of compulsory education courses such as music, sports, art and labor has been significantly strengthened.

In 2021, there will be 674,000, 830,000, and 109,000 teachers in compulsory education nationwide for physical education, art, and labor technology courses, respectively, an increase of 55.4%, 52.3%, and 18.3%, respectively, compared with a decade ago.

95% of schools across the country can guarantee students one hour of physical exercise time in school every day, and nearly 87% of students have received art education in primary and secondary schools.

Establish 96 national primary and secondary labor education experimental zones, and demonstrate to drive local primary and secondary schools to vigorously carry out labor education, and achieve the requirement of no less than 1 class hour per week.

  The problem of large class sizes in basic education has been effectively solved.

In 2021, the large class size of compulsory education will be basically eliminated. In the past ten years, the proportion of large classes in primary schools has dropped from 14.0% to 0.7%, and the proportion of large classes in junior high schools has dropped from 28.3% to 0.7%; 43 percentage points, boosting the quality of education and teaching, and promoting the healthy development of students' physical and mental health.

  The governance of off-campus training has achieved remarkable results.

More than 90% of the students can complete the written assignments within the specified time, the school's after-school services have basically achieved "5+2" full coverage, and more than 92% of the students have voluntarily participated in the after-school services.

  The construction of the modern vocational education system has been significantly accelerated.

The "Vocational Education Law" was revised for the first time, clarifying the orientation of type education, deepening the integration of industry and education, and school-enterprise cooperation.

The number of higher vocational colleges will be expanded by 4.133 million in three years, and 5.526 million will be enrolled in higher vocational colleges in 2021, which is 1.8 times that of ten years ago.

Vocational schools across the country offer more than 1,300 majors and more than 120,000 professional points, basically covering all fields of the national economy.

  The ability to independently cultivate high-level innovative talents has been significantly improved.

In 2021, there will be a total of 3.332 million postgraduate students in the country, nearly doubling from 2012. Among them, 509,000 are doctoral students; 1.954 million are postgraduate students in "double first-class" universities, accounting for 58.7% of the country.

Focusing on major national strategic needs, the “Strengthening Foundation Plan” has recruited more than 18,000 people, and the basic discipline top-notch talent training plan has attracted more than 10,000 outstanding students to join the basic disciplines.

  Fourth, the educational service capacity has been significantly enhanced

  Over the past ten years, education has resonated with the development of the party and the country at the same frequency. The ability of education to serve national strategies and regional development has been significantly enhanced, and it has increasingly become a key force supporting and leading economic and social development.

  Continuously cultivate and transport talents for the society.

Secondary and higher vocational schools (excluding technical schools) have cumulatively trained more than 79 million graduates in ten years, providing more than 70% of new employees for modern manufacturing, strategic emerging industries and modern service industries; institutions of higher learning (excluding technical schools) Adult colleges and universities) have cultivated more than 77 million high-quality professional talents in ten years, and continue to provide strong intellectual support for the implementation of major national strategies and economic and social development.

  A scientific and technological innovation system of colleges and universities with a clear layout and reasonable levels has been formed, and a number of landmark major scientific and technological achievements have been obtained.

  Promote the prosperity and development of philosophy and social sciences in colleges and universities.

Support the establishment of more than 36,000 research projects in the philosophy and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 151 key research bases in the humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, 30 laboratories of philosophy and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, and the Outstanding Achievement Award for Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities (Humanities and Social Sciences) A total of 3277 award-winning achievements were selected.

Universities have led the construction of 38% of the national high-end think tanks and undertaken more than 90% of the National Social Science Fund projects.

  Universities directly under the Ministry of Education have become an important force in poverty alleviation and rural revitalization.

The schools have invested and introduced 4.44 billion yuan of assistance funds, helping to introduce 663 enterprises, and the actual investment of the introduced enterprises is 15.16 billion yuan.

A total of 116,400 teachers have been trained.

A total of 778,000 grass-roots cadres and technicians have been trained, 1,352 planning projects have been formulated, and 1,949 scientific research projects have been implemented.

  The national common language and written characters shall be popularized and popularized.

The national Mandarin penetration rate has increased from 70% to 80.7%, the proportion of literate population using standard Chinese characters has exceeded 95%, and the illiteracy rate has dropped to 2.7%, making important contributions to building a shared spiritual home for the Chinese nation and forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation.

  5. The guarantee of educational conditions has reached a new level

  Over the past ten years, the Party and the state have attached great importance to education, and have always placed education in a strategic position of priority development, prioritizing planning, investment, and resource allocation. Education has become the cause that the whole society cares about and supports most.

  The proportion of national financial investment in education in GDP has remained above 4% for ten consecutive years, and education has become the largest expenditure in the general public budget.

  The conditions of the school premises have been significantly improved.

In the past ten years, the average school building area of ​​kindergarten students has increased from 5.8 square meters to 10.2 square meters, and the average activity room area has increased from 2.4 square meters to 4.0 square meters; the average teaching and auxiliary room area of ​​compulsory education schools has increased from 3.7 square meters to 5.1 square meters, and the area of ​​indoor sports rooms and sports fields per student increased from 7.3 square meters to 8.2 square meters.

Through the implementation of a series of engineering projects such as "comprehensive thinning reform", the school's appearance has been fundamentally changed, and "the best and safest buildings are in schools" in rural areas in the central and western regions have been recognized by the masses.

  Teaching equipment is equipped to meet the standard and rapidly improve.

In 2021, the five facilities and equipment of ordinary primary and secondary schools will exceed 90% of the standard (sports field (hall) area, sports equipment, music equipment, art equipment, mathematics and nature (primary)/science experiment (secondary) equipment).

In terms of equipment value per student, compulsory education schools are 2,285 yuan, 3.1 times that of ten years ago; regular high schools are 4,968 yuan, 2.3 times that of ten years ago; secondary vocational schools are 8,082 yuan, 2.6 times that of ten years ago; Ordinary and vocational colleges and universities are 17,091 yuan, which is 1.7 times that of ten years ago.

  The level of school informatization configuration has been significantly improved.

In 2021, the Internet access rate in compulsory education schools nationwide will be close to 100%; the proportion of multimedia classrooms in compulsory education schools will exceed 70%, an increase of more than 30 percentage points compared with ten years ago.

The number of digital terminals per 100 students in primary and junior high schools nationwide was 14.9 and 21.0, respectively, an increase of 8.4 and 10.6 over ten years ago.

  6. The construction of the teaching team has reached a new level

  Over the past ten years, the education system has insisted on the construction of the teaching staff as the basic work, and supported the high-quality development of education with a high-quality teaching staff.

  The number of teachers keeps expanding.

In 2021, there will be 18.444 million full-time teachers in schools of all levels and types across the country, an increase of 26.2% over 2012.

The problem of insufficient number of teachers for a long time has been effectively alleviated.

Promote public-funded education for normal students. Driven by the demonstration of normal universities under the Ministry, 28 provinces across the country implement public-funded education for normal students in local colleges and universities. Every year, about 50,000 college graduates teach in rural primary and secondary schools.

Since the implementation of the "National Training Program", the central government has invested more than 20 billion yuan and trained more than 18 million teachers and principals.

The "Special Post Program" has recruited 1.03 million teachers in total, covering 22 provinces, more than 1,000 counties, and more than 30,000 rural schools in the central and western regions, effectively supporting education in rural areas in the central and western regions.

  The quality of teachers has been significantly improved.

In 2021, the proportion of full-time teachers in preschool education and special education who have received professional education will exceed 85%, an increase of 24.2 and 39.1 percentage points respectively over 2012.

The proportion of full-time teachers with a bachelor’s degree or above in primary schools and junior high schools accounted for 70.3% and 90.1%, respectively, an increase of 37.7 and 18.4 percentage points over 2012.

The proportion of full-time high school teachers with postgraduate degrees will increase from 5.0% in 2012 to 12.4% in 2021.

The proportion of "dual-qualified" teachers in vocational education professional courses exceeds 50%, and the proportion of postgraduate degree teachers in full-time teachers in general and vocational colleges is 77.5%, an increase of 15.1 percentage points compared with 2012. 424,000 and 132,000, an increase of 195,000 and 63,000 respectively over 2012.

  7. The opening up of education presents a new pattern

  Over the past ten years, the education system has persisted in opening up to the outside world, strengthened mutual tolerance, mutual learning and communication with other countries in the world, and promoted Chinese education to enter the world stage with a more open, confident and proactive attitude.

Take a look at the main set of data below.

  ——The international students enrolled in the 2021 academic year come from 195 countries and regions, and the proportion of students with academic education will reach 76%, an increase of 35 percentage points compared with 2012;

  ——Generally carried out educational cooperation and exchanges with 181 countries with diplomatic ties;

  ——Signed agreements on mutual recognition of academic degrees and degrees with 58 countries and regions;

  ——Constructed 25 Luban workshops outside China;

  - In cooperation with UNESCO, 10 second-class centers have been established in China;

  - the creation of 12 UNESCO Chairs and a network of sister universities;

  ——The Chinese and foreign high-level people-to-people and cultural exchange mechanism held 37 meetings, signed more than 300 cooperation agreements, and reached nearly 3,000 specific cooperation results;

  ——76 countries have incorporated Chinese into their national education systems.