On August 7, 2020, an executive meeting was held in the State Council. The meeting decided to promote the reform of teachers' qualification without examination for normal graduates, and the teaching ability was assessed by colleges and universities. Accelerate the promotion of graduates with a master's degree in education or above and teachers' qualifications at public expense.

The implementation of this regulation now will shorten the time for graduate students to obtain teacher qualification certificates, promote the employment of master of education graduates more efficiently, and help normal graduates to achieve employment quickly in institutions and training institutions.

Its basic requirements:

The professional degree of master of education is a professional degree with a specific educational background, which mainly cultivates high-level talents for basic education, teaching and management needs. The master of education and the present master of education are at the same level, but with different specifications and different emphases.

The winner of this degree should have good professional ethics, not only master the solid basic theory and systematic professional knowledge of a certain subject, but also understand the basic theory of modern education and the theories and methods of subject teaching or education management, have the ability to solve practical problems in the practice of subject teaching or education management by using the theories and methods learned, and be proficient in reading foreign language materials of this major.

According to the requirements of implementing two certificate systems, namely, diploma and vocational qualification, put forward in the Outline of Education Reform and Development in China, according to the training goal of master of education, combined with the needs of national economy, science and technology and education development and the progress of professional degree work, the master of education degree is gradually regarded as one of the qualifications for full-time teachers in ordinary middle schools or managers in primary and secondary schools to hold higher positions.