A few days ago, Chen Ziji, director of the Department of Vocational Education and Adult Education of the Ministry of Education, publicly responded at a press conference to the question of whether the general job diversion after the middle school entrance examination will be cancelled in the future.
He said that the development of secondary vocational education has made positive contributions to expanding employment, promoting regional economic development and improving people's livelihood, so it is very necessary to adhere to the general separation of jobs.
From his words, we can see that the future general job diversion will not be abolished, and will still be adjusted and developed towards a 5:5 ratio.
Now many parents are worried about what will happen after the 5-to-5 middle school entrance examination diversion of their children, but according to the figures just released by the statistical agency, the number of applicants for the 2021 middle school entrance examination is more than 15.35 million, while the enrollment of secondary vocational schools in 2021 is 4.8899 million, accounting for 32%; in 2021, the enrollment of ordinary high schools is 9.0495 million, accounting for 59%. Obviously, the shunt ratio does not reach the 5 to 5 standard.
The main reason for this is that the current vocational education has not developed into a competitor that can compete head-on with the general high school, and parents are not very assured of vocational education, so there is no mandatory similar diversion. In each region, we can see that each region has its own high school education resources, and the proportion of upper secondary schools in areas with abundant degrees in general high school education resources is very high.
Taking Hengshui City in 2021 as an example, some media have announced that if only from a theoretical analysis, hengshui's middle school entrance examination graduates are about 96:4 of the middle school entrance examination diversion ratio, that is, 96% of junior high school graduates have a degree to enter, of course, there are many more expensive private schools, many junior high school graduates did not choose to enter the general high school and chose vocational education, the final actual proportion is not so exaggerated.
I don't know if you have found that the attention to the general job diversion is a problem that has suddenly heated up in recent years, although there were problems in previous years, but it was not as eager as it is now, affecting the hearts of thousands of parents.
Why, fundamentally speaking, is the international economic downturn, which has caused the decline in employment. In addition, in the nearly 20 years since the expansion of colleges and universities, a large number of talents have poured into the market, and the pressure of employment has become greater, making parents worry that their children will not find jobs in the future.
On the surface, the level and ability of vocational schools are still far from those of colleges and universities. Vocational schools in recent years have meant unemployment upon graduation. Of course, the state has also seen this problem and has begun to play a fierce hand in vocational education.
Recently, there is a news about the reduction of the number of secondary vocational schools, in 2021, the number of secondary vocational schools in the country decreased by 2571 in one year, this number is very large, if it is really because of the closure and disappearance, it means that vocational schools may not work. But the reality is just the opposite.
The state has made great efforts to integrate these secondary vocational schools, and the disappeared schools have actually merged and reorganized, and in the process of development, secondary vocational schools hope to become strong and trustworthy high-quality vocational schools recognized by parents and society in the future.
In fact, the general job diversion is indeed a method suitable for China's national conditions at present, and the cancellation of the middle school entrance examination proposed by many professors and experts is actually of great significance.
Parents are certainly willing for their children to continue their education for free, but how many parents have asked their children if they can accept this way of reducing 12 years of high school to 10 years of teaching time according to the model suggested by experts. Loose learning time has been unable to adapt to teaching, counting on the compression of school hours to counterattack, it is unlikely, for the 1 in 10,000 possibility to change the education model, it is certainly impossible to achieve.
Instead of looking forward to the cancellation of the middle school entrance examination, it is more practical to expect that the quality of vocational schools can be improved quickly. How to let children really enter vocational school and not sink is a problem that parents should think about.
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