Cheng Hongbing is the principal of Shenzhen Mingde Experimental School. If there is no business trip or other things, he will wait at the school gate early every day to say hello to his classmates who come to school. "To meet children at the door is to get close to them." Cheng Hongbing said that this is the happiest thing.
On 20 13, Cheng Hongbing resigned as the deputy director of the Education Bureau of Pudong New Area and accepted the invitation of Mingde Experimental School as the principal of the school. It has been four years since then. Four years later, recalling that he didn't give himself a choice of retreat, Cheng Hongbing didn't regret it. "This is the last post in my life. I have devoted a lot of effort and I am willing to play my part in the reform of basic education. " Cheng Hongbing said.
In Shanghai, Cheng Hongbing started as a teacher and successively served as the principal of Shanghai Jianping Middle School, the president of Shanghai Pudong Education Development Research Institute and the deputy director of Shanghai Pudong Education Bureau. Rich professional experience has given him a profound and sober understanding of education.
"In the 40 years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, China's education has undergone earth-shaking changes, but many problems remain unsolved." Cheng Hongbing said. In his eyes, the basic education in China is to let students stay in the classroom and look for standard answers from books under the guidance of teachers. "This mode of de-living and de-contextualization is a major weakness of education in China."
When Cheng Hongbing was the principal of Jianping Middle School, he promoted curriculum reform and readjusted Chinese, mathematics and English courses. In his words, the reform at that time was quite successful, but there were still regrets. "After all, high school is only three years. My wish is to carry out the systematic reform of 12. " Cheng Hongbing said. For this wish, Cheng Hongbing quit his job in Shanghai and went to Shenzhen.