Chapter 397 Development of Higher Education

Wild geese flew north, the ice and snow in Patagonia piled up year after year, the tall trees in the southern subarctic region changed into green new clothes one after another, and under the impetus of the rolling rings of years, the new Han Empire also grew rapidly with its unique attitude.

In the local area, the enrolment rate of school-age children in primary schools was 43 percent, that of school-age students in intermediate schools was 12 percent, and that of school-age students in colleges and universities was 0.3 percent. (Tertiary enrollment rate includes international students)

In junior schools, 67 percent of school-age children are enrolled, 31 percent are enrolled in intermediate schools, and 1.2 percent are enrolled in colleges and universities.

During the year, 85 percent of school-age children were enrolled in primary schools and 41 percent of school-age students in intermediate schools. The enrolment rate in tertiary institutions was 2.4 per cent.

During the year, 93 percent of school-age children were enrolled in primary schools and 47 percent in intermediate schools. The enrolment rate in tertiary institutions was 3.7 per cent.

After 21 years of sustained development, in terms of national education, more than 90 percent of local newborns have completed primary education, and the number of people receiving secondary and higher education is also increasing year by year according to a stable value.

In the 14 years before 1882, sending students abroad was the main way for the government to train university talents.

National Medical University (Chang'an), National University of South China (Xinjing), Imperial College of Science (merged with the former Central Polytechnic University and the University of Rosario), Songjiang University (formerly the University of Buenos Aires), Chang'an University of Technology (focusing on chemical engineering, most of the chemistry majors in the other five universities are merged, mainly in the chemical industry!). Chemical related disciplines are supplemented, Army Officer College, Navy Officer College

A total of five science and engineering colleges and universities, one medical university, and two army and navy military academies also send outstanding students overseas in the form of school dispatch, adopting the 2+3 joint training model, that is, receiving two years of education in local colleges and universities, and then continuing to teach overseas education for three years as exchange students after being recommended by the school.

The 2+3 model means that students will receive an extra year of higher education, but no more than one year of school effort, and after returning to China, more than 60 percent of these students will enter national scientific research institutions, state-owned iron and steel complexes, electrical and chemical enterprises, and other institutions. Hold a high-paying position such as assistant research institute or trainee engineer,

The remaining 40 percent of the students, after being assessed and screened by the government, will enter institutions of higher learning, secondary schools, government technology management agencies and other institutions, continue to give full play to their professional strengths, and make corresponding contributions to the country's education and administrative construction.

After 1882, as the number of returned students increased year by year, the conditions and teaching conditions of intermediate colleges and universities were greatly improved.

In May 1884, the state government of Songzhou (Buenos Aires) applied to the Ministry of Education for the establishment of Songzhou State University, and in September, after the on-site examination of the personnel sent by the Ministry of Education and the internal examination of the government, Songzhou State University was established in Songzhou Prefecture, which is located in the capital of Songzhou and is also the second institution of higher learning in Songjiang Province directly under the central government.

Influenced by the establishment of Songzhou State University, the local state governments of Yangzhou, Luozhou, Wuzhou, Jiangzhou, Huaiyang and other prefectures have accelerated the pace of preparing for the establishment of local colleges and universities.

By the beginning of January 1986, after the central government's review, Wuzhou State University, Yangzhou State University, Luozhou State University, Weizhou State University, Huaiyang University, and Xinjing University (unlike the National University of South China, the level of Xinjing University is equivalent to that of a state university, and it is one level lower than the National University of South China, which was renamed from the original Xinjing University.) Eleven local institutions of higher learning, including Unju State University, Gangju State University, Gwangju State University, Chuju State University, and Jinju State University, have successively established enrollments.

There are a total of 20 institutions of higher learning in the country, of which eight old and famous universities, such as Chang'an University, Songjiang University and Army Military Academy, are key construction colleges and universities, which are under the unified management of the Ministry of Education, and the education funds are directly allocated by the Ministry of Education and the government finance department.

Due to the early establishment of the university and the experience of academic exchanges and cooperation with overseas universities at multiple levels such as teachers and students, the eight established universities have received more abundant education funds than ordinary state universities, and the quality of their teaching staff and students is also much higher than that of ordinary state universities.

Even in 1889, when there were eight old and prestigious schools and 12 state colleges that were founded a little later, the enrollment rate of school-age youth in higher education institutions only slowly increased to 3.7 percent, which means that only 3.7 percent of the 100 school-age youths had the opportunity to enter higher education and receive university education.

You know, at the beginning of 1889, the first generation of newborns born in the country, the oldest was already 21 years old, and among the school-age young people at this stage, the number of students born in the local area has accounted for nearly a quarter of the proportion, basically receiving primary education, more than half of the local school-age young people who received intermediate education, the vast majority of them failed to pass the entrance examination of colleges and universities, which reflects the scarcity of higher education from another side, and if you want to obtain high-quality graduates of colleges and universities, you only rely on ten or twenty years of development. It's not enough.

Accepting the preciousness of institutions of higher learning, especially the improvement of social status brought about by entering the eight old colleges and universities, has attracted a large number of young students who are interested in the study of scientific and technological knowledge, they either study hard in the local state capital, and then participate in the national unified organization of the college entrance examination, or obtain relatively good results in the college entrance examination, and at the same time have confidence in their own ability, and then independently participate in the special science and engineering discipline entrance examination organized by the eight old universities.

Although the admission rate of colleges and universities that are widely concerned by the local people cannot be compared with the proportion of jinshi recruited in the imperial examination, once they enter a college or university, and the high social status job obtained after graduating from four years of study, it still makes ordinary Chinese people, who are deeply affected by the traditional concept that everything is inferior and only high in reading, regard studying and going to university as the most promising way.

In January 1889, the latest demographic statistics were released, and the number of native populations reached 17.42 million.

The corresponding number of new students in local colleges and universities has also reached 26,000.

26,000 college freshmen, scattered to the vast land, but only occupy 1.48 thousandths of the total population, and comprehensive industrialization, compared with a large number of high-end technical personnel needed, the gap is still very huge, but 26,000 freshmen after all are local colleges and universities themselves to train talents, perseverance, ten, twenty, thirty, fifty years, has been uninterrupted development, Han local training of high-end technical personnel, there is no opportunity to compete with Britain, Germany, the United States, France.

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