Interpretation of the "Double Reduction" Policy
On July 24, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "On Further Reducing the Homework Burden and Off-campus Compulsory Education for Students" Opinions on Training Burden" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to conscientiously implement it based on actual conditions.
1. What is the "double reduction" policy?
I believe that if you surf frequently, this word will pop up at some point when browsing major news/information websites - "double reduction" policy.
For surfers, it is not difficult to understand the meaning, but for people who have no children at home and are rarely exposed to current affairs, they still don’t understand it even if they think about it.
To put it simply, the "double reduction" policy is to make two major reductions. One is to reduce the homework burden on students, and the other is to reduce the number of subject-based off-campus training institutions.
2. What is the significance of the “double reduction” policy?
First of all, in order to improve the quality of education and implement the fundamental task of cultivating people with moral integrity, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "On Further Reducing the Burden of Homework and Off-Campus Training for Students in Compulsory Education" Opinions".
Secondly, the implementation of the "double reduction" policy can effectively reduce students' academic burden, improve students' interest in learning, and enable students to develop morally, intellectually, physically, aesthetically, and physically.
Finally, in accordance with Article 24 of the "Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden and Off-Campus Training Burden of Students in Compulsory Education", off-campus training in subject areas will be resolutely reduced. Re-examine and register existing subject-based training institutions, and gradually reduce them greatly to solve the problem of excessive and excessive use; seriously investigate and deal with serious problems such as non-qualification, chaotic management, taking advantage of opportunities to make money, false propaganda, collusion with schools for profit, etc. in accordance with laws and regulations of institutions.
In general, the student side is to reduce students’ learning pressure. In addition to academic performance, they can also find their shining points elsewhere (morality, intelligence, physical education, art, and labor). On the institutional side, capital operations are strictly prohibited. , profiteering from students and parents.
Recently, it can be said that everyone is aware of the storm in the education and training industry.
Whether you are watching TV, scrolling on Douyin, or commuting to get off work, there are people discussing it.
It can be said that the "double reduction" came too fast like a tornado. The education and training industry underwent a major change overnight, and countless employees went from earning tens of thousands a month to directly losing their jobs.
Of course, apart from people in the industry, the people who are most concerned about this matter are parents.
What should I do with my child’s grades in the future? Will there be new policies in the future? Will extracurricular training be completely cancelled? We have just enrolled our children in early education, will this industry also be affected...
To understand these issues, we must first understand the specific content of double reduction, as well as education and training Industry differentiation and classification.
Just when the summer vacation is in full swing, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden and Off-Campus Training Burden of Students in Compulsory Education". This is a "double reduction" policy.
01. Education has always been a top priority for our country. What is the development background based on which such a drastic reform policy was introduced?
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Education said that the most prominent problem in compulsory education at this stage is that the burden on primary and secondary school students is too heavy, and the short-sighted and utilitarian problems have not been fundamentally solved.
According to statistics, there are a large number of off-campus training institutions for primary and secondary school students across the country, but they are a mixed bag, good and bad, and there are many unlicensed and unlicensed institutions, false propaganda, arbitrary charging and other illegal activities.
In addition, in recent years, a large amount of capital has poured into the education and training industry.
The "money-burning" war is launched, and all kinds of anxiety-selling marketing advertisements are overwhelming, which violates the public welfare attribute of education and seriously damages the normal ecology of education.
02. Double reduction and double reduction. What parts of the education industry will be cut off?
In response to the "chaos" in the education and training industry, the "Opinions" specify five measures:
Insist on strict approval of institutions; strictly prohibit capitalized operations; establish a training content filing and supervision system ; Strictly control the opening hours of subject-based training institutions; subject-based fees are included in government-guided prices;
For parents, you can understand it this way,
Sign up your children for various cram schools, so that your children can The status quo of winning at the starting line is about to change.
The "double reduction" policy clearly stipulates that off-campus training institutions are not allowed to use national statutory holidays, rest days, and winter and summer vacations to organize subject-based training.
Secondly, parents tutoring and correcting their children’s homework will also become a thing of the past.
The "double reduction" policy also clearly stipulates that it is strictly forbidden to assign homework to parents or assign homework in disguise, and it is strictly forbidden to ask parents to check and correct homework.
Finally, the problem of children getting out of school early, which is a headache for working parents, will also be improved.
After-school care services, winter and summer vacation care services, and related supporting service measures have been gradually improved.
Seeing this, we understand the meaning behind double reductions. The introduction of double reductions was ultimately based on reducing the burden on young people.
So, what will be eliminated in the double reduction are extracurricular tutoring, advanced input and other sectors in education and training that cause an imbalance in educational resources.
As for early education, talent cultivation, adult learning and other sectors that many parents are concerned about, they will not be affected.
Not only will it not be affected, projects such as early education that focus on the development and improvement of children's own abilities will become increasingly important.
03. In fact, many parents are concerned about the double reduction or their children’s learning, and they are worried about their children’s future under such a policy.
Most of the families around us are dual-income families. Parents are busy making a living and have no time. Today’s academic studies are changing day by day.
Parents’ fear of not being able to tutor their children has become their biggest worry.
According to current policies, the following trends may appear in future education:
Trend 1: The proportion of reading and sports will increase significantly
High school entrance examination reform Finally, the era of Chinese language has arrived, which has put forward higher requirements for children's extracurricular reading;
At the same time, the addition of physical examinations in the high school entrance examination will also allow schools and parents to encourage children to engage in sports.
This requires parents to cultivate good physical fitness and reading habits in their children before school.
This is in contrast to the CCTV platform’s repeated promotion of sensory integration education, encouraging parents to cultivate their children’s physical abilities and practice concentration through sensory integration exercises.
Trend 2: Internal drive and self-management ability have become core competitiveness
In fact, until the general environment of exam-oriented education has not changed, the pressure on children to enter higher education has not decreased. .
In the past, children were "pushed" to attend various training classes, but now they need to take the initiative to learn on their own.
And self-management ability and internal drive become even more important.
Children with poor self-control may not be able to keep up, and the gap between top students will widen.
Therefore, parents need to work harder on early education and early childhood education.
In addition to developing children’s potential through scientific guidance, it is also necessary to help children develop learning habits, focus and self-awareness.
Regarding the double reduction policy, we understand that as parents, we hope that our children will develop better and be ahead of the curve, so our children will be filled with early childhood connections, extracurricular tutoring, foreign languages, and talents for the first half of their lives.
Similarly, we also understand the country’s determination for the steady development of science.
Today, the "involution" we are joking about has already been involved in the misery of South Korea and Japan, two countries that developed earlier than our country after the war.
Students are under heavy academic pressure, the suicide rate among teenagers is rising year by year, the distribution of social occupations is unbalanced, the industry is collapsing, and capital is in power... When these problems begin to emerge in China, we have the courage and ability to call a halt. .
I believe that our future education will be healthier and brighter, and children will be able to embrace a happy and fulfilling childhood.
Basic education is not a business, it is a public product that the country must provide, and capital cannot be allowed to run rampant.
Whether it is school education or off-campus training institutions, we must adhere to the public welfare attribute of education. We must not turn "a career of conscience" into a "profit-seeking industry", let alone some people's profit-seeking industry. tool.
From the perspective of safeguarding fairness and justice, educational equity is the cornerstone of social fairness. Education cannot become a luxury product, let alone high-quality education become a "patent" for a few wealthy people.
The "double reduction" policy is mainly to present the value of students as meaningful subjects in the education process, and to achieve human enlightenment, ideological enlightenment and spiritual shaping. Through education, people should become comprehensively developed people who demonstrate harmony, uniqueness and subjectivity. "Double reduction" aims to restore the educational ecology, avoid exam-oriented and short-sighted education, cultivate students' innovative ability, spirit and comprehensive quality, comprehensively consolidate talent accumulation, and then serve the country's strategic needs and the great cause of national rejuvenation.
Finally, I would like to send it to my classmates with the words Andre said, ***Mian!
Son, I ask you to study and study hard, not because I want you to compare your grades with others, but because I hope you will have the right to choose in the future and choose a meaningful and time-consuming job instead of being Forced to make a living. When your work has meaning in your heart, you have a sense of accomplishment. When your work gives you time and does not deprive you of your life, you will have dignity, a sense of accomplishment and dignity, and it will give you happiness!