The development of the county is facing five major difficulties in the development of students, teachers, etc.
The county is the main body of ordinary high schools in the county. In recent years, due to the influence of various factors such as the level of economic development, the process of urbanization, and public education policies, outstanding teachers and students in ordinary high schools in many local counties have been lost, forming a vicious cycle characterized by the loss of high-quality educational resources and the decline in educational quality. Some people compare it to the "collapse" of the county. At the
meeting, Sa Zhongmin, a national special education supervisor, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region government school supervisor, and former director of the Liuzhou Education Bureau, pointed out that in recent years, except for a few counties, most counties in my country have generally faced "student shortages". There are five long-standing dilemmas, namely, the difficulties of teachers, the difficulties of hardware, the difficulties of guarantee, and the difficulties of quality.
"In recent years, the quality of education and teaching in some counties has declined. Whether it is eugenics training or the rate of undergraduate admission, there are signs of decline, and some decline significantly." Wang Xuan, deputy director of Yantai Education Bureau, introduced at the meeting Yantai The current situation of the development of ordinary high schools in the county. In addition, he mentioned that high school education in some counties lacks practical measures in terms of running characteristic schools and expanding students' pathways for further education, and the quality of education needs to be improved.
Talking about the current living conditions of county middle school teachers, Meng Xiangsheng, the principal of the No. 2 Middle School in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province, said that the relatively low salary, high pressure, and difficult job title evaluation of county middle school teachers made quite a few teachers see no hope. Due to the superposition of the above reasons, the county not only cannot retain excellent teachers, but also cannot recruit high-quality talents.
Experts believe that to get out of the predicament in the county, we should first stabilize the source of students
What is the way out for "revitalizing the county"? Many counties around the country are also exploring. At the
symposium, experts and scholars participating in the meeting said that if the county wants to get out of the development dilemma, it must first stabilize the source of students. If this phenomenon continues, the educational gap between urban and rural areas will become wider and wider. To solve the "difficulty in the county", it is necessary to carry out the reform of the enrollment method of the senior high school entrance examination, balance the educational resources of the region, and support the school to innovate the enrollment method of the senior high school entrance examination.
Jiangsu Province Hai’an Middle School Lv Jian shared, “Nantong’s seven cities and counties in Nantong did not have a “collapse” in the county, because Nantong has always strictly prohibited cross-county (district) enrollment, and there will be no one Famous schools are 'mopping up eugenics' and other schools are 'disappearing everyone'."
Aiming at the problem of the loss of teachers, Meng Xiangsheng believes that in order to get out of the "difficulty in the county", the fundamental task is to improve and improve the treatment of teachers in the county and conditions. "Only when the salary of teachers is improved and the conditions are improved, excellent teachers can be retained, high-end talents will be introduced, and the problem of teachers can be solved." The reporter from
learned that 95% of the teachers and students in Luzhai Middle School in Luzhai County, Liuzhou, Guangxi are from rural areas. Like the situation of ordinary high schools in many counties, the gap with urban schools is getting wider and wider. Lan Shumin, the principal of the school, said at the meeting that in the face of various difficulties and challenges, the school has improved its cultural self-confidence, stimulated the vitality of running schools, and revitalized classroom teaching in terms of campus culture construction, efficient classroom construction, and five educations simultaneously. The
reporter noticed that the national "two sessions " in 2021 proposed to revitalize county-level ordinary high school education, and nine departments including the Ministry of Education issued the ""14th Five-Year" County-level Ordinary High School Development and Improvement Action Plan". The plan requires that schools in developed areas and urban areas be strictly prohibited from going to weak areas and counties to poach outstanding principals and teachers, strengthen the construction of ordinary high schools in county areas, and promote the high-quality development of basic education.
Concentrating on building one high school in a county is not conducive to the educational ecology
"The problem in the county, on the surface, is the decline in the quality of education caused by the continuous flow of high-quality students and teachers from the county to large and medium-sized cities. In fact, it is the continuous gap in economic and social development between urban and rural areas Expansion, productivity distribution, large urbanization process is accelerating, and public education policy is caused by "market-oriented preferences." Zhang Zhiyong, executive director of , China Education Policy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, and member of China Education Thirty Forum, suggested, comprehensive Use a series of public policy tools to improve the supply pattern of public service for county education and systematically manage county education.
Zhang Zhiyong spoke at the symposium on "Difficulties and Paths in Revitalizing the County". Photo provided by the organizer
Du Xiaoli, director of the Intellectual Development Institute of the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, said at the meeting that to solve the "problem in the county", it is necessary to clearly regard "strengthening government responsibility" as one of the basic working principles. The local government should strengthen overall planning and form a joint force is the key to revitalizing the county.
Zhang Zhiyong believes that to revitalize county-level general high school education, on the one hand, it is necessary to improve the school-running conditions of county-level middle schools; The difference in level allows all high schools in the jurisdiction to compete fairly, develop in dislocation, run schools with characteristics, and form a benign competition ecology.
Li Jingbo, director of the High School Department of the Basic Education Department of the Ministry of Education, said in his concluding speech that to promote the high-quality development of education, if there is no development of county-level high schools that account for more than half of the country, there will be no overall development of ordinary high schools. Therefore, the county needs to develop and improve. Development is to make up for shortcomings and promote fairness. Improvement is to achieve overall high-quality development. A county concentrates on building a large-scale high-quality high school, which is not conducive to the educational ecology of the entire county. The establishment of more high schools in the counties is not to concentrate on further education, but to transform from stratified development to classified development. It is necessary to consider diversification and specialization, so that county high schools can form a benign ecology of running schools.
"The current problems in county-level high schools are problems in the development of education, and everyone needs to have full confidence in the development of the county." Li Jingbo said.
It is reported that this symposium is co-hosted by China Education 30 Forum, China Education Policy Research Institute of Beijing Normal University and Boao Education Forum, and co-organized by Voice of Primary and Secondary Education.
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