Regarding the issue of "prestigious schools run private schools", when introducing the newly revised implementation regulations at the press conference of the Ministry of Education in May this year, the Ministry of Education said that public schools' participation in running private schools in the form of brand output was the product of a specific historical stage, but it also caused many problems.
At present, "public participation in the people" schools will face three choices: turning to public, completely "decoupling" from the original public, or terminating running schools. Many interviewed experts said that with the intensive implementation of the policy, the "public participation" schools in the compulsory education stage are destined to become history.
Many private schools are confused about the prospect of turning into public schools, such as how to divert existing teachers and how to inherit teaching characteristics; How to define "nearest school" after turning to public office; How to reflect the fairness of the designated area?
According to an insider's analysis, it is not an easy task for a school to turn into a public office, but more needs the corresponding public financial support. Whether the government has the strength to undertake it is still unknown.
Experts believe that this involves the issue of step-by-step implementation. The "Notice" puts forward specific time requirements for standardizing the work of "public participation in the people" schools. The first time node is to stop approving the establishment of new "public participation" schools from the date of publication, which is a hard rule. At the second time node, all localities should complete special investigations, clarify the relationship between property rights and responsibilities, and formulate provincial and annual work plans. The third time node is the deadline to straighten out the system and mechanism of the "public participation in the people" school, and it is also the time for the "public participation in the people" school to complete multiple-choice questions (transfer to the public, renewal of the people, termination), that is, about two years from the date of publication, and the more realistic time should be the end of 2023. The fourth time node is the "public participation" school that chooses to continue to run private schools. If there are teachers in public schools with career establishment, they should gradually withdraw. The "Notice" does not specify a specific time, and proposes that a transition period can be set, classified management, and steady progress can be made.
Experts pointed out that every private educator should clearly understand and accurately grasp the value orientation, implementation strategy and promotion steps of national policies, always adhere to the public welfare attribute of education, implement the fundamental task of educating people, and realize the fundamental transformation of "public participation in the people" schools from relying on the extension of public brands and public resources in the past to improving quality and creating characteristics in the future. Only in this way can we provide the whole society with fair, high-quality, balanced, diverse and comprehensive compulsory education, and form a new pattern of public-private coordinated development, orderly development and high-quality development.