Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Education and other four state departments jointly issued the "Notice on Effectively Reducing the Extracurricular Burden of Primary and Secondary School Students and Carrying out Special Governance Actions of Off-campus Training Institutions", the Ministry of Education has formulated a timetable, and all localities should find out the base within the specified time.
Just a few days ago, the Ministry of Education, together with the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration of Market Supervision, sent seven inspection teams to North China, Northeast China and East China to carry out special inspections on the governance of off-campus training institutions. At the same time, the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education also interviewed the heads of some off-campus training institutions to effectively reduce the extracurricular burden of primary and secondary school students.
The Secret of Enrollment in Off-campus Training Institutions: "Secret Examination"
In recent years, some education and training institutions for primary and middle school students have carried out "exam-oriented" subject training, which not only violates the laws of education and the growth and development of teenagers, but also affects the normal order of education and teaching in schools, resulting in excessive extracurricular burden on students, heavy family economic burden and strong social repercussions.
This is Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou. There are seven or eight schools nearby, so there are more than a dozen training institutions. The reporter randomly walked into a chain organization named "Xue Le Education" and asked the fifth-grade children what counseling training they should do if they want to apply for a well-known local private school early next year.
Receptionist of off-campus training institution: When you come here, I think I can at least give Tianhe (school) a lot of useful information after communicating with me today, because (we) know their school better and they are familiar with our senior management.
According to the teacher, there are many teaching methods, such as one-to-one and one-to-many teaching methods, such as Chinese, mathematics and English, and the fees are different. For example, if you buy 40 to 58 class hours for one-on-one tutoring, the time fee for each class is 255 yuan, but if you buy more than 400 class hours at one time, you can get a discount for one class 165 yuan. According to this preferential price, parents need to pay a one-time tuition fee of 66 thousand yuan.
Receptionist of off-campus training institution: If so, it depends on what he (student) took. If he (student) meets our standards, we will tell you this, and then I can tell you.
For parents who are willing to buy 400 class hours at a time, the teacher of the training institution said that they can also arrange a "way out" for their children's further studies. This is called "secret exam" in key middle schools in Guangzhou, which is short for "secret exam".
Receptionist of off-campus training institutions: Because they have passed the "secret exam" since the continuation, private schools may be called MK exam, which is also the "secret exam". Generally speaking, private schools select students in this way, that is to say, private schools are better than public schools, so they have to go through this process. But this year, it is said that it is possible to change (rectify). Some schools still take exams this year, but some schools will change to face-to-face interviews. In fact, to put it bluntly, he said face to face, there will still be exams inside.
In addition, the institutional teacher also clearly suggested that reporters must give their children an Olympic math class.
Receptionist of off-campus training institution: To put it bluntly, is his (student's) own knowledge level expanded? He (students) should not only learn these (school textbooks), but also learn the more difficult Olympiad.
Reporter: Do you still want to take the Olympic Mathematics test now?
Receptionist of off-campus training institution: Now it is said that there is no such thing as Olympiad, but it is said that.
This kind of enrollment behavior called "secret examination" not only hurts the fair rights and interests of students and parents in compulsory education, but in fact, even if such a high training fee is spent, it is still difficult for most children to choose a school as they wish.
Parents: I started kindergarten (from), and now I am in primary school, with a semester of about 8,000 to 10,000. Seriously, (I) still have the mentality of following the trend and comparing with others. If I don't make up lessons outside, my grades may be worse than others.
This spring, Guangzhou Education Bureau sent an electronic questionnaire to parents. According to statistics, 80% of students participated in extracurricular training, and 66% of them participated in subject training. In the allocation of training time, the proportion of students attending classes seven days a week is as high as 89%.
Parents: There are many cram schools in society now, in various names.
Parents: Many training institutions study in advance, take secret exams and study in advance. After investigation, if these are not available, children will be much more relaxed.
Fan Qun, Director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: If such a form (off-campus training) is encouraged, there will be no motivation for his (students') future development, so we still have to respect the laws of education, and at the same time, our work in this area will be compressed, especially social trusteeship, which will reduce their (off-campus training institutions) space, so that some informal institutions or institutions that are unfavorable to students' development will have no room for survival in the future.
There are 283 off-campus training institutions in Guangzhou, and 6 1 unlicensed 180 classes are taught.
Recently, under the unified deployment of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau, together with relevant departments and 1 1 District, took a joint law enforcement action of unannounced and on-site surprise inspection, which started the first shot of the special governance activities of off-campus training institutions in Guangzhou. CCTV reporters recently followed the inspection team to record the process of a surprise inspection.
In a residential area in Nancun, Panyu District, Guangzhou, the inspection team found that the license of this educational and training institution named Longwen was uneven. The business scope marked in the business license of this institution is "research and experimental development", but it is language, digital and English training. At the same time, there are serious fire hazards in this institution, such as the evacuation passage at the entrance of the classroom is less than one meter, smoke-free sensors, no fire signs and so on.
Lin Qisheng, deputy director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: The second fire inspection should be quick. Then apply to our education administrative department for a school license. Without a school license, you can't engage in training for primary and secondary school students.
In Nanxincheng, Panyu District, a training institution named "Pre-job Training and Education for New Youth", the inspection team found that although this institution has complete licenses, it has clearly stopped training programs in the brochure, such as Olympic Mathematics classes and cup classes.
Lin Qiasheng, deputy director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: Is there an Olympic math class?
Head of off-campus training institution: Certainly not.
Lin Qiasheng, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: Listen to me, there is no Olympiad, but what you wrote here is the Olympiad.
Person in charge of off-campus training institutions: When you make a brochure, you will improve the ability of primary schools.
Lin Qiasheng, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: You must change this immediately and rectify it.
In Vanke City, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, this building covered with training advertisements is particularly conspicuous. In this 12-story building, 30 education and training institutions are densely gathered. After inspection, it is found that only one of them has the qualification to run a school, and the rest are unlicensed.
In addition, according to national regulations, institutions offering non-academic education must meet certain educational and teaching requirements, of which the school area of the training center shall not be less than 300 square meters and the number of full-time teachers shall not be less than 5. This educational institution named "Dr. Zhu" not only runs schools without a license, but also provides lunch care services for students.
Staff of off-campus training institutions: You didn't tell me in advance.
Law enforcement officers: We are specialized in surprise inspections. You are still playing.
Staff of off-campus training institutions: How do you want to introduce it? Go ahead.
Because there is no qualification for running a school, law enforcement officers issued a notice of suspension of business for rectification. Up to now, Guangzhou has conducted surprise inspections on 283 off-campus training institutions. Among them, 6 1 institution without a license and with major security risks is required to be ordered to suspend business for rectification; 180 training institutions found to have problems such as over-the-top teaching and fire hazards are required to complete rectification within 1-3 months. Those who fail to complete the rectification on time will be ordered to suspend business or may not hold training for primary and secondary school students.
Fan Qun, Director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: We will take the special management of off-campus training institutions as a normal work, especially the regular arrangement of grasping one by one, in accordance with the unified arrangements of the municipal party committee and municipal government.
Chen Zhiying, Executive Vice Mayor of Guangzhou: This special governance action will not be across the board. Adhere to the principles of standardizing a batch, rectifying a batch and banning a batch, and promote standardized governance and market development. Promote the listing of bright certificates and accept the supervision of the masses.
Guangzhou: Complete centralized rectification before the end of 10.
At present, Guangzhou has formulated a timetable and road map, and the centralized rectification plan for off-campus training institutions will be completed before the end of 20 18 10.
As of press time, Guangzhou has completed a thorough investigation within one month, accurately grasped the base number of off-campus training institutions in the city by street, established a "one book and one book" account, and established an off-campus training information system and a unified information release mechanism through unified management of big data.
In response to previous reports from parents, Zhujiang Middle School of Guangzhou No.6 Middle School organized a secret exam in the "junior high school" stage this year. Guangzhou Haizhu District Education Bureau has ordered the school board to dismiss the current principal and reduce the enrollment plan by 30% next year.
Fan Qun, Director of Guangzhou Education Bureau: As long as the report is made, we will deal with it seriously after verification. One is to deal with our school, which school is hooked up with the training institution and recruits students through covert recruitment. Then let's focus on schools. Private schools will reduce the enrollment scale and take serious disciplinary action against the parties, especially the person in charge of our school. For institutions, we want to effectively rectify and clean up this institution through joint law enforcement.
Zhong Binglin, President of China Education Association: In fact, some training institutions are linked to the enrollment of some schools, which is a serious violation of the basic principles of educational laws and educational equity. In this regard, some measures should be taken to strictly control the enrollment of our schools and training institutions.
At the same time, experts also remind parents that long-term super-class teaching will not only erase children's thirst for knowledge and curiosity, but also affect their future development.
Student: There will be homework at school, and there will be homework after class. It will be more difficult and more stressful than school. Many times, I feel a little annoyed because I can't do some problems.
Parents: There are a lot of such information, including leaflets, to let you attend a meeting (to attend an off-campus training institution). If you don't go, you will feel uneasy. All the children around you are going this way, but your children are not. I believe parents will worry that their children are not as good as other children in the same kind.
Zhong Binglin, President of China Education Association: This is what our parents call conformity psychology, or a dramatic effect. What is the law of children's growth? What is teaching students in accordance with their aptitude? You should admit their differences, study their differences, and cultivate our children's interests and specialties. This belongs to teaching students in accordance with their aptitude. I think it's just against the law that everyone is rushing to (attend) off-campus training.
Strictly check the school's "tricks" and prohibit teachers from "skipping classes"
Relevant experts pointed out that reducing the burden is a systematic project. On the one hand, it is necessary to strictly investigate the behavior of schools through off-campus counseling institutions. On the other hand, on-campus courses should strictly meet the standards, achieve "zero starting point teaching" and not "skip classes" without permission.
The reporter found in the survey that some parents want their children to win at the starting line and send them to make up lessons from the first and second grades of primary school. However, many parents didn't want to enroll in extra-curricular remedial classes at first. Later, they found that some teachers often "just couldn't get on". Especially, most students have already learned a certain knowledge point in advance in extra-curricular classes, so they will skip the basic learning and advance directly, so that parents have to enroll in extra-curricular classes.
Parents: The fundamental reason lies in what teachers (schools) say to students, and knowledge should be taught to students without reservation. Extracurricular tutoring is just a process to increase children's knowledge.
Some parents also told reporters that some teachers will hint students to participate in extracurricular classes in various ways. For example, leave homework for children in the parents' group. The textbooks needed for these homework can only be bought in training institutions, and some homework can't be completed without studying in advance.
Parents: Because the teacher's teaching in the classroom is not very comprehensive, and the exam also involves some extracurricular books (textbooks of off-campus training institutions), parents have no choice but to do whatever they want (according to the teacher's requirements). From the first grade of primary school, primary school has been going up and down for six years, with an average class 160 (.
Reporter: How many subjects?
Parents: Three subjects. There are three or four classes per week (each subject), and the average monthly cost is about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan, which is less than10,000 yuan a year. The burden is heavy.
In the interview, the reporter learned that parents who don't want to lose at the starting line, "rush" ahead of time with their children, or parents who have no choice but to be trapped, have paid huge economic expenses and time costs for making up lessons. At present, the Ministry of Education is studying the opinions on the reform of education and teaching in the compulsory education stage, and strictly investigating the burden reduction of teachers' teaching. It is necessary to teach the whole course according to the syllabus. It is absolutely not allowed to attend classes without lectures, and even encourage and guide students to participate in training. At the same time, it is necessary to improve the 3: 30 delay service after school and control the chaos in after-school custody.
Lv Yugang, Director of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education: It is necessary to adhere to the combination of internal and external factors and unblock the linkage. We should run our school well, improve the quality of education in our school, improve the mechanism of after-school service and some related policies and measures, fully mobilize the role of our primary and secondary schools as the main channel in after-school service, so that the problems we can solve in school can be solved in school.
Relevant experts also pointed out that reducing the burden requires a combination of boxing, and training institutions should also adjust their focus, from advanced subject teaching to meeting the diversified needs of students' growth, and creating characteristics to complement school education, especially in terms of interests and specialties.
Zhong Binglin, President of China Education Association: I hope these training institutions can develop in a standardized, orderly and healthy way in the future, and can meet the diverse needs of parents and children in cultivating their interests and specialties. We should make more efforts in this respect and improve this level from the aspects of training orientation, connotation and teachers. At the same time, I think it is necessary to change my mind. Nowadays, the development of society needs a large number of talents, and they are of different levels and types (needs), our children.