Under the background that some non-profit organizations raise money to solve the "nutritious lunch" for children in the western region, there have been "corruption cases" in developed areas where even the money for "nutritious lunch" for students has been deducted, and it involves the local education director and more than a dozen principals, which makes some netizens feel that the corruption of the education system has reached this point.
Why is this happening? The author sees three opinions. First of all, corruption has become the habit of some people in power. No matter what the money is used for, as long as there is interest, we will try our best to embezzle; Second, the supervision of the superior management department is weak. If this "nest case" is not reported by parents, the interest chain of kickbacks may still be very strong; Third, the cost of corruption is too small. Some netizens believe that this kind of thing is by no means a case in primary and secondary schools everywhere. They were arrested, but they were too greedy (the food in the canteen was badly cooked) and unlucky (the local procuratorate launched a serious investigation).
All the above opinions are reasonable. The problem is that in 2008, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly issued Opinions on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Laws in Handling Criminal Cases of Commercial Bribery, which made it clear that teachers took advantage of their positions in teaching activities to illegally accept goods from sellers in various names and seek benefits for sellers. If the amount is relatively large, non-state staff shall be convicted and punished for accepting bribes. In this regard, don't the director of education and the principal understand that even ordinary teachers will be guilty of recovering deductions. Why are they in important positions and the director of education is a national staff member?
In my opinion, the root cause is not the lack of superior supervision and their "unconscionable" luck-corrupt people talk about what "conscience" is meaningless, and they also eat with students' money, which affects their health. Isn't school corruption the life and property of children? Isn't embezzlement and misappropriation of educational funds ignoring the long-term development of students? —— The current management system of primary and secondary schools gives the director of education and the principal unlimited power. Government officials and principals can make decisions on school affairs, while ordinary teachers and parents have no right to participate in decision-making, which gives officials and principals a lot of rent-seeking space.
On May 20th this year, CCTV news program 1+ 1 reported that Sha Xiangui, secretary of the county party committee of Luodian County, Guizhou Province, said, "In two months, all these 24 canteens will be built, and these 9,000 students will have a place to eat. In general, we have calculated that even the canteen and dormitory are roughly1.600 million. " This sentence immediately caught the attention of netizens: Does it cost1.60 billion yuan to build 24 canteens? 6 million on average? The news did not disclose more detailed information-since Secretary Sha also talked about building dormitories, it is impossible to judge whether this/kloc-0.6 billion yuan is reasonable. However, from the attention of netizens, we need to be vigilant. It is undoubtedly a good thing that the government can take over the "small dining table", but to do it well, it is necessary to establish a transparent financial system and school management system. Otherwise, this new investment is likely to cause an image project. This is the same reason that the school principal is greedy for students' food expenses at present.
If there is a democratic decision-making mechanism to implement the free lunch plan, although the government and the social welfare foundation pay the bill, parents and students should also have a say in the quality of lunch-after all, the government's investment is also the taxpayer's money, so that the state subsidy will not be deducted and the health and safety of lunch will be guaranteed. It is necessary to establish a mechanism for parents to participate in determining the menu of meals and supervising the quality of meals. Moreover, including the construction of school canteens, parents should also have the right to participate in supervision, which is an important aspect to ensure the open and rational use of construction funds. As for the distribution of nutritious meals in school canteens, it is reasonable to say that public bidding should be held, and school leaders, teachers and parents' representatives should participate in the voting. If the school adopts this decision-making procedure, the pricing will be open and transparent, and the service quality of the winning bidder will be supervised by teachers and parents. Obviously, in this way, it is impossible for the boss to find the client and negotiate with him to get the business. It is difficult for principals who have no final decision-making power to use their power to seek benefits. Simply put, under this decision-making mechanism, the principal will not have too many "job conveniences".
At present, the principals of primary and secondary schools in some areas of our country have too many "job conveniences"-from enrollment, teacher recruitment, assessment and promotion to student evaluation and promotion, school infrastructure, logistics, finance and so on. Moreover, this kind of "position convenience" is intertwined with the position convenience of superior management departments and government agencies, forming a picture that makes them feel. Imagine, as the director of the Higher Education Bureau, what are the primary school principals worried about?
In this case, strengthening supervision and punishment after the event cannot fundamentally reverse this phenomenon, only reforming the management of primary and secondary schools and establishing a democratic management system. The Outline of National Education Planning promulgated in July last year pointed out that the management system of primary and secondary schools should be improved. We will implement management systems such as school affairs meetings, establish and improve the system of staff congresses, and constantly improve the scientific and democratic decision-making mechanism. Establish parent committees in primary and secondary schools. Guide the society and related professionals to participate in school management and supervision. Its essence is to restrict and restrain the principal's administrative power, make the school's decision-making open and transparent, and widely represent the opinions of relevant interest groups. This is an inevitable choice to eliminate the increasingly serious corruption in the education system. Without the democratic management system of the school, relying on the conscience and moral integrity of the school leaders and the strict supervision of the higher authorities will lead to the following results: when all parties attach great importance to combating corruption and the principal talks about people-oriented on various occasions, the students' meal money will also become Tang monk meat.