my country's preschool education has been basically popularized (new data and new highlights)
Under the blue sky and white clouds, laughter came from the Gaoliu Center Kindergarten in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province.
This rural kindergarten is no different from urban kindergartens: spacious and bright classrooms, comfortable plastic playgrounds, and all kinds of toys.
Speaking of the kindergarten in front of our house, Li Shuqing, the parent of the student, was very satisfied: "In the kindergarten, the children are happy, and we are relieved."
Li Shuqing's feelings are a microcosm of the leapfrog development of my country's preschool education in recent years.
A hundred years of life is established in kindergartens, and preschool education is related to the healthy growth of hundreds of millions of children.
The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education that the number of children enrolled in kindergartens in my country will reach 48.052 million in 2021, an increase of 13.808 million compared with 2011. Preschool education has been basically popularized, a public service system for preschool education with wide coverage, basic guarantees, and quality has been basically established, and historic achievements have been made in children's education.
—— Focusing on solving the "difficulty of entering kindergarten", the supply of preschool education resources has been continuously expanded to ensure that "there are kindergartens."
Wu Liusi, a child from Pantang Village, Zhengda Town, Songtao Miao Autonomous County, Guizhou Province, attends a public kindergarten in the village.
The kindergarten has complete facilities and sufficient teaching aids, which are well received by the residents of the surrounding villages.
"The kindergarten in front of our house is as good as the one in the city. The children eat well, teach well, and the fees are low. I am very relieved to put the doll here." Wu Liusi's father said.
In the past 10 years, the popularization level of preschool education has been greatly improved.
The total amount of preschool education resources is increasing rapidly. In 2021, the number of kindergartens in my country will reach 295,000, an increase of 128,000 compared with 2011, an increase of 76.8%, which effectively guarantees the ever-increasing demand for school-age children to enter kindergartens.
About 80% of the new kindergartens are concentrated in the central and western regions, and about 60% are distributed in rural areas.
The 13 provinces with a gross growth rate of more than 30% in the past 10 years are all in the central and western regions. The admission rate in the former deep-poverty areas such as "three districts and three states" has increased significantly. Gansu Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture increased from 15.8% to 95.5%, Yunnan Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture has increased from 25.6% to 90.01%, and the gap between preschool education areas and urban and rural areas has narrowed significantly.
—— Focusing on cracking the "expensive entry into the park", we will focus on building a park-running system with inclusive resources as the main body, so as to realize "affordable access".
After Mingfa Oriental Kindergarten in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province was recognized as an inclusive kindergarten, the childcare fee was reduced by more than half.
Mr. Xu, who lives nearby, said: "After the birth of the second child, living expenses increased. This policy of benefiting the people came too timely." Nanjing City has guided 270 high-priced private kindergartens to transfer to other places through the government's purchase of services and the management of supporting kindergartens in urban communities. It is an inclusive private kindergarten, and the average monthly education fee has dropped by about 700 yuan.
Over the past 10 years, pre-school education inclusive resources have been widely covered.
The resource structure has undergone a pattern change. In 2021, there will be 245,000 inclusive kindergartens (including public kindergartens and inclusive private kindergartens) in my country, accounting for 83% of the total number of kindergartens, of which 128,000 are public kindergartens, an increase over 2011 Nearly 150%, giving full play to the important role of public parks in keeping the bottom line, ensuring basics, stabilizing fees, and leading the way.
The urban and rural preschool education public service system has basically been established. In 2021, the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens in rural areas will reach 90.6%. Each township will basically have a public central kindergarten, and large villages will run independent kindergartens and small villages will jointly run kindergartens; the governance of supporting kindergartens in urban communities will be fully implemented , a total of more than 20,000 kindergartens have been managed, and 4.16 million inclusive degrees have been added, basically satisfying the desire of ordinary people to enter kindergartens at their doorsteps.
—— Focusing on solving the "weakness of teachers", we must take multiple measures to continuously improve the overall level of preschool education teachers.
With the increase in the number of public kindergartens in Tongnan District, Chongqing, the demand for teachers has increased accordingly, and solving the staffing has become a top priority.
Yang Quanwu, deputy director of the Tongnan District Education Committee, said: "After the relevant departments jointly investigated and found out, they established a staffing 'reservoir turnover pool', separated the preschool education staffing, and planned more than 60 new staffing special projects every year for the recruitment of preschool teachers. Nearly In the past three years, Tongnan has recruited more than 180 preschool education teachers with a bachelor’s degree or above.”
Over the past 10 years, the construction of preschool teachers has been continuously strengthened.
The scale of teacher training continues to expand. In 2021, there will be 265,000 college graduates majoring in preschool education in my country, providing strong support for the continuous replenishment of kindergarten teachers.
The staffing of teachers is basically up to standard. In 2021, the total number of kindergarten principals and full-time teachers will exceed 3.5 million, an increase of 2 million compared with 2011. The standard of "two teaching and one guarantee" has effectively solved the problem of teacher shortage.
The academic structure of teachers has been further optimized. In 2021, the proportion of directors and full-time teachers with a junior college degree or above will reach 88.2%.
From 2012 to 2020, the "National Training Program" for kindergarten teachers has been continuously implemented, with a total investment of 4.3 billion yuan, and more than 2.43 million kindergarten teachers have been trained, and the professional level of teachers has been significantly improved.
—— Focusing on cracking the "primary school", adhere to the construction of the connotation of preschool education, and strive to ensure the "good kindergarten".
In the No. 16 Kindergarten in Chengdu, Sichuan, the children spontaneously played the falling leaves game. The teacher seized this opportunity to guide the children to build a fallen leaf path that would not be blown away by the wind, explore how many different kinds of leaves there are in the kindergarten, and ask why the leaves It dries up within hours of being dropped.
Interesting little games, entertaining and entertaining, lighten up children's childhood.
Over the past 10 years, the quality of preschool education has improved significantly.
The concept of scientific childcare is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With the theme of "Games Light up Happy Childhood" and "Scientific Coordination of Young Children", the "National Preschool Education Promotion Month" is held every year to continuously spread the concept and methods of scientific childcare to the whole society and promote scientific parenting knowledge. Walk into thousands of households.
Professional guidance continues to be strengthened, and the Ministry of Education has successively issued a series of "Guidelines for Kindergarten Education Guidance", "Guidelines for the Learning and Development of Children Aged 3-6", "Guidelines on Vigorously Promoting the Scientific Connection between Kindergartens and Primary Schools", "Guidelines for Quality Evaluation of Kindergarten Care Education" and so on. Documents have established a relatively complete guidance system to provide strong professional guidance for scientific education.
Deepen reforms in the practice of childcare and education, carry out in-depth special management of "primary education", actively promote the "primary school connection" tackling action, continuously improve the preschool teaching and research system, establish a number of experimental areas for kindergarten childcare education reform, play a leading role in demonstration, and promote "play-based education" "Activities" are effectively implemented to effectively promote the healthy growth of children's physical and mental health.
Our reporter Ding Yasong