Sino-Singapore Education | 1,736 new high-quality compulsory education schools will be added across the country in 2023

　　China News Service, March 1 (Xinhua) The Ministry of Education held a press conference on March 1 to introduce the basic situation of the development of education nationwide in 2023.

Ma Jingbin, deputy director of the Basic Education Department of the Ministry of Education and first-level inspector, said that in 2023, there will be 1,736 new high-quality compulsory education schools across the country, and 1.999 million new high-quality degrees.

There are 16,000 compulsory education education groups and 15,000 urban and rural school communities across the country.

　　Ma Jinbin pointed out that accelerating the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education, running a fairer and higher-quality compulsory education, and better meeting the people's expectations of "going to school" are our key tasks now and in the future.

In 2023, education departments at all levels will conscientiously implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, focusing on promoting the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education from six aspects to get off to a good start.

　　The first is to improve the policy system and make comprehensive arrangements to promote it.

In June last year, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Building a High-Quality and Balanced Basic Public Education Service System" to improve policies and measures for the high-quality and balanced development of county compulsory education and accelerate the narrowing of regional, urban-rural, inter-school and group education gaps.

In August, the Ministry of Education, together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, issued the "Opinions on Implementing the Action Plan for Expanding and Improving the Quality of Basic Education in the New Era" to organize the implementation of compulsory education to strengthen schools and improve the quality, and to accelerate high-quality and balanced development.

In November, the Ministry of Education held an on-site promotion meeting for the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education across the country, which further clarified the goals, tasks and work requirements for the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education. my country's compulsory education has embarked on a new journey of high-quality and balanced development.

　　The second is to persist in cultivating people with moral integrity and promoting the all-round development of students.

We will solidly advance the reform of the leadership system of primary and secondary schools and promote 78.2% of primary and secondary schools to establish a principal responsibility system led by a party organization.

We will deepen the reform of ideological and political courses and continue to carry out moral education brand activities such as "Learn New Ideas and Become Successors" and "The First Lesson of School" to educate and guide students to shoulder the important task of national rejuvenation from an early age.

Implement the "simultaneous development of five educations" and strengthen physical, artistic and labor education. In 2023, 81.6% of primary and secondary schools across the country will establish a labor education list "one school, one case", and build 147,000 labor education practice sites inside and outside schools to guide students on a regular basis Carry out housework, on-campus and off-campus labor education activities.

　　The third is to increase funding investment and improve school running conditions.

In 2023, the central government will invest nearly 40 billion yuan to continue to implement major projects such as improving weak links and improving capabilities in compulsory education. The standardization construction of primary and secondary schools will be further accelerated, and the compliance rate of school building area, facilities and equipment will be significantly improved.

The central government further increased the benchmark quota of per-student public funding for compulsory education schools, from 650 yuan to 720 yuan per student per year for primary schools, and from 850 yuan to 940 yuan for junior high schools, to support schools in better implementing the "double reduction" policy and improving after-school service levels. .

　　The fourth is to expand high-quality resources and improve the running level of weak schools.

Through various methods such as tapping the potential and expanding the capacity of high-quality schools, promoting the orderly exchange and rotation of outstanding principals and key teachers, group-based school running, and the construction of urban and rural school communities, various localities have expanded high-quality educational resources, improved the conditions for running weak schools and rural schools, and accelerated the development of mass education. A new quality school on your doorstep.

According to preliminary statistics, there will be 1,736 new high-quality compulsory education schools across the country in 2023, with 1.999 million new high-quality degrees.

There are 16,000 compulsory education education groups and 15,000 urban and rural school communities across the country.

　　The fifth is to deepen comprehensive reform and improve the quality of education.

Implement the action of deepening curriculum and teaching reform to meet the goal of students learning enough and learning well, and guide schools in various places to deepen classroom teaching reform, optimize teaching methods, and create efficient classrooms.

Vigorously promote and apply the country’s outstanding teaching achievements, and promote the implementation of 73 teaching achievements in 60 promotion and application demonstration areas.

Strengthen the construction and application of the national smart education platform for primary and secondary schools. Currently, the platform has ten major categories of resources, a total of 53 columns, and a total of 88,000 resources, promoting the sharing of high-quality educational resources across the country.

　　Sixth, pay attention to special groups and promote educational equity.

Guiding all localities to strengthen research and judgment on the peak situation of primary school enrollment, and added 4.892 million public places through new construction, renovation and expansion, effectively ensuring the enrollment of 18.78 million first-year primary school students, and allowing children of migrant workers to study in public schools (including government-purchased places) ) ratio exceeds 95%.

Continue to implement the nutrition improvement plan for rural students, further improve the level of assistance for students from poor families, and ensure that every student from poor families can enter school smoothly and attend school with peace of mind.