Seeing that Minister Pierre decisively agreed to his request, Arthur nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Minister Pierre, as long as you can successfully complete the three-year plan, the credit will definitely be indispensable to you." But let's not forget that while we are developing our steel industry, we must not forget to build other industries that we need to use. ”

"Yes! Your Highness. Pierre nodded solemnly.

"Industrial development burns money very quickly, Minister Pierre, I will allocate you twelve million pounds, to be paid over three years. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. Arthur said with a smile.

With sufficient industrial equipment, the fund of 12 million pounds for three years is also 4 million pounds a year, which is definitely not low.

"Yes, Your Highness! I promise to complete the mission! Minister Pierre stood up abruptly and said to Arthur very solemnly.

"Well, now that the plans of the industrial sector have been decided for the time being, it's the turn of the education sector, right? As the so-called education rejuvenates the country, with a large number of talents invested in the country's development and construction, Australia really has the hope of rising. Arthur looked at Education Minister Richard Noble Chapman and asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, the education situation in our country is very backward at present, and the literacy rate of the population is only in the early 60 percent. This does not seem like much of a fact, as the primary school completion rate in our country is only 51 percent, and nearly half of the population does not complete primary school. On the one hand, this is because China's per capita income is relatively low, and some people cannot afford the cost of education. On the other hand, it is also because the current educational environment in Australia is terrible, and we do not have enough schools to accommodate all the school-age children. Education Secretary Richard Noble Chapman stood up and said with a wry smile.

Although Minister Richard has done a good job in education in Tasmania, after all, Tasmania has a relatively small population and the difficulty of developing education has been greatly reduced.

Looking at Australia as a whole, in order to completely solve the problem of education, in addition to building enough schools to accommodate students, it is also necessary to reduce tuition and fees as much as possible so that most Australian families can afford school fees.

"Does the Ministry of Education have any good solutions?" Arthur asked.

Arthur also knows something about education in Australia.

It stands to reason that the majority of Australia's population is European immigrants and should be highly educated.

But in fact, most of these people are gold prospectors attracted by the gold mines and the gold rush, and most of these people are also poor people in Europe who cannot afford to eat, and have crossed the ocean to Australia in search of a chance to survive or even get rich.

Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Australia's literacy rate and primary school completion rate can both be maintained at more than half.

"Your Highness, I believe that our current education policy should give priority to the development of basic education, and rapidly increase the literacy rate of the population and the universal rate of basic education. According to the general trend, with the various construction and development of our country, a large number of high-income jobs will be born. These positions generally have one thing in common, that is, they involve some specialized knowledge and fields. Although our basic education does not allow workers to learn these knowledge, at least they can be more comfortable when they are exposed to them. Secretary Richard said.

A person with knowledge and cultural reserves will learn new things faster than those without knowledge and cultural reserves.

Australia is bound to create a large number of skilled jobs in the future, and these jobs will naturally be filled by Australians.

This means that the government must now rapidly improve the knowledge and literacy level of Australians, at least to increase the literacy rate of the population, so that Australians can adapt quickly to these positions in the future.

"Well, go ahead." Arthur nodded in satisfaction and motioned for Minister Richard to continue.

"Your Highness, there is another advantage of giving priority to the development of basic education, that is, there is less eagerness for scientific research equipment and teacher reserves. I think our first priority is to quickly popularize basic education in Australia, and at the same time, to concentrate some funds to build a key university, which can not only meet the vacancies of domestic universities, but also become the cradle of our future talents. If the university has a lot of research funding, it may also be able to contribute to our talent introduction efforts in Europe. Minister Richard said with a smile.

Education in European countries is doing very well, and universities are able to train a large number of talents every year.

But it is precisely because of this that there will always be some depressed people who are dissatisfied with their treatment and find another way out for their dreams.

If Australian universities provide a large amount of research funding to all talents, it will definitely attract some scientists who are obsessed with research but do not get much research funding to come to Australia for research.

Once these talents are in Australia, it's easy to take control of them.

That's what Minister Richard said about the purpose of unlimited research funding for universities, to attract talent to Australia through huge research funding.

"Well, that's a good proposal. How much money does the Ministry of Education need? How long will it take to see results in the construction of basic education? Arthur asked.

Richard's proposal is a good one, not only to save the government the most money, but also to improve Australia's education situation and even attract talent to Australia in the future.

But until the real results are seen, all this is only on paper after all.

"Your Highness, if we are only to make basic education universal, we only need to build urban and township primary schools in all states and cities. Because the size is different, the amount of money needed is also different. According to my conservative estimates, the funding needed for universal basic education is around £2 million. The construction of the primary school will be put into use in half a year, and our educational environment will be improved in a year. Minister Richard thought for a moment and said slowly.

"What if you count the colleges and universities that are going to be built?" Arthur asked.

In any case, universities, the cradle of high-level talents, must be built, even if it costs a lot.

Therefore, the cost of building a university must also be taken into account, and even implemented as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, the cost of building a state-of-the-art university alone may be in the millions of pounds, and if you include the funds needed to purchase scientific research equipment and bring in talent, it is conservatively estimated to be two million pounds." Minister Richard thought for a long time, and it took a long time to come up with a surprising answer.