General Offices of the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council issued Opinions on Deepening the Reform of Educational System and Mechanism (hereinafter referred to as Opinions).
The Opinions pointed out that the main goal of deepening the reform of education system and mechanism is to basically establish a basic education system by 2020. The pattern of macro-management by the government, independent running of schools by law, orderly participation by the society and joint efforts by all parties is more perfect, which provides institutional support for the development of modern education with China characteristics and world level. It is emphasized that we should build an integrated moral education system for children of all ages under the guidance of socialist core values. In-depth education on ideals and beliefs will be carried out to guide students to firmly support China's leadership and establish Socialism with Chinese characteristics's common ideal.
The Opinions pointed out that it is necessary to improve the system and mechanism for the balanced and high-quality development of compulsory education. Emphasize the necessity of establishing a new teaching relationship based on students' development. Improve teaching methods and learning methods, change teaching organization forms, innovate teaching methods, and reform students' evaluation methods. It is necessary to effectively reduce students' excessive extracurricular burden. Improve the quality of classroom teaching, carry out teaching in strict accordance with curriculum standards, reasonably design the content and time of students' homework, and improve the effectiveness of homework.
Establish and improve the after-school service system, explore the implementation of flexible school leaving time and provide a variety of after-school services. Implement the plan to eliminate large classes. At the same time, many measures should be taken to solve the problem of school choice. Improve the management mode, try out the school district management, explore the collectivization of running schools, and adopt flexible and diverse forms of running schools, such as entrusted management, strong schools with weak ones, school alliance and nine-year consistent system. Improve the enrollment system and design the enrollment methods for primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools as a whole.