Half of the German junior high school students are diverted to vocational and technical schools, and half are enrolled in universities. However, Germany's vocational schools have a strong teaching force, and there is not much difference between blue-collar and white-collar workers in terms of social status and income.
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As a result, nearly 8 million children aged 15 and 16 are missing high school every year, causing social concern.
Parents are doing their best for their children's education, and the competition in education is becoming increasingly fierce. The children who are diverted can only attend vocational high schools or vocational and technical schools, where the quality of education is poor, and it is easy for students to drop out of school and learn real skills in school, because we do not have the strong teaching force of German vocational schools. Many parents are calling for policy reforms to give their children more choices.
The high school entrance examination stream has been implemented for three years, and the first batch of eliminated children are about to reach adulthood. What does the future hold for them?
Since 2021, the high school entrance examination diversion policy has been implemented for three years. In the past three years, a large number of children have missed high school every year due to failure in the high school entrance examination.
In 2023, the number of applicants for the high school entrance examination has reached a staggering 15.4 million, and this number is expected to continue to climb in 2024. This means that nearly 8 million children face a major turning point in their lives every year at the age of 15 or 16.
They may have no choice but to enter a vocational school or enter society early to start their careers. However, is such a choice really fair for these children? Are they really ready to face the cruelty and complexity of society? And where will the children who were eliminated in the 2021 high school entrance examination go now? Have they found their own path, or are they still struggling with confusion and hesitation?
Mr. Qin from Nanning, Guangxi:
My daughter graduated from junior high school and missed high school, and the child wanted to study, so she had to go to the city's vocational and technical college. After a year and a half, she didn't want to study, she said that she didn't attend classes for a few days every semester, and spent a lot of time working in factories, so she couldn't learn at all. Dropping out of school at home, Mr. Qin also felt confused, the child is still young, and he can't recruit into the factory, what should I do?
Mr. Li's family in Zhengzhou, Henan Province:
In a few months, the child will graduate from vocational high school. The teacher suggested that he go to college for another two years, which is the so-called 3+2 model, and finally get a college diploma. In fact, we just hope that he can have a college certificate, otherwise I don't think there are many things to learn in vocational high school, and it is difficult to find a job.
If blue-collar wages are about the same as white-collar workers, or even higher, it doesn't matter if they are diverted or not, but it's a pity that we just learned from other people's skins!
Now the vocational high school is in chaos, the state must manage it well, let parents rest assured, let the children who fail the high school entrance examination learn real skills, let them support themselves, and the country and the people will be fine.
If you can be like Germany, the knowledge learned in technical schools and vocational high schools will be raised to a level of level, and factories and units will also recognize what they have learned, I believe that the children will be serious.
To put it bluntly, occupational discrimination in the mainland is too serious, leading to the conclusion that only reading is high, which in itself is absurd!
The reason why developed countries are developed is not that individuals are more capable than us, but that there are better systems that allow most people to find a way of life that suits them. Although it is not nice to say, but this is the truth, learn more about the developed countries in Europe, especially Germany, every job can be respected, and the salary is not much different, so as not to make the people who are engaged in our so-called low-level jobs feel inferior!
The high school entrance examination diversion policy has a profound impact on the future of children, but we cannot ignore the needs and difficulties of these children. Let's focus on these children together and provide them with more support and help.
15 or 16 years old is just the age to learn skills, and if the salary is not discriminated against, I believe that most children are still willing to go to school.
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