On July 24, 2021, the general office of the CPC Central Committee and the general office of the State Council issued the opinions on further reducing the burden of students’ homework and after-school training in the stage of compulsory education, requiring all regions and departments to earnestly implement it in combination with reality. The “double reduction” policy was comprehensively promoted, and all localities responded and implemented it one after another.

On the occasion of the national two sessions, “double reduction” has become a hot topic. The DPP Central Committee submitted two proposals to the CPPCC National Committee - “proposal on improving the quality and efficiency of after-school services in primary and secondary schools under the background of the” double reduction “policy” and “proposal on reasonably reducing the burden of teachers and providing effective incentives and guarantees under the background of the” double reduction “, both of which are related to the” double reduction “.

What exactly is “double reduction”? After the “double reduction”, how can the school improve the teaching quality and enrich the after-school service content? The working hours of teachers are prolonged after the “double reduction”. How to reduce the burden on Teachers… The problems encountered after the implementation of the “double reduction” policy have become the focus of attention. In this regard, the reporter of Beijing Youth Daily interviewed a number of deputies to the National People’s Congress and members of the CPPCC to listen to their voices.

The committee member said

Wang Huan, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Party committee and general president of Beijing Dongcheng District historian Education Group:

“Double reduction” is not contradictory to the results

What is reduced is unnecessary burden

After the “double reduction”, the school homework is significantly reduced and the number of cram schools around is significantly reduced. For a time, parents can’t adapt. Some people think that if they leave the training class, their children’s academic performance will be affected.

In this regard, Wang Huan, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference, Secretary of the Party committee and general president of Beijing Dongcheng District historian education group, said that “there is no contradiction between the” double reduction “and the results.” the “double reduction” subtracts the unnecessary burden on students, stimulates students’ interest and internal drive, and realizes autonomous learning, so as to improve the quality of teaching, and quality refers to students’ comprehensive ability, It is not only academic achievement, but also thinking ability, practical ability and so on. These abilities are conducive to students’ future development.

When communicating with anxious parents, Wang Huan often persuades them to “come out of the logic of ‘evaluating children with scores”. She believes that the task of family education is to lead children in moral quality, literacy and behavior habits. The main body of learning and achievement is still the school. If parents’ education of children replaces the school, it will cause confusion of responsibilities of different roles.

At the same time, she stressed that we should not look at problems from a superficial level, nor simply define students by learning time. The real growth is regular, and education should also follow this law, so as to promote children’s success. “In addition to success, we should be adults, and do meaningful things when we have spare power, which is valuable to ourselves, to people, to the nation and to the country.”

Wang Huan’s historian Education Group strictly controls students’ learning time on the one hand; On the other hand, through “layered homework”, that is, assigning homework according to the characteristics and types of different students, teachers avoid mechanical repetition in the content of homework, increase innovative and research content, and train students to plan time reasonably in this process.

In addition to schoolwork tasks, the school is also constantly updated in classroom teaching and after-school services.

Wang Huan told the Beiqing daily that in the past, the participation of teachers in after-school services was not very high, and the school did not have so many courses, but now the school has opened many interest classes and counseling classes according to the needs of students, providing greater learning space and more resources, and the teachers are also fully involved, “This way and the communication between teachers and students in the process realize the natural extension of knowledge in and after class, and we can achieve our goal of ‘keeping children in school’.”

Xiong Shuilong, member of the CPPCC National Committee and full-time deputy director of the proposal Committee of the CPPCC Guangdong Province:

Guide the teaching staff of the school to actively participate in after-school service

Third parties can also be introduced

After the “double reduction”, how to solve the shortage of existing teachers?

After the “double reduction”, the after-school services of many schools are still undertaken by their own teachers, which not only has limited curriculum richness, but also virtually increases the working hours of teachers.

Xiong Shuilong, member of the CPPCC National Committee and full-time deputy director of the proposal Committee of the CPPCC Guangdong Provincial Committee, found through the investigation that the “double reduction” policy clearly requires schools to provide after-school services and further extend teachers’ working hours. From reading in the morning to lunch break management, and then to after-school service, almost all work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The survey shows that more than 90% of teachers work 9 to 12 hours a day.

He suggested that we should give full play to the advantages of the school’s educational resources, guide the school’s teaching staff and retired teachers to actively participate in after-school services, guarantee the subsidies and remuneration of after-school services according to reasonable standards, and give preference in the evaluation and employment of professional titles, commendation and rewards, so as to stimulate the enthusiasm and motivation of teachers. At the same time, by introducing trainee teachers to participate in after-school extension services, the “teaching experience” of trainee teachers can be used as the “bonus item” of the formal entry teacher industry.

In addition, third-party institutions can be introduced to mobilize social workers, volunteers and college students to participate in after-school services through the purchase of services. Establish a collaborative mechanism for after-school services, fully integrate social education resources such as children’s palace, youth activity center and research and education practice base, strengthen inter school exchanges between urban and rural areas, guide and encourage sharing with surrounding schools and community facilities and venues.

Zhu Yongxin, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference and deputy secretary general, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Movement and President of China Tao Xingzhi Research Association:

Establish a list of public services of out of school educational institutions

Clarify the access measures for out of school institutions

After the “double reduction”, how to solve the problem of funds?

Enriching courses and hiring teachers are inseparable from the support of funds. In this regard, both deputies to the National People’s Congress and members of the National Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) supported the move.

Zhu Yongxin, member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and deputy secretary general, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Democratic Progressive Movement and President of the China Tao Xingzhi Research Association, suggested that in order to better improve the quality of school education and make full use of high-quality educational resources in society, it is suggested to establish a public service purchase mechanism for out of school educational institutions.

First, establish a list of public services of out of school educational institutions, and explicitly include teacher training, curriculum supply, educational information technology services, professional services of educational and teaching evaluation, and school entrusted management into the purchase list of public services of out of school educational institutions; Second, clarify the professional standards of public education services provided by off campus institutions; Third, establish an access mechanism