This morning, the press center of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the multi-functional hall of the media center. Chen Baosheng, Minister of education, answered questions from Chinese and foreign journalists about "striving to make every child enjoy fair and quality education". In the speech, the reform of college entrance examination has become the focus of many journalists, so which cities began to implement the reform of college entrance examination?
In response to the reporter's question about the "college entrance examination reform", Chen Baosheng said that the reform of the college entrance examination enrollment system in Shanghai and Zhejiang Province was implemented smoothly last year, and achieved success, providing experience for the reform of other provinces. The achievements are as follows: first, it affects the teaching reform of senior high school; second, it promotes the development of quality education; third, it promotes the reform in the evaluation of academic level; fourth, it brings new challenges.
Chen Baosheng stressed that there are still 17 provinces to start the reform process from this year. The assessment of these provinces is under way. The basic attitude is to seek truth from facts. If the conditions are met, it will be approved to start. If the conditions are not met, it will be created. If the conditions are met, it will be continued. Time is subject to quality, quality orientation and problem orientation are adhered to, so as to ensure the success of the reform of the examination and enrollment system.
The following is the actual record of the press conference:
Reporter: since the reform of examination and enrollment system was launched in 2014, Shanghai and Zhejiang took the lead in implementing the new college entrance examination last year. Excuse me, Minister Chen, what are the results of the pilot program, and what are the problems? What are the new actions to push forward the reform of college entrance examination in the next step? Thank you.
Chen Baosheng: the reform of college entrance examination enrollment system is a whole-body reform, which plays a leading role in the comprehensive reform of education. Last year, the reform of the college entrance examination and enrollment system in Shanghai and Zhejiang Province was carried out smoothly and successfully, providing experience for the reform of other provinces. The achievements are as follows:
First, it affects the high school teaching reform. This is very important. Because of the reform of college entrance examination and enrollment, it is a baton. The baton has been changed. The teaching of senior high school must be reformed accordingly. Therefore, from the situation in Shanghai and Zhejiang, they generally adopt the mode of "taking classes and selecting courses". In the past, the mode of fixed class teaching has been changed, and the autonomy of students has increased.
Second, it promotes the development of quality education. After the reform of the college entrance examination, the assessment of students in senior high school has added such a content as comprehensive quality evaluation. This is a very obvious measure of quality education. 80% of schools in Shanghai have set up innovative laboratories and other measures. More than 1800 social practice bases for students have been established, and measures for quality education have been strengthened.
Third, to promote the reform in the evaluation of academic level. In the past, the categories of examinations were fixed, but now they are not. They are dynamic and have changed.
Fourth, it brings new challenges. There are also some problems in the pilot, for example, how much space is suitable for students to choose courses independently, because it can do quantitative analysis. If there are too many courses to choose, the pressure of students' choice will increase. Just like some of our comrades drive to the parking lot and rush to park in one parking space, many of them don't know which parking space to park in. If we have to think about it, the cost of choice will rise. There is also how to design the difficulty coefficient of elective courses, which needs to be considered. For example, there are more people choosing courses for simple courses, and the number of courses that are more difficult may affect the number of choices in a period of time, while some courses that are more difficult are often basic courses, which need to be strengthened. In addition, how to organize the class, how to set the workload of teachers, how to manage the school and how to reform are all new problems.
At present, Shanghai and Zhejiang have improved the reform plan of examination and enrollment on the basis of pilot projects. Last year, the college entrance examination and enrollment system reform was launched in Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong and Hainan. They effectively learned from the successful experience of reform in Zhejiang and Shanghai, and noted some new problems in their pilot projects. At present, the Ministry of education is cooperating with the four provinces to guide them to improve the reform plan of the college entrance examination and enrollment system, organize research and solve these problems. In addition, there are 17 provinces to start the reform process from this year. We are conducting an assessment of these provinces. Our basic attitude is to be practical and realistic. If the conditions are met, we will approve the start-up. If the conditions are not met, we will create the conditions for further improvement. Time is subject to quality, quality orientation and problem orientation are adhered to, so as to ensure the success of the reform of the examination and enrollment system.
From the current progress, from the pilot situation, the reform of the examination and enrollment system pilot is successful, the progress is healthy. Thank you!