Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, August 25th. Topic: Adhere to public welfare and fairness to promote the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education-The head of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education answers reporters’ questions on the “Notice on Regulating the Establishment of Public Schools or Participation in the Establishment of Private Compulsory Education Schools”
Xinhua News Agency reporters Yu Junjie and Hu Hao
Eight departments including the Ministry of Education have recently jointly issued the “Notice on Regulating the Establishment of Public Schools or Participation in the Establishment of Private Compulsory Education Schools.” The purpose of the notice is to regulate the establishment of or participate in the establishment of private compulsory education schools by public schools (referred to as “public participation and civil” schools), and promote the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education. The person in charge of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education was interviewed by reporters on relevant issues.
Ensure the public welfare, fairness and people of compulsory education
Q: What is the background and process of the announcement?
Answer: Regulating public schools to organize or participate in private compulsory education schools is an important measure to maintain the unity and standardization of the national education system. In recent years, some public schools have used their own advantages to organize or participate in the establishment of private compulsory education schools, expanding the coverage of high-quality educational resources, alleviating the contradiction between the supply and demand of some local educational resources, and satisfying the diverse educational needs of the people.
However, with the society’s requirements for the fair value of education and the improvement of the educational legal system, the problem of “public participation by the people” schools has continued to emerge, which has increased the burden of education for the people and affected the education ecology, and the society has responded strongly. This notice is issued to ensure the public welfare, fairness and people of compulsory education, to promote the return of public schools to public schools, and social forces to organize private schools to promote the high-quality and balanced development of compulsory education.
At the same time, the issuance of the newly revised “Regulations for the Implementation of the Private Education Promotion Law of the People’s Republic of China” also provides institutional guarantees for the regulation of the school-running model of “public participation in the public” schools.
In the process of drafting the notice, relevant departments and bureaus of the Ministry of Education successively went to the localities to conduct research, discussed with the local education administrative departments, public schools, and private schools in charge, listened to opinions, and figured out the situation. After the drafting of the notice was completed, the opinions of the provincial education administrative department were solicited, and the opinions of relevant departments and some universities were solicited in writing, revised repeatedly, and reached a consensus.
Question: What are the general ideas and requirements for standardizing the work of “public participation in the public” schools?
Answer: The overall idea is to focus on building a high-quality education system, maintaining the fairness of education and public welfare, so that the people can enjoy better quality education resources, effectively reducing the burden of education on families, and alleviating education anxiety.
The overall requirements, on the one hand, guide all localities to take the regional compulsory education development plan as the starting point, and focus on increasing the supply of high-quality public compulsory education resources; on the other hand, promote the rationalization of the existing “public participation in the public” school system and mechanism, and standardize public education resources usage of.
Clear the boundaries between public and private
Q: What is the applicable object of the notification?
Answer: The notice applies to three categories: private compulsory education schools run by public schools alone; private compulsory education schools run by public schools in cooperation with other public entities; and private compulsory education schools run by public schools in cooperation with other social organizations and individuals.
Question: What are the requirements for the conversion of a “public-government-minded” school to a public school?
Answer: If a “public participation by the public” school has the following four situations, it shall be converted to a public school: one is that a public school independently organized or a “public participation by the public” school organized by a public school in cooperation with other public entities shall be converted into a public school; It is a public school organized by a public school in cooperation with other social organizations and individuals. It can be converted to a public school after consultation and the conditions are mature. The third is a public school that is supported by existing residential communities. When conditions permit, it can be converted to a public school, and it can also provide degrees and continue to run the school through the government’s purchase of services; fourth, public schools and other social organizations and individuals co-organize “public participation and private” schools, which do not meet the requirements of “six independence” If it is difficult to make rectification in place, it may be converted to a public school or terminated according to the situation.
Question: What are the requirements for the “public participation by the people” school to continue to run private schools?
Answer: “Public participation and private” schools jointly run by public schools and other social organizations and individuals can continue to run private schools if the conditions for running the schools meet the requirements of the “six independences”; the conditions for running schools do not meet the requirements for the “six independences”, but they can be rectified within a time limit If it is in place, it can continue to run private schools.
Question: What are the requirements for the termination of the “Gong Sen Min” school?
Answer: Public schools and other social organizations and individuals cooperate with public schools. The school conditions do not meet the requirements of the “six independence”, and the rectification and reforms are not in place within a time limit and cannot continue to run the school. They may be converted to public schools or schools as appropriate. Termination of school. Regarding the termination of running schools, all localities shall formulate specific measures in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
Multi-pronged approach to ensure that the results of work benefit more people
Question: What are the requirements for the educational resources that public schools invest in private compulsory education schools?
Answer: Regarding the educational resources that public schools invest in private compulsory education schools, the main requirements are as follows: First, if public schools provide land, school buildings, teaching equipment and other state-owned assets to private compulsory education schools, they should implement state-owned assets evaluation and management. The second is to regulate the behavior of sending teachers and staff to private compulsory education schools; the third is that public schools providing services to private compulsory education schools shall sign an agreement after completing the examination and approval procedures in accordance with relevant state regulations.
Question: How to ensure that the normative work is effective?
Answer: Standardizing work involves the interests of multiple subjects and involves multiple departmental policies. It requires a multi-pronged approach to clarify the responsibilities of all parties in order to achieve practical results. The first is to implement the responsibilities of public schools, requiring public schools to improve their political positions, implement their main responsibilities, and act proactively. The second is to strengthen the responsibilities of local governments, emphasizing that all localities should regard standardization work as an important political task, and establish a work leading group to advance steadily, cautiously and orderly. The third is to strengthen supervision and inspection. The Ministry of Education has included this work in the scope of the evaluation of the provincial people’s government to perform educational duties and the scope of the audit of the economic responsibilities of the main party and government cadres in the ministries and universities.
(Editor in charge: Wang Jupeng)