CCTV news (news broadcast): a century-old plan, education is . Basic education is related to the development of the country and the future of the nation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has always placed basic education in a fundamental, leading and overall strategic position, insisted on giving priority to public financial investment, insisted on building morality and cultivating people, and promoting the all-round development of students. Build a solid foundation for national rejuvenation.
The shortcoming of my country's basic education lies in the countryside. General Secretary Xi Jinping has emphasized many times to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, especially to increase investment in basic education in old revolutionary base areas, ethnic areas, remote areas, and poverty-stricken areas.
This is Shizhu Zhongyi Township Primary School located deep in the mountains of Chongqing. The children are taking a live English oral class. Today, multimedia teaching allows children to connect with the outside world, and the sound, sports and beauty facilities and science and technology museums are also readily available, but just ten years ago, there was not even a decent computer here.
In 2019, General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Shizhu Zhongyi Township Primary School for more than 3 hours during his inspection in Chongqing. He pointed out that one of the most important aspects of " and three guarantees" is that compulsory education must be guaranteed, and poverty must be guaranteed. Children in the mountains go to school for education and have a happy childhood.
The great change of Zhongyi Township Primary School in ten years is a microcosm of the overall improvement of rural schools in my country. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the central government has allocated a total of over 295.9 billion yuan to support the improvement of the conditions for schools with weak compulsory education. Up to now, 99.8% of the compulsory education schools in the country have met the basic requirements, and the gap between urban and rural school conditions has narrowed significantly; the vigorous promotion of drop-out control has reduced the number of compulsory education drop-out students from 600,000 to less than 500. By 2021, The consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 95.4%.
In cities, education is also moving towards fairer and better quality, the gap between schools is gradually narrowing, and there are more and more good schools at the door of the common people.Ten years ago, the Shuhua Branch of Shishi United Middle School in Qingyang District, Chengdu was a weak school that ordinary people were reluctant to go to. Through the group-run school with famous schools, it has now become a new high-quality school with a well-known nine-year system.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, nearly 70% of the national financial education funds have been used for basic education, and the total investment in basic education has more than doubled. my country's basic education has made great progress from pre-school to high school. The coverage rate of inclusive kindergarten has increased from less than 68% in 2016 to 87.78%. Free compulsory education in urban and rural areas has been fully popularized, and the gross enrollment rate of in high school has increased from 2012. From 85% in 2010 to 91.4%, my country's basic education has entered a new stage of "learning well" from "learning".
Implement the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, and cultivate socialist builders and successors with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, a series of documents on moral education, physical education, aesthetic education, labor education, etc. have been issued to promote the transformation of basic education from the mastery of knowledge and skills to comprehensive education and comprehensive education.
In July 2021, the " double reduction " policy was implemented, which further promoted the return of basic education to the essence of educating people. The extracurricular and homework burdens have been effectively eased, and the number of students in primary and secondary schools across the country who complete their written homework within the specified time has increased from 46% before the "double reduction" to more than 90%. The basic education that has entered the new era has entered a new stage of comprehensively improving the quality of education, and has done a good job in nurturing the new talents of the era who are responsible for the great cause of national rejuvenation, and laying a solid educational foundation for the great cause of national rejuvenation.
