The Ministry of Education announced at the press conference that the total number of graduate students currently studying has reached 2.9 million, and this year it will reach 3 million. Since the beginning of this year, affected by the special situation at home and abroad, the number of graduate students has increased significantly. The Ministry of Education announced the enrollment expansion of graduate students, an increase of1890,000 compared with last year; Later, it was once again proposed that "the scale of graduate enrollment has steadily expanded."
Net transmission "The number of graduate students enrolled exceeds 4 million." In this regard, Hong Dayong responded to the Beijing News reporter that accurate statistics are not yet known. In this context, some people are worried about the cultivation and carrying capacity of postgraduate education in colleges and universities.
How to strengthen postgraduate education under the situation of enrollment expansion? At the press conference, Hong Dayong responded to the above questions. "On the one hand, the expansion of enrollment provides students with more opportunities for further study. At the same time, a few colleges and universities do have relatively tight teaching and living resources for graduate students, which brings certain challenges to the improvement of training quality. "
Hong Dayong said that the Ministry of Education will take more effective measures to ensure the quality of training after enrollment expansion. First of all, it is necessary to combine the degree authorization work being carried out this year, and further tilt to the central and western regions, professional degrees and key disciplines under the condition of ensuring quality, and increase the number of degree authorization points.
At the same time, expand hardware facilities. It is reported that the Ministry of Education, together with relevant ministries and commissions, is striving for multi-party support, raising resources, strengthening infrastructure construction such as classrooms, dormitories, canteens and libraries, and creating better study and living conditions for graduate students.
In addition, the Ministry of Education will implement documents such as strengthening the post management of tutors and the code of conduct for tutors, and comprehensively improve the guidance level and ability of tutors; Clarify the rights and obligations of tutors and students, improve the postgraduate qualification examination, mid-term assessment and annual assessment system, increase the intensity of diversion, strengthen the construction of study style, and implement the whole process of quality management.
Hong Dayong revealed that the Ministry of Education is promoting the construction of a national joint training base for graduate students with integration of production and education, focusing on enterprises with integration of production and education and cities with integration of production and education, and making efforts to build a number of joint training bases for graduate students with integration of production and education to enhance their practical innovation ability.
"While the scale of graduate students continues to expand, it is our goal to ensure that the quality of graduate education does not decline and continues to improve, and to achieve high-quality and connotative development of graduate education." Hong Dayong said.