Although it is the responsibility of the government to protect and develop compulsory education, the provision of compulsory education funds by the government does not mean that schools must be directly managed by the government. In other words, government-led compulsory education can also be achieved in many ways. A very important reason is that the needs of students and parents are diverse. Actively opening to the society and allowing different types of educational institutions to exist are also conducive to the formation of a healthy competition mechanism. For example, in recent years, private education has made great progress, but there are still some unreasonable mechanisms restricting its development.
First, restrictions on existing private schools, such as excluding students from private schools like public schools, are obviously not suitable for private schools; Second, restrictions on the establishment of private educational institutions. Compared with initiating the establishment of a company, it is more difficult for social capital to initiate the establishment of a private educational institution, especially in terms of land use.
We can promote competition among public schools by promoting education vouchers.
The key to the voucher system is the change of the school funding mechanism. The government can issue school vouchers to every school-age child, and the school can apply for funding from the government based on the final enrollment, that is, the number of school vouchers. Under this system, schools are more motivated to improve their teaching level and gain recognition from more students. If students are not satisfied with the school, they can transfer to other schools. Under this mechanism, students have the right to choose and the school loses its monopoly position. More importantly, the competition between schools for school vouchers will promote the overall education level.
In addition, education collectivization can promote the equalization of basic education resources.
Under the current system, it is difficult for excellent educational institutions to provide services across regions-it is impossible to recruit students across regions and it is difficult to open branch schools across regions. If the basic education field can achieve cross-regional operation through "chain operation" like education and training institutions, then many problems can be solved. Although many cities have been promoting the collectivization of education, it is not universal. It should be pointed out that collectivization is not the dilution of quality education resources as many people say, but the improvement of the management level of quality schools, so that more students can enjoy quality education.
People's satisfaction with the market economy comes from the fact that market competition provides consumers with more freedom of choice, and it is believed that the education supply-side reform will also give the educated more and better choices. If we can further promote the reform of the supply side of education, I believe that the people's satisfaction with education will be greatly improved.