(Characters of the Two Sessions) Ma Hengyan, a representative of the National People’s Congress, talks about “double reduction”: the incentive policy for teachers should be increased
China News Service, Yinchuan, February 24 (Reporter Li Peishan) “Under the ‘double reduction’ policy, students’ after-school services have been fully covered, but teachers’ workload and school hours have increased, and new problems have emerged. Contradiction, teacher incentive policies should be timely.” On February 23, Ma Hengyan, deputy to the National People’s Congress and secretary of the Party branch of No. 21 Primary School in Yinchuan, Ningxia, said in an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency.
In 2021, the “double reduction” policy will be implemented in nearly 210,000 compulsory education schools in China. The implementation of the “double reduction” policy has brought tangible benefits to parents and students. “After talking about the realization of the ‘burden reduction’ goal for many years, the children have more time to pay attention to music, sports, art, and labor practice.” Ma Hengyan said.
The time of the reporter’s interview that day happened to coincide with the after-school delayed service. This is the second new semester under the “double reduction” policy. In the Jiankang City branch of No. 21 Primary School in Yinchuan City, courses such as paper-cutting, chorus, basketball, and table tennis are carried out in turn under the leadership of teachers. The class was full of laughter.
Nonetheless, new problems in the process of “double reduction” are constantly arising.
Ma Hengyan said that teachers’ working hours have been significantly extended. “In after-school services, teachers need to devote more energy and time to preparing and teaching lessons, and they also need to always pay attention to the safety of students,” she said.
Taking Yinchuan No. 21 Primary School as an example, the school has a total of 2,975 students, and 96.4% of the students participate in after-school services. “Students’ enthusiasm for participation is very high, but some students choose the first class, and some choose the second class, and the choice of club classes is more complicated. The unfixed registration situation causes teachers to devote a lot of energy to statistics, which increases the number of teachers. Burden.” Ma Hengyan said.
At the same time, Ma Hengyan found that the delayed service was close to dinner time, and many students who were growing were also hungry and unable to concentrate. To solve the problem of meal supplements, financial support is also required.
In September 2021, the Yinchuan Development and Reform Commission, the Education Bureau and the Finance Bureau jointly issued the “Notice on Setting the Charge Standard for After-School Service Fees for Primary and Secondary Schools (Trial)”, clarifying that the charge standard for the delayed custody service provided by the school is 2.00 yuan per class hour in the urban area. · Students, townships 1.50 yuan / class hour · students. “However, the specific practice process is also difficult. The relationship between service charges and service quality can easily lead to conflicts between home and school.” Ma Hengyan said that how to receive and send requires a more effective and detailed guarantee mechanism.
To this end, Ma Hengyan suggested that all localities should give corresponding remuneration to teachers for their extra labor, and put forward suggestions based on teachers’ work results to increase incentives.
Ma Hengyan suggested that the financial department should optimize the performance pay plan for primary and secondary school teachers, set up a special fund for “after-school service funds” in teachers’ performance pay, and allocate funds to each school according to the number of students to ensure that after-school service funds are mainly used for participating in after-school services. Subsidies for service teachers and related personnel.
At the same time, Ma Hengyan also suggested that the education department cooperate with the personnel department to use the performance of teachers’ participation in after-school services as a reference for professional title evaluation, recognition and reward and performance salary distribution, so that teachers can pay back. “Whether it is economic remuneration or spiritual encouragement, I hope that everyone will pay attention to education itself, and that more people will be willing to stay in the teaching team for a long time.” Ma Hengyan said. (over)
