In late February, with the closing of the two sessions in Tianjin postponed due to the epidemic, the two sessions in 31 provinces in China will be closed in 2022. As in previous years, “education” is still a livelihood issue widely concerned by representatives and members at the two provincial sessions.
As of February 24, the data center of China Education Press Agency has monitored a total of 366012 online articles related to the education topics of the local two sessions in 2022. Based on media reports and comments, industry voices and netizens’ opinions, public opinion focuses on 25 aspects, including “double reduction”, family education, school trusteeship service, employment of college graduates, integration of industry and education and “double first-class” construction, covering all aspects of education work.
How to interpret these educational hotspots? What are the opinions of the representative members of the local two sessions? How will the provincial governments implement policies accurately? Our reporter conducted an interview.
Key and difficult points: “double reduction” is the most popular
If you want to ask which education topic is the hottest in the local two sessions this year, the “double reduction” in the public opinion field of the local two sessions for the first time leads the “fault type” and ranks first in the list.
According to the monitoring data of the data center of China Education Press, there were 28777 online articles on “double reduction” during the local two sessions, which were far ahead in the popularity list. Family education (10445 articles) and school trusteeship service (9955 articles) ranked second and third, as well as the “five educations” (4213 articles), collaborative education (3006 articles), education evaluation reform (2406 articles), etc.
The “double reduction” policy has been implemented for more than half a year. So far, offline training institutions have been reduced by 92.14%, online training institutions have been reduced by 87.07%, and compulsory education schools generally carry out after-school services. How to further implement the “double reduction”, reduce the pressure and burden for teachers in the stage of compulsory education, and realize the coordinated education of family, school and society has aroused heated discussion at the local two sessions.
After the “double reduction”, how to solve the problems of “not enough to eat” and “not good to eat” in class? Leng Jiying, member of the Political Consultative Conference of Hebei Province and President of Guangping No. 2 middle school in Handan City, introduced the school’s attempt: the school found out the bottom, analyzed the learning situation every week, and organized excellent teachers to provide free services for students in need; The teachers speak carefully to improve classroom efficiency.
After the students’ burden is reduced, what should we do if the teacher’s burden is increased? Han Hongtao, deputy to Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress and principal of Pingshan Road Primary School in Hexi District, suggested to build a municipal after-school service intelligence platform to reduce the pressure of teachers’ statistics, student declaration and change, explore the flexible working mechanism, and explore the implementation path of using the charge of after-school service to ensure the flexible working mechanism of head teachers.
Referring to the fact that students’ demand for after-school counseling still exists objectively, Chen Yilu, member of the CPPCC of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and principal of Nanning guiya Road Primary School, believes that many training institutions have been transformed and many tutors with strong professional ability have been surplus. The government can issue policies to guide these teachers to participate in after-school services and solve the problem of insufficient teachers in the school.
As for after-school trusteeship services, Yang Zhugui, a member of the Linyi Municipal Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference and a primary school teacher in Linyi, Shandong Province, called for the inclusion of after-school services into the school education and teaching system and the implementation of curriculum based operation. Actively mobilize students’ parents, volunteers, outstanding college students, “five elders”, cultural and sports workers, inheritors of folk intangible cultural heritage, artists and other enthusiasts from all walks of life to provide rich and colorful after-school custody services for children.
With the deepening of the “double reduction” and the implementation of the family education promotion law, “family education” has also received unprecedented attention. The CPPCC members of the Taiwan League of Anhui Province collectively submitted the proposal on the phenomenon and thinking brought by the “double reduction”, which proposed that family education should become the second position of off campus education as soon as possible. Su Wenfang, member of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese people’s Political Consultative Conference, said: “we should strive to stimulate children’s endogenous motivation to love learning, and let abundant thirst for knowledge and good learning habits help children improve their learning efficiency at school.”
Corresponding to reducing the burden of schoolwork, the “Five Education” of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor should be carried out at the same time. The work report of Qinghai provincial government made it clear that we should adhere to the “Five Education” of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor, deepen the reform of educational evaluation and educational methods, and let children develop in an all-round and healthy way. The government work reports of Chongqing, Hunan, Xinjiang and other provinces also proposed to deepen and promote the reform of educational evaluation. There are also many suggestions made by the representatives and members of the local two sessions on the simultaneous development of “five educations”. The Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party submitted the proposal on Comprehensively Strengthening and improving the music, sports and beauty education in primary and secondary schools in Guangdong Province with “double reduction” and “double increase”, which wrote that there are some problems in the music, sports and beauty education in primary and secondary schools in Guangdong, such as the general uneven allocation of teachers, insufficient guarantee of equipment and facilities, imperfect evaluation system, and the trend of art education falling into exam oriented education, It needs to be solved urgently.
The urgent difficulties and anxieties of the people are the focus of the work of government departments.
New direction: comprehensive education reform on the road
“Double reduction” is an absolute hot spot in the stage of basic education. Other education topics have also been fully discussed during the local two sessions, many of which are to explore the future direction of China’s comprehensive education reform. For example, in terms of vocational education, the integration of industry and Education (8329 articles) and undergraduate Vocational Education (2719 articles) have attracted much attention; In terms of higher education, “double first-class” construction (7119 articles) is the most popular. In addition, topics such as educational informatization and comprehensive reform of the college entrance examination have also received high attention.
In recent years, with the expansion of Higher Vocational Colleges and the implementation of the “double high” plan of vocational education, the popularity of vocational education has been rising. During the local two sessions, Huang Yuqian, a deputy to the National People’s Congress of Hainan Province and a teacher of Wuzhishan No. 1 primary school, suggested that in view of the low development level of Vocational Education in some ethnic areas and the weak ability to serve local economic and social development, we should unblock the development channels of vocational education and innovate the mechanism of Industry Education Association and joint education.
Wang Min, deputy to Guizhou Provincial People’s Congress and vice president of Anshun vocational and technical college, suggested that vocational undergraduate education should be opened, school enterprise cooperation should be deepened, professional characteristics and advantages should be grasped, and efforts should be made to establish a stable school enterprise cooperation relationship with counterpart industries. Luo Yang, deputy to Tianjin Municipal People’s Congress and head of the training section of Wuqing District Vocational Education Center, suggested that on the basis of the deep integration of industry and Education City, we should further promote the combination of Ideological and political education, labor education and skill education.
Vocational education fever is also reflected in the work reports of provincial governments, and all localities implement policies accurately in combination with their own reality. For example, Inner Mongolia requires the implementation of the “double high” and “double excellent” plans for vocational education to promote the development of ministries and regions