Beiyang reactionaries

But it is really not as easy as imagined to complete the national high school unified teaching materials and uniformly train high school teachers.Originally, high schools across the country don't talk about textbooks, and even the subjects are different. It is not easy to unify.Moreover, it is even more difficult to satisfy the teachers of the newly compiled unified high school textbooks.I had been preparing for six years, but because the situation was not going well, it was postponed for two years.

The national college entrance examination was not held until 1933.

"Students, students, there are still 10 minutes before the exam. All students must be seated within 10 minutes. Students who are not seated after 10 minutes will automatically lose their eligibility for the exam. Dear students Guys, all must be in place within 10 minutes."

The loudspeaker kept shouting.

Because this is the first college entrance examination, the government really attaches great importance to it.

If not, the college entrance examination will not use the army this time.For the safety of the college entrance examination, and for the fairness of the college entrance examination, this time it is really very strict.Starting from the examination questions, transportation of the examination papers, final supervision of the examination room, and final marking of the examination papers, the military is responsible for security, and then the local police stations cooperate.

"Let's go back."

Duan Xun sat in the car in the distance and watched the opening of the college entrance examination.After watching for half an hour, I was quite relieved to see that although there were many people, the order was good.

"Yes."

"Has the list of those who took the exam been counted?"

"Yes."

The college entrance examination is a national plan.

It can be said that the college entrance examination is an important step in the modernization of Chinese education.In fact, after the imperial examination was abolished, China has not come up with an educational plan that can replace the imperial examination.Although the imperial examination has various disadvantages, it has always been the best way for China to select talents.

When Western learning spread eastward and the imperial examination was criticized, the Manchu and Qing courts abolished the imperial examination without any plan.As a result, a large number of scholars could not find a way out, and then they followed the revolutionary party.

After the establishment of the Republic of China, Western learning was paid more and more attention, but China did not find a good way to integrate Western learning with Chinese education.Since the Republic of China, although the number of universities in China has been increasing, China's education has always been relatively chaotic.Up to now, the number of universities (including junior colleges) in the country has exceeded 200, but at present these universities adopt independent enrollment.

This problem is very big.

Compared with the imperial examination, it is even more unfair.Because these independent enrollments are limited to a certain place.There are so many colleges and universities in Beijing, 90% of the students of these colleges are recruited in Beijing every year, and only a small part of them are recruited in Shanghai.Because of the transportation conditions and economic foundation problems in this era, there are very few foreign students who can participate in the enrollment of Beijing universities in Beijing.Those foreign students go to Beijing and prepare for exams, so they need to stay in Beijing for several months.Including the days on the road, it will take half a year.The money spent on an exam preparation is the annual income of an average Chinese family.Therefore, it is impossible for these foreign students to take the exam in Beijing without a certain economic foundation.As a result, the annual students of major colleges and universities in Beijing are basically students from the Gyeonggi area, and students from other places are very rare.

Many outstanding students from other provinces, no matter how good their grades and abilities are, most of them have no chance to be admitted to universities in Beijing.This is not only the case in Beijing, but also in colleges and universities in Shanghai and Chengdu.

The colleges and universities in Beijing are mainly students from the Beijing-Tianjin area, the colleges and universities in Shanghai are mainly students from the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions, and the colleges and universities in Chengdu are mainly students from the Southwest.The colleges and universities in Wuchang are mainly students from the two lakes.

The regional color of universities in this era is too strong.

In terms of fairness, it is not comparable to the imperial examinations of the year.In cities where several colleges and universities gather in China, students around Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Wuhan have the greatest advantage, because they can go to universities nearby, and they are still some of the best universities in China.For students in many other provinces, it is very difficult for them to go to university.

Therefore, it is necessary to replace the current independent enrollment with the national college entrance examination.This is another national examination in China after the imperial examination.Therefore, for this time the college entrance examination, from the top to the bottom of the cabinet, it attaches great importance to it.

So is Duan Xun.

The college entrance examination has been delayed for two years, so there can be no problems.

"How's it going?"

"In May of this year, the Ministry of Education counted the number of applicants for the college entrance examination for the first time. At that time, the number of applicants for the national college entrance examination exceeded 200 million, and there were 2107 million people. However, only 180 million students actually took the exam this time. .35 fewer than the number who signed up for the gaokao in May."

"Why are there so many missing?"

Duan Xun frowned.

This time, there is no age limit or other restrictions on the exam, and I am willing to give many people a chance.Anyone who has graduated from high school, or has equivalent education, including graduates from technical secondary schools, is eligible to take the college entrance examination this time.

So the number of applicants has increased a lot, breaking through 200 million people.

In fact, the number of high school graduates each year is limited, less than 100 million. Last year, the number of high school graduates was 87, and this year's number is 93.But because there are fewer restrictions on the college entrance examination this time, previous graduates, and even many people who have already joined the job also participated in the registration.

Going to college is pretty cheap right now.

Because at the universities directly under the Ministry of Education, students go to school for free.And some universities affiliated to the Ministry and provincial universities, most of them go to school for free.Because today's college students are all real big intellectuals, and they are cadres after graduation.Today's Chinese college students are all candidates for cadres, and they have been booked by various government departments and large government companies before graduation.So they go to college for free.Now the Ministry of Education is vigorously developing technical secondary schools and technical schools, but universities are universities after all.For many people, going to college is something to be very proud of.

But I didn't expect that the number of people who actually took the test had decreased so much.

"We have investigated. There are various reasons for the decrease in the number of applicants. But the biggest reason is that many of these people have already participated in the work. The work unit does not let them take the test. Some work units said that if they take the college entrance examination Let them give up their jobs and give up their jobs. And some work units directly refuse them to take the exam. For many people, having a stable job is very important to their lives. Even many people, The family’s livelihood depends on their wages. Therefore, the workplace does not let them go, and they dare not really take the exam. If they fail to pass the exam and lose their jobs, it will be difficult for them in the future.”

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

I understood what Tang Erhe meant.Nowadays, there are few talents in China, so students who have the equivalent of high school graduation are all treasures and intellectuals.

For such people, all major ministries and commissions and governments at all levels are scrambling to get them.Including various factories and schools will rush to get them.In some regular schools, teachers must of course graduate from normal schools.Even if it is slightly worse, it must be a normal student who graduated from a technical secondary school.However, schools in some remote areas are not so particular, nor are they qualified to pick and choose.In many schools in remote areas, high school students and even junior high school graduates are treasures and can become teachers.

Therefore, many of the students who signed up for the college entrance examination this time are already working, and they all have serious jobs.Some units support these people to take the college entrance examination, but some units do not support them to take the college entrance examination.

The result is that many people give up the exam.

Compared with the unpredictable future, the stable job you have now is more important.Especially for many technical secondary school graduates, the reason why they do not go to high school and choose to go to technical secondary school is because of difficulties at home.In order to be able to come out to work early, they can reduce the burden on the family.Therefore, it is impossible for these people to give up their jobs in order to take college entrance examinations.

Although it is said that the university does not charge fees, there will be no salary after entering the university, and other expenses will still have to be paid.So it's really time to take the exam, and there are so many fewer people in one fell swoop.

"How many people will be recruited this time?"

"11 people."

"How are they distributed?"

"Prime Minister, that's right. The admissions situation this time is that universities directly under the Ministry of Education will admit students in proportion to the number of candidates in each province, and the admission ratio is roughly the same. In addition, in order to take care of students from poor areas, some poor provinces will be appropriately added. This is for students from all over the country. Ministry-affiliated universities will give up 70% of the places to participate in the enrollment. Originally, the agreement reached between the Ministry of Education and various ministries and commissions was that they would use half of the places to recruit students, and the rest Half of the ministries and commissions internally digested the list of students recommended by the ministries and commissions. However, the major ministries and commissions have been busy recently, and their own talents are extremely scarce. Therefore, various institutions are unwilling to allow more people to enter universities for fear of affecting normal life. work, so the list has been reduced, giving up 20% more places. However, the colleges and universities under the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Construction Corps still adopt a 50-50 method. Half of the places are allocated internally, and half of the places are students from the college entrance examination. enrolled."

Tang Erhe immediately began to report the specific situation.

As the Minister of Education and the first person in charge of the college entrance examination, Tang Erhe has a very clear grasp of the situation, and all kinds of data come at will.

Continued: "As for the provincial universities, their students are all admitted in the college entrance examination. But they chose the plan that 40% of the candidates are recruited from the province, and 60% are recruited from other provinces. If the universities directly under the Ministry of Education, The universities under the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Military Affairs, and the Construction Corps, including internal quotas, add up, so this time the enrollment in colleges and universities across the country is about 14."

"The number is still small."

Duan Xun sighed.

After working hard for so long, only 14 people are admitted to universities in one year.If it is some small countries, the number of college students of 14 is not very small.But for a big country like China, only 14 university students are enrolled in a year, which is simply out of reach.

Even if it is not as good as in the 21st century, there are millions of college students every year.But according to the current situation in China, there should be around 40 to 60 university admissions each year.

Only 14 people are still too few.

"Prime Minister, during the First Five-Year Plan, the Ministry of Education established a policy of giving priority to the development of secondary schools and technical schools, so the development of university education has been relatively slow in the past few years. If it is not for the development of Ministry-affiliated universities and provincial universities, it is only the investment and development of the Ministry of Education. The number of admissions at one time will be reduced by half.”

"kindness."

gain some lose some.

China's annual education funding is limited.Now that we have decided to give priority to the development of technical secondary schools and technical schools, we must tolerate the slowness of university education.And from the current situation, universal education is more important.It is a correct decision to give priority to the development of technical secondary schools and technical schools.The biggest advantage of technical secondary schools and technical schools is that they can train a large number of talents in a short period of time.University training is too slow in comparison.

"Minister Tang, is it because some of our universities have too few enrollments?"