Proportion of classical Chinese in primary and secondary schools

1. About 40% of the texts have been replaced, and the proportion of classical Chinese has increased significantly. Where does it come from?

The national primary and secondary schools have unified Chinese teaching materials, and the proportion of classical Chinese has increased significantly

Starting from September 2017, Chinese language textbooks for primary and secondary schools across the country will be unified into the new "Ministry Edition" (written directly by the Ministry of Education). As a landmark subject of education reform, the era of "one outline and multiple volumes" of Chinese language textbooks for primary and secondary schools has officially come to an end. It is understood that about 40% of the texts in the "Ministry Edition" textbooks have been replaced, and the proportion of classical Chinese has been greatly increased. Compared with the previous People's Education Edition, there are a total of 124 ancient poems/articles for the 6th grade of primary school, accounting for 30% of all texts. For the third grade of junior high school, the total number of ancient poems/articles has increased to 124, accounting for 51.7% of all texts. This is the highest proportion of classical Chinese in Chinese language textbooks in more than a hundred years since the rise of vernacular. With such a regulation, the first thing affected is school teaching - not only do we have to face 40% of new teaching content, but there is also an item in the teaching materials that is almost specially designed for teaching, that is: the introduction of famous works must be implemented in teaching. In this regard, editor-in-chief Wen Rumin explained, “This is in consideration of the shortcomings of insufficient reading that are common in current teaching.”