"double reduction", ten minutes between classes...the ministry of education responds to hot topics
2024-09-27
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china news service, beijing, september 26 (reporter yuan xiuyue) major adjustments in colleges and universities, "double reductions", ten-minute breaks, and a decrease in the school-age population... were released in a series of press releases on the theme of "promoting high-quality development" held by the state council information office on the 26th. at the meeting, the relevant person in charge of the ministry of education introduced the situation related to the high-quality development of education and responded to topics of public concern.
the conference site. photo by yuan xiuyue
our country has built the world's largest and high-quality education system
at the press conference, minister of education huai jinpeng introduced that since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china, socialist education with chinese characteristics has made historic achievements and undergone pattern changes.
he said that our country has built the world's largest and high-quality education system. in 2012, the gross enrollment rate of preschool education was 64.5%. it will increase by 26.6 percentage points to 91.1% by the end of 2023. basic education has reached the average level of high-income countries in the world, indicating that china's basic education capabilities and quality are comparable in the world. in terms of higher education, the enrollment rate in 2012 was 30%. in the past ten years, it has increased by 30.2 percentage points, reaching a stage of universalization recognized by the world. in terms of basic education, a basic balance of compulsory education has been fully achieved in 2,895 counties across the country. the basic problem of "education" for the people has been solved.
over 10,000 undergraduate majors have been canceled or suspended in the past 12 years
regarding the recent adjustments to undergraduate majors in some universities, wu yan, vice minister of the ministry of education, said that since the 18th national congress of the communist party of china, the ministry of education has accelerated the adjustment and optimization of professional structures. in the past 12 years, 21,000 undergraduate majors have been added, and 12,000 majors unsuitable for economic and social development have been canceled or suspended. this year, 1,673 professional positions urgently needed by the national strategy were added, and 1,670 professional positions unsuitable for economic and social development were cancelled.
“we have carried out a structural adjustment of disciplines and majors that are large enough in number and strong enough in intensity,” wu yan said. next, the ministry of education will work hard on three levels of compatibility, including improving the compatibility between undergraduate major construction and the national strategy, improving the compatibility between the major construction of universities, especially local universities, and regional development, and improving the compatibility between undergraduate major construction and regional development. suitability for students’ overall development, etc.
will continue to consolidate the results of "double reduction"
in response to the "double reduction" policy, wang jiayi, deputy minister of the ministry of education, said that over the past three years, the education system has solidly promoted the "double reduction" work, which can be summarized as "double reduction and double improvement": the number of subject training institutions in the compulsory education stage has dropped significantly, and the trend of disorderly development of large-scale subject training has been basically contained; students' homework burden and off-campus training burden have been reduced; more than 200,000 compulsory education schools across the country have generally provided after-school services, and the proportion of students who voluntarily participate in after-school services has been reduced from the previous "double reduction" has increased from about 50% to more than 90% currently; the quality of student teaching in the compulsory education stage has improved significantly.
in the next step, we will continue to consolidate the results of "double reduction" and create a good education ecosystem. this includes improving the long-term normal mechanism for the management of off-campus training, strictly controlling subject-based training, strengthening the management of hidden variation training in subject-based training, standardizing non-disciplinary training, and in particular, strictly investigating and punishing illegal and illegal training behaviors.
preschool education population continues to decrease
talking about changes in the school-age population, vice minister of education wang guangyan said that in terms of preschool education, the school-age population continues to decrease. the main problem facing the resource layout is structural contradictions. urban areas have insufficient inclusive resources, especially public resources, and rural areas have weak conditions for running kindergartens. we should focus on optimizing the distribution structure of inclusive resources, steadily increase the supply of public resources, optimize the allocation of teachers, and promote the universal and inclusive development of preschool education.
in terms of compulsory education, the enrollment of primary schools has reached its peak in 2023, and the junior high school-age population continues to increase. the main problem faced by resource distribution is "crowded cities and weak rural areas". the tight supply of degrees in some urban areas coexists with the relative abundance of resources in rural areas. the next step is to further optimize the layout of urban and rural schools and expand the supply of academic degrees in areas with a net inflow of school-age population.
ensure that primary and secondary school students have no less than 2 hours of comprehensive physical activity time every day
in response to the increase in recess activity time in primary and secondary schools from 10 minutes to 15 minutes in some areas, wang jiayi said that although the increase in recess time from 10 minutes to 15 minutes is a "small incision" and a specific problem, it is of great significance. what is extended is the form and content of the "five educations", that is, moral education, intellectual education, physical education, aesthetic education, and labor education. it reflects the education orientation centered on student development and pays more attention to the all-round development of students.
he said that student physical fitness plans, mental health promotion actions, etc. will be implemented to ensure that primary and secondary school students have no less than 2 hours of comprehensive physical activity every day, and one physical education class every day, and another hour of exercise after class, ensuring two hours a day. , comprehensively cultivate students’ positive psychological qualities. (over)
