shandong: strengthen the high-quality and balanced development of county education, and gradually implement small-class teaching after smoothly coping with the peak of primary school enrollment.
2024-10-05
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recently, the official website of the shandong provincial department of education published a number of responses to suggestions and proposals put forward by deputies to the provincial people’s congress and members of the provincial political consultative conference. among them, in response to changes in the school-age population, the provincial department of education disclosed in many replies its corresponding planning arrangements in terms of allocation of educational resources.
the shandong provincial department of education mentioned in its reply to the "recommendations on strengthening the high-quality and balanced development of county education" put forward by the provincial people's congress deputies that the provincial department of education will scientifically optimize the layout and planning of urban and rural schools. establish a compulsory education service supply mechanism that is coordinated with the permanent population, and timely optimize and adjust the layout plan of primary and secondary schools on a county-by-county basis. after stably coping with the peak of primary school enrollment this year and next, we will strengthen the standardization of class quotas and gradually implement small-class teaching. on the basis of solving the basic conditions for students' transportation, food, accommodation, lunch breaks and other basic conditions, we will steadily merge "small, scattered and weak" rural schools.
in response to the "suggestions on solving the problem of "large school capacity"" proposed by representatives of the shandong provincial people's congress, the provincial department of education stated in its reply that the provincial department of education will strengthen the supply of degree resources in urban areas. scientifically measure the changing trend of the school-age population and establish a public education service supply mechanism that is compatible with the changes in the school-age population. guide all localities to strictly implement the requirements of the "opinions of the general office of the people's government of shandong province on the planning and construction of supporting educational facilities in urban residential areas", adhere to the principle of planning first and giving priority to supporting facilities, scientifically plan and construct primary and secondary schools, and fill the gap in compulsory education degree resources. in the annual funds for improving primary and secondary school running conditions, a certain budget is allocated to support the construction of new, reconstructed and expanded primary and secondary schools in various places.
in response to the "proposal on optimizing educational distribution in response to changes in the school-age population" put forward by members of the shandong provincial committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference, the provincial department of education revealed that as of the end of 2023, there were 22,464 kindergartens in the province, with 3.0724 million children in kindergarten; compulsory education schools 11,981 schools with 12.124 million students enrolled. affected by the adjustment of the childbirth policy, the number of freshmen and current students enrolled in primary schools in the province reached the highest peak in 2023, and then declined year by year; junior high school freshmen and current students will usher in 2028 (the may 4th academic system) and 2029 (the 63rd academic system) respectively. peak, and then declined year by year.
the shandong provincial department of education introduced how to deal with the challenges of educational resource allocation brought about by changes in the school-age population in recent years from four aspects:
establish a degree analysis and early warning mechanism. every year, the education administrative departments at the city and county levels are organized, together with the public security, health and other departments, to analyze the degree supply situation by urban and rural areas and schooling segments based on the birth population, floating population and the total number of existing degrees. counties with gaps ( municipalities and districts) conduct early warning notifications and organize degree supply research and response in advance. in order to actively cope with the enrollment peak, we have organized multiple rounds of data comparisons, household surveys, and enrollment simulation exercises to guide local governments in resource allocation in advance. using big data means to conduct a survey of the school-age population, and using the primary and secondary school registration platform to instantly grasp the data of primary and secondary students studying in each school, all counties (cities, districts) have implemented "all-online" and "zero-certificate" compulsory education enrollment. , providing information support for timely grasp of enrollment data.
classify and plan school construction layout. focusing on establishing a public education service supply mechanism that is coordinated with changes in the permanent population, a ten-year layout plan (2019-2030) for primary and secondary school kindergartens has been organized and compiled county by county (city, district), and dynamic adjustments have been maintained. in cities and towns, the provincial government issued the "opinions on the planning and construction of supporting educational facilities in urban residential areas of shandong province", urging all education departments at the city and county levels to join the "urban and rural planning committees" at the same level to implement "synchronous planning and synchronization" of educational supporting facilities and urban residential areas. "construction, simultaneous completion, and simultaneous delivery" requirements to prevent the problem of enrollment difficulties from rebounding. in rural areas, seven departments including the provincial department of education issued the "guiding opinions on optimizing the layout of rural primary and secondary schools and kindergartens" to standardize the procedures for the dismantling and merging of rural primary and secondary schools on the premise of people's satisfaction, and comprehensively consider the education and training of school-age children, nearby schooling, and rural basic public education services. factors such as functional performance and the future development pattern of urban and rural economic and social development should be based on the long-term and scientifically adjust the layout of rural schools to prevent the emergence of new "hollow schools", prevent the "blind merger" of rural primary schools and the "rash move into cities" of junior high schools, and avoid simply pursue economic benefits. each township should retain and operate at least one junior high school, improve supporting facilities such as lunches and school buses, and prevent and correct the blind withdrawal and merger of rural schools.
promote high-quality and balanced development of education. adhering to the guidance of standards and narrowing the regional development gap, six departments including the provincial department of education revised the "standards for running conditions of ordinary primary and secondary schools in shandong province", adhering to the principles of county coordination, balanced development and differentiated guidance, and clarifying the basic requirements for running conditions for primary and secondary schools. implement the action of strengthening schools and expanding quality, narrowing the development gap between schools. with high-quality schools as the core, we have extensively established working mechanisms to lead cities and rural areas, and the strong to lead the weak. we have established 3,678 school development communities, and the coverage rate of compulsory education schools has reached 85.3%. promote the growth of new high-quality schools. promote the integrated development of urban and rural areas, narrow the gap between urban and rural schools, vigorously promote the construction of the country's only rural education revitalization pilot area, deepen rural education reform, innovatively implement the action of building the foundation of strong towns through education, implement the integrated management reform of kindergartens, towns and villages, and effectively boost rural mass education confidence, stabilize the source of rural students, and provide educational service support for the implementation of the rural revitalization strategy.
explore extended services for preschool education. in order to cope with the sharp decline in the birth population, make full use of existing idle resources, and better serve the people's child care needs, the provincial department of education, together with the provincial party committee editorial office and the provincial health commission, jointly conducted a special survey and submitted the survey report to provincial leaders for review. sign. faced with the current development situation of preschool education, on the one hand, we have effectively seized the window period of opportunities for the development of preschool education, continuously optimized class allocation, improved the professional ability and quality of faculty and staff, vigorously promoted the "public education rate" and "high-quality rate", and promoted high-quality preschool education. inclusive development; on the other hand, actively study corresponding supporting policies to encourage and support kindergartens that have idle classrooms and teacher resources on the basis of universality, safety, and quality, and begin to recruit infants and young children over 2 years old and under 3 years old to provide childcare and education services. .
the shandong provincial department of education emphasized that responding to the challenges of school-age population changes in the allocation of educational resources requires strategic thinking, international vision and development vision. it is necessary to guard against simple and arbitrary calculations, analysis and resource adjustments. it should be integrated into the overall planning of building a strong education province. it is necessary to party committees and governments at all levels have improved scientific understanding, strengthened resource coordination, and gathered strong synergy to actively respond to the challenges of resource allocation in the context of changes in the school-age population.
the paper reporter jiang ziwen
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