In recent years, some documents on improving rural teachers' salaries have been issued and implemented one after another, some of which need further coordination due to historical reasons, but it is also an indisputable fact that the overall upward development has become a trend. In 2020, the Ministry of Education and other six ministries and commissions jointly issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Rural Teachers in the New Era, re-emphasizing that "from 2020, the average wage income level of rural teachers should be ensured to be no lower than or higher than that of local civil servants." It can be seen that the top management has made up its mind to vigorously improve the salary of rural teachers, and it must be serious.
At the same time, the Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Rural Teachers in the New Era also requires two points. 1. For small-scale schools in rural areas, boarding schools and schools in poor areas, preferential policies should be given to the old and the young. This means that the more difficult the area is in the future, or the rural areas where the economy is relatively difficult, the salary of teachers engaged in education will be greatly improved, and not only the salary, but also the policy of giving full support to the evaluation of professional titles and selecting the best candidates. This policy has actually been implemented in many areas, but the extent is very small.
2. It is necessary to fully implement the living allowance policy for rural teachers in concentrated contiguous destitute areas, and implement differentiated subsidy standards according to the hardship and remoteness of the above schools. The more difficult and economically backward areas are, the more subsidies will be given to rural teachers. Regarding the "living allowance policy for rural teachers in concentrated contiguous areas with special difficulties", it is actually implemented in many places, but not in some areas. This time, it will be implemented nationwide without dead ends and differential subsidies will be implemented. The salary of rural teachers will be greatly improved in the future, and it is just around the corner.
Although the document mentioned many times to improve rural teachers' housing, medical care, assistance and other policy guarantees, which greatly improved their sense of acquisition, he emphasized "step by step", which made the implementation of this measure relatively slow, and the countryside was dying at present. This "slow" may be very "slow". In fact, this is understandable. After all, there are fewer and fewer rural people now, and problems such as housing and medical care cannot be solved overnight. Therefore, it is reasonable to give a "step by step".
Comparing rural teachers with urban teachers alone, in fact, rural teachers do have advantages, and rural teachers are more dominant in professional title promotion and implementation. At present, the reform of "county management and school employment" is the general trend. Even if you first develop as a rural teacher and then enter the city, there are actually many opportunities. In short, the salaries of rural teachers are indeed getting higher and higher, which is beyond doubt!