What does double reduction mean?

Double reduction means to effectively reduce the excessive homework burden and off-campus training burden on students in compulsory education.

On July 24, 2021, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Further Reducing the Homework Burden and Off-Campus Training Burden of Students in Compulsory Education." All regions and departments are required to conscientiously implement it based on actual conditions. In August of the same year, the Office of the Education Steering Committee of the State Council issued a special notice, planning to report the progress of the "double reduction" work in each province every half month. In October 2021, the National People's Congress stated that the double reduction is planned to be clearly incorporated into the law to avoid increasing the burden on students in compulsory education.

In the implementation of "double reduction" work, reducing burdens and improving quality within the school is the fundamental strategy. Focusing on reducing burdens with one hand and improving quality with the other, the Ministry of Education guides schools to strengthen "three improvements": improving homework management levels, improving after-school service levels and improving classroom teaching quality, and promotes the "double reduction" work to achieve significant results.

The social impact of double reduction

The "double reduction" directly limits the scale of subject-based off-campus training institutions and reduces the length of extracurricular training. It has a huge impact. However, it is easy to govern education and training institutions, but it is difficult to cure educational anxiety. As many parents worry, if students do not enjoy high-quality education in school and the existing imbalance of educational resources does not change, the "theater effect" in the education field will not disappear, and the demand for training is likely to remain. will be satisfied through other means.

To defend the main position of the school is to hold on to the bottom line of "double reductions". Only by holding on to the bottom line can we implement the "double reductions" to the end. The implementation of the "double reduction" policy has caused a major reshuffle in the education industry, and many training institutions have turned to other areas. It is necessary not only to severely punish bad training institutions that sell educational anxiety, but also to protect the legitimate rights and interests of formal training institutions, so as to truly return education to its original intention.

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