Beijing, May 5 — To effectively lighten the non-educational burdens on primary and secondary school teachers, the Central Education Working Group's Secretariat recently issued a notice to deploy a special rectification effort aimed at regulating social affairs entering campuses.
According to the notice, the scope and objectives of the special rectification are clearly defined. The focus is on addressing the arbitrary intrusion of activities and tasks unrelated to education and teaching into schools, as well as the formalism that emphasizes documentation over effectiveness in the process of social affairs entering campuses. This will be achieved by establishing a sound approval and reporting system for social affairs entering campuses and a long-term supervision mechanism to create a positive educational environment.
The notice outlines four main tasks:
- Conduct a systematic assessment of the situation regarding social affairs entering campuses in recent years, establish access standards, and enhance problem rectification.
- Establish an approval and reporting system for social affairs entering campuses, strictly control the total amount of such affairs at the provincial, municipal, and county levels, and create a whitelist that will be made public.
- Review specific plans for social affairs entering campuses, allowing for integration based on actual work conditions, while strictly controlling the scope and duration of activities to improve their quality.
- Normalize the regulation of social affairs entering campuses through monitoring, verification, and reporting.
The notice calls for local authorities to elevate their stance, fulfill their responsibilities, and treat the regulation of social affairs entering campuses as an important task for reducing formalism in the education system and alleviating burdens on grassroots levels, using the sense of gain among teachers and students to assess the effectiveness of the special rectification efforts.
