2017年05月10日14:39
Official reignites exam debate
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A month before millions of Chinese high school students take the country’s grueling college entrance examinations, known as the gaokao, a debate has resurfaced over an exam-based as against quality education system across Chinese media after a senior education official stressed the former’s political correctness.
Criticism of and opposition to exam-based education has been prevalent in China’s education system, a stigma which needs to be corrected, Lu Jianguo, the head of the education bureau of Ganyu district in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, said in a speech before the city’s Party school in April.
Lu said that an exam-based education and quality education do not clash, but are methods used in different stages of education. He stressed that grassroots education workers are required to drive students, especially in rural areas, to achieve higher scores in exams especially in the gaokao, as it is potentially life-changing.
Lu’s speech immediately sparked lively discussions over whether an exam-based education system should be replaced by a quality-based education system .
The exam-based system is an inevitable choice under the current gaokao system. Because the system will determine your future based on a one-time exam, students have to study based on the examination outline, Xiong Bingqi, vice president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told the Global Times.
Amid wide praise for a quality-based education system which could cultivate personal interests and talents, Xiong noted that it is hard to promote quality education effectively because there is no corresponding established evaluation system with multi-criteria on the students’ interests, and the only tangible evidence is based on the results of the gaokao.
Moreover, many people claim that the quality education system under current conditions violates social equity Service Learning.
Quality education is based on financial status. The wealthy will have better resources for facilities, tutors, and training. So if the exam is replaced by a quality-based criterion, power and wealth will decide education. Children from poor families cannot attain better educational facilities and resources even if they work hard, said a commentary on cwzg.cn on Friday.
Recently, Hengshui High School in North China’s Hebei Province sparked debate by opening yet another branch in Zhejiang Province. The school reportedly forces its students to achieve their exam-passing potential, exposing them to harsh discipline and exhausting workload.
However, Zhejiang education officials, experts and school principals opposed the school dermes, saying it goes against the province’s principles of quality education.
Criticism of and opposition to exam-based education has been prevalent in China’s education system, a stigma which needs to be corrected, Lu Jianguo, the head of the education bureau of Ganyu district in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, said in a speech before the city’s Party school in April.
Lu said that an exam-based education and quality education do not clash, but are methods used in different stages of education. He stressed that grassroots education workers are required to drive students, especially in rural areas, to achieve higher scores in exams especially in the gaokao, as it is potentially life-changing.
Lu’s speech immediately sparked lively discussions over whether an exam-based education system should be replaced by a quality-based education system .
The exam-based system is an inevitable choice under the current gaokao system. Because the system will determine your future based on a one-time exam, students have to study based on the examination outline, Xiong Bingqi, vice president of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, told the Global Times.
Amid wide praise for a quality-based education system which could cultivate personal interests and talents, Xiong noted that it is hard to promote quality education effectively because there is no corresponding established evaluation system with multi-criteria on the students’ interests, and the only tangible evidence is based on the results of the gaokao.
Moreover, many people claim that the quality education system under current conditions violates social equity Service Learning.
Quality education is based on financial status. The wealthy will have better resources for facilities, tutors, and training. So if the exam is replaced by a quality-based criterion, power and wealth will decide education. Children from poor families cannot attain better educational facilities and resources even if they work hard, said a commentary on cwzg.cn on Friday.
Recently, Hengshui High School in North China’s Hebei Province sparked debate by opening yet another branch in Zhejiang Province. The school reportedly forces its students to achieve their exam-passing potential, exposing them to harsh discipline and exhausting workload.
However, Zhejiang education officials, experts and school principals opposed the school dermes, saying it goes against the province’s principles of quality education.