Recently, major changes have taken place in junior high school policies in many places. Public and private secondary schools enroll students at the same time, enter the school nearby, and take lottery admission to private schools with more applicants than planned.

What does this change mean for a high-quality private middle school with independent enrollment rights and advanced or "secret exams"? What impact will it have on compulsory education?

Pay attention to fair education near the test-free area

Shanghai will implement synchronous enrollment of public private middle schools in 2020, and the online enrollment time of private middle schools will be May 6-8, and the lottery will be carried out over schedule. Beijing recently announced the compulsory education enrollment plan, and private schools and public schools are registered, enrolled and registered simultaneously.

The reporter learned that the number of junior high schools in Shanghai's eight districts who are willing to go straight up did not exceed the number of students in the school's direct training program, and all of them were admitted. In the other six districts, there are 13 private schools, and the number of people who want to go straight is greater than that of the school's test-free direct program, and all of them will be randomly admitted by computer.

Not only Beijing and Shanghai, but also more than 20 provinces across the country have announced new junior high school policies, all of which stipulate that private secondary schools should be enrolled nearby and admitted randomly by computer. Among them, the helicopter club is reserved for some private schools with nine-year compulsory system, and 100% lottery is implemented for all private schools that register more than the planned number.

In many parts of the country, the "lively" scene of competing to apply for high-quality private schools in previous years and the anxiety of parents are gone.

Mr. Xu, a Shanghai parent, said that in the past, parents were busy taking their children to various high-quality private middle schools for "dark exams", interviews and interviews. "The policy has changed this year. Although private schools are still enrolling students earlier than public schools, they can only try their luck by drawing lots. The public junior high school near my home is not bad. The key is that children can sleep for half an hour in the morning, so we won't fight for private schools. "

The new policy of all localities is to implement the Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Deepening Education and Teaching Reform and Improving the Quality of Compulsory Education in an All-round Way issued in July 20 19. The opinion requires that the full coverage of nearby schools should be promoted, and the enrollment of private compulsory education schools should be included in the unified management of examination and approval, and enrollment should be synchronized with public schools; If the number of applicants exceeds the enrollment plan, random computer admission will be implemented.

People in the education sector said that the most affected by the policy are high-quality private middle schools in various places. Under the new policy, these schools are not allowed to enroll students on the basis of any examination, nor can they enroll students across regions in principle, which actually means that they can no longer openly compete for high-quality students.

Guangdong province stipulates that private compulsory education schools enroll students in the area where the school is located in principle. Private schools that do not have boarding conditions may not enroll students across regions. Those who have boarding conditions and need cross-regional enrollment need to be approved by the education administrative department according to the application of the school.

Yao Xunqi, president of affiliated high school of south china normal university, said that the goal of the current national compulsory education stage is education fairness and quality, with fairness giving priority. In this context, the new policies in various places emphasize proximity, exemption from exams and randomness, highlighting the value orientation of educational equity.

The "school choice fever" has cooled down, and some private schools have begun to reform.

Many educators and parents said that "citizens taking the same action" will further cool down the "school choice fever".

For a long time, some high-quality private schools have enjoyed the autonomy of enrollment, and their violations have been tied to the interests of training institutions, which has won the popularity of the society by virtue of their advantages in students' sources, which has led to the high temperature of "school choice fever", aggravated students' burden and social anxiety, and worsened the educational ecology. "This kind of ecology is unhealthy and must be changed." Wu Yingmin, vice president of China Education Association and president of Guangzhou Middle School, said.

Because the lottery increases the uncertainty of private schools, some parents who originally planned to take private secondary schools chose public secondary schools. Ms. Peng, a parent of a sixth-grade student in a primary school in Guangzhou, said: "In order to win a private school, children have no weekends and holidays and attend various training classes. Children are tired, parents are anxious. As soon as this policy came, I dropped out of all the training courses and went to the school at my doorstep with peace of mind. "

However, some parents want their children to attend high-quality private schools. Ms. Liu, the parent of a sixth-grade student in Nanjing, said that the outstanding feature of Nanjing is that the performance of private junior high schools in the senior high school entrance examination is obviously better than that of public junior high schools, and children should be admitted with their strength. "But I still don't know what to do now." She said.

The reporter's investigation found that the new policy of admission nearby made some parents try to enter quality schools at home by buying school districts. Xiao Li, a staff member of a real estate agency in Shanghai, told the reporter that the number of customers consulting school districts has increased significantly recently, especially the houses near some high-quality public schools are particularly popular. "During the epidemic, many customers are still anxious to see the house, and small units are the first choice." Xiao Li said.

The reporter's investigation found that after the release of the Shanghai policy, schools with nine-year compulsory primary and junior high schools, whether public or private, were favored by parents. Many parents said that the continuity of traditional school teaching is more secure, and there is no need to worry about "shaking the number again" at the beginning of junior high school.

Student source and management are the outstanding differences between public schools and some high-quality private schools. Some private schools have begun to cope with policy changes. Lu Huiwen, president of Shanghai Sheikh Education Group, told reporters that the schools in the group have higher requirements for students' English, and the lottery will inevitably lead to an increase in differences in students. Some students may not adapt to the school curriculum after entering school, and the school is planning curriculum reform.

Jian Xu, president of Shanghai Shiwai Education Group, said that the widening differences in students will bring certain challenges to teachers' teaching. At present, the school has carried out teacher training, emphasizing that teachers can't "just teach students well" and asking them to strengthen differentiated teaching for different students in their daily teaching.

Characteristic road and integrated school running are the development direction of private schools.

Private education is an important part of education in China. Take Guangdong as an example. By the end of 20 18, there were more than 7.25 million students in private schools, which was close to 1/3 of the students in the whole province.

Tang, director of the Institute of General Education of Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, said that equal enrollment can better make schools turn their attention from grabbing students to improving the quality of running schools.

"In the compulsory education stage, public and private schools should be' balanced', and the government should continue to increase support for private schools and promote sound development." All the principals of Guangdong Experimental Middle School said.

Shanghai has introduced a "package" of measures to support private schools. Wei Jia, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, said that in terms of financial support, all districts are required to set up special funds for the development of private education, implement the subsidy policy for public funds in private schools, and subsidize public funds according to the basic standards for public funds per student in Shanghai compulsory education public schools; In terms of teacher development, teachers in private schools are guaranteed to enjoy the same treatment as teachers in public schools in terms of teacher training, teaching, scientific research and professional title evaluation, and support the construction of teachers in private primary and secondary schools.

According to insiders, differentiated characteristic education is the development direction of private schools. The headmaster of a well-known private middle school in Nanjing said that high-quality private schools are popular not only because of the good students, but also because of the teaching methods and teaching environment. In the next step, the school will adjust its teaching methods according to the actual situation and continue to maintain its teaching advantages through various characteristic classes.

In addition, the reporter found that private schools that have already started kindergartens, such as Shanghai Sheikh Bilingual School, put most of the primary school enrollment places in the direct recruitment category under this year's New Deal. According to the analysis of insiders, the new policy may further promote the school-running strategy of private schools to extend to the primary and pre-school stages, and integrated school-running will become the development strategy of private schools.

All texts are according to Xinhua News Agency.