Why should the new compulsory education law emphasize respecting teachers and attaching importance to teaching?
The prosperity of a country depends on the cultivation of talents, and talents can be obtained through education. To develop education, we must first respect teachers and attach importance to teaching. It is pointed out in the Book of Rites: "Teachers should be strict before respecting Tao, while Tao should respect learning." It means: Only when teachers are universally respected by society can education be valued, and only when education is valued can people know how to study hard. "And" Xunzi Outline "said:" The country will be prosperous, and education will be more important than Fu ... The country will decline, and education will be inferior to Fu. "profoundly expounded the relationship between the rise and fall of the country and attaching importance to knowledge and respecting teachers. The new compulsory education law emphasizes respecting teachers and attaching importance to education, which is to highlight the overall, basic and strategic position of education in national development.