China vows to cultivate high-quality teachers to strengthen the education sector
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Chinese visionary leadership has long recognized the crucial role of education in national development. Since the introduction of reforms and opening up in 1978, China has consistently prioritized education, investing generously to ensure its progress. The country’s remarkable advancements are deeply rooted in these educational improvements. Today, China’s focus has shifted towards producing high-quality educators to elevate the standard of education even further, paving the way for a brighter future.
China has vowed to strengthen its teaching workforce by cultivating more competent and high-quality professionals, a crucial task in its pursuit of becoming an educational powerhouse.
To that end, a set of guidelines published on Monday outline specific measures, including strengthening the professional integrity, conduct, and skills of teachers, optimizing education resource allocation, and protecting teachers’ rights and interests.
By 2035, teaching will become one of the most respectable and admirable occupations in China, according to the guidelines that have been issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council.
The guidelines advocate zero tolerance for malpractice and violations of regulations concerning teachers, calling for strict enforcement of discipline and legal consequences for offenders.
The building of normal schools will be further supported, and training for rural teachers will be strengthened, according to the guidelines.
Stronger efforts are called for to ensure timely salary payments for teachers, alleviate unnecessary workloads, and protect them from misconduct such as humiliation, defamation, and rumors.
The guidelines also call for lifting teachers’ social status, fostering public respect for educators, and encouraging public support for education.
Reference Link:- https://english.news.cn/20240826/eb88f436422b451e867b881d00421a67/c.html
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
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