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Building a strong education nation is fundamentally based on basic education.
"Fully implement the Party's educational policy and fulfill the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education" and "continuously opening up new prospects for high-quality development of basic education"—General Secretary Xi Jinping recently gave important instructions on basic education work, pointing the way for doing a good job in the new era and on the new journey.
On July 22, the National Basic Education Work Conference was held in Beijing to make specific arrangements for basic education in China.
Basic education occupies a fundamental and leading position within the national education system. The more solid the basic education, the steadier and stronger the momentum for building a strong nation through education.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to basic education and put forward clear requirements, stressing "to strive to improve China's basic education more and more," providing scientific guidance for its development.
Emphasize building a solid foundation of students' ideals and the tower of belief, pointing out that "basic education is a cause of moral education, and we must clearly strengthen ideological and political education and moral education";
Caring for the healthy growth and all-round development of children and adolescents, emphasizing "establishing the educational philosophy of health first and providing full physical education classes";
Efforts are being made to address prominent issues in the education sector, with clear emphasis on "adding science education to the 'double reduction' policy"......
The idea has taken root and become a vivid practice of policy relay introduction and joint management by all parties, adopting multiple measures to promote the significant development of basic education, providing strong support for building a strong education nation.
From "students who have access to education" to "quality education," from "education to education" to "quality education for learning," today, China's popularization of basic education and the quality of talent cultivation continue to improve. By the end of 2024, China's basic education had reached the average level of high-income countries worldwide.
"Our country's basic education has advantages in the world; we must strengthen cultural confidence."
This confidence is reflected in the continuous upgrading of educational equity.
Compulsory education in 2,895 counties will achieve basic balance; The policy of waiving childcare and education fees in the first year of preschool benefits 14 million children; Measures such as teacher exchange and rotation, group-based schooling, and other measures continuously narrow the educational gap between urban and rural areas, regions, and schools...... "striving to ensure every child enjoys fair and quality education" is becoming a reality.
This confidence is rooted in the deep integration of forging souls and nurturing hearts.
More than 550 national-level "Great Ideological and Political Course" practical teaching bases have been established nationwide, forming a large number of "walking ideological and political courses" and "venue-based ideological and political courses" brands...... The Party's innovative theories have continuously entered our minds and hearts, and batches of new generations of the era have grown strong.
This confidence comes from the practice of holistic education.
The "2 hours of comprehensive physical activity and 15-minute breaks per day for primary and secondary school students" has been deployed in various provinces. Labor classes in schools across the country are basically fully offered, school aesthetic education immersion actions are carried out, mental health education is popularized, and a scientific educational evaluation orientation is established...... Breaking away from the "score-only" approach, students "sweat on their bodies and light in their eyes," achieving all-round development in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor.
Today, a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation is accelerating breakthroughs, and Chinese-style modernization is advancing into a "critical period."
"In the new era and on the new journey, we must deeply grasp the demands of Chinese-style modernization for education, science and technology, and talent, and strengthen the supporting role of education in science and talent sectors."
As a "foundational project to improve national quality," basic education has great potential and achievements in serving the construction of a modern strong country and the comprehensive development of people.
The 15th Five-Year Plan outlines the need to "improve the educational resource allocation mechanism that adapts to population changes" and "promote the expansion and quality improvement of basic education."
Deeply grasp the political, people, and strategic attributes of education, persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to shape souls and educate people, adhere to the simultaneous development and integration of the five educations, follow educational laws, adapt to new economic and social development trends and the new expectations of the people, implement the deployments of the National Basic Education Work Conference, and deeply promote high-quality development of basic education. Together, we can support the future of hundreds of millions of children and truly improve China's basic education.
Education is a major national and Party matter; basic education affects thousands of households and is a cause for the whole society. On the new journey, by delivering high-quality basic education and leveraging the "foundation point" to drive the overall leap of education in a major nation, we will surely better use the power of education to deeply root the foundation of people's happiness and strengthen the foundation of national prosperity through the strength of education. (Commentator from this newspaper)