On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the last day before the holidays for primary and secondary schools in the local area, in a rural primary school in Anping County, Jiangzhou, He Peizhen, the principal and nature teacher, stood at the door of the school and kept looking out.
"Teacher He, Liu Cuifen asked for leave today and will not come to school."
A little girl walked out of the classroom and reported in a low voice.
"Why didn't Liu Cuifen come to class? And since she asked you to take leave, why didn't she report when she entered the school just now?" He Peizhen, who has been a primary school teacher for four or five years, looked at the eight or nine-year-old girl in front of her and knew that she didn't.
Tell the truth.
"She is sick, yes, that's what she told me." The little girl lowered her head and explained in a low voice, not daring to raise her head to look at the teacher.
"Did Liu Cuifen's father not allow her to come to class and tell the teacher the truth and not lie?" He Peizhen said seriously with a straight face.
"Liu Cuifen asked me to say this. She said that if she didn't come to class today, she would ask me to ask for leave on her behalf. Teacher, I told the truth and I didn't lie." The little girl couldn't help but tell the truth.
"Okay, I understand the situation. You go back to the classroom first. The teacher will be there shortly."
After softening her tone and sending the little girl back to the classroom, He Peizhen looked at the red lanterns and Spring Festival couplets that had just been hung at the school gate. Her original joyful mood had weakened a lot because of what had just happened.
After returning to South America from the United States, some of the dozens of young international students I met first, like Xu Zhixuan and Kuang Jingyang, joined the army to serve the country and rose through the ranks in the navy and army. Some, like Kuang Rongguang, Huang Jiliang and others, used what they had learned to
Professionals are engaged in the research and development of new technologies in various large state-owned heavy industry groups in the country. Some international students are high-spirited and join officialdom, intending to make greater efforts for the development of the country and the nation with their passion.
Different from those young men studying abroad, as one of the very few female students in this era who received modern Western education, He Peizhen returned to her homeland and rejected the jobs introduced to her by her father and fellow students studying in the United States. Instead, she drove to Jiangzhou alone and with determination.
In a rural area, I served as a teacher in a primary school in Anping County and began the work of teaching and educating people.
Compared with Western powers, the reform and management of the education field in Han is more open and fair. Primary and secondary schools fully implement the co-educational system. Among colleges and universities, excluding a small number of majors and schools suitable for girls, 100%
Schools over 90 years old also implement a coeducational system.
Implement co-educational education and implement unified and standardized entrance examinations for higher education in all local states. The two measures are combined, plus local conditions, and corresponding teaching and admissions systems are established according to the different economic and educational development levels of each state.
After the implementation of many detailed policies and systems, Han has made very successful progress in popularizing and standardizing education. The enrollment rate of junior schools covers almost all children of school age, and the enrollment rates of intermediate schools and senior schools are increasing year by year.
After joining the teaching staff and becoming one of the hundreds of thousands of grassroots teachers in the Han Dynasty, He Peizhen was able to feel the development and changes of local education more clearly and deeply.
The new generation of children can basically get the opportunity to enjoy education. The public's resistance to girls going to school has been continuously transformed and improved due to the government's continuous propaganda every year and the punishment of those who violate the National Education Act. However, the overall education environment
The great progress made cannot cover up some omissions and deviations. In Anping County, Jiangzhou, the annual entrance fee for each junior school student is 4 Han yuan, which is equivalent to Kuping silver, which is about 2 taels of silver.
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According to local wage standards, the average monthly income of a young laborer in ordinary workers and land-divided peasant families is about 12 Han yuan. A year's tuition for a junior school is only 10 days' wages for ordinary families.
Although the cost is quite high, it is definitely not high compared to the income standards in the Far East Continent.
However, accidents are inevitable. In various parts of the country, a small number of families have one or both parents losing their labor force due to illness, disability, etc., and are unable to rely on selling their labor force to earn a mere 4 Chinese yuan per year in tuition for their children. Families
Poverty, parents have no financial resources, although the number of such families is very small, accounting for only one or two percent of the total local population.
However, as the teaching time went on and the more primary school students he came into contact with, He Peizhen became more aware of the helplessness of children from poor families. The focus of local development in Han Dynasty is in the industrial and military fields. Although the country vigorously supports the development of the education industry, when it comes to students
In the field of family social security, it has not yet reached the standards of Germany at the same time.
Germany began to implement a social security system in 1883. By the beginning of 1889, Germany's social security system had initially covered areas such as illness, disability, and workers' accidents. However, in terms of the social security system in South America, it only covered those who retired due to injury.
Disabled soldiers have been provided with a certain degree of subsidies and resettlement. For ordinary farmers and workers, due to the limited government fiscal revenue, a basic social security system has not been established. If someone in the family is sick, it can only be provided by family members.
Medical expenses cannot be subsidized by government financial funds.
At the end of the 19th century, only Germany took the lead in trying to establish a social security system. As for the United Kingdom, France and Russia, whose national strength is comparable to Germany, they are all still in a period of severe capitalist exploitation of workers. Not only do workers and farmers not enjoy the benefits of the government
To provide opportunities for social security, you have to work about twelve hours a day. The labor force is strong, the wages are low, child labor is used, and employees are owed wages. Capitalists in Britain, France, and Russia are changing their tricks to extract profits from workers. As one of them
Representatives, the per capita income of the British Empire is more than five times the average income of the native Han people. After dividing this income according to different groups, we can see that the monthly salary of ordinary British workers is about 1.5 to 2 pounds, equivalent to the local currency, or
That’s 10.5 Chinese yuan or 14 Chinese yuan.
The wages of ordinary British workers are similar to those of local workers and farmers in South America. However, if factors such as the small land and large population in Britain, numerous taxes, and high commodity prices are taken into account, the actual living standards of British workers are roughly only half of the average living standard of local people.
Excluding the lower-class British civilians who account for about 90% of the total population, the British senior technicians and senior middle-class workers in the middle class of society have annual salaries of 100 pounds and 500 pounds respectively. After conversion based on international concentration, they are 700 Chinese yuan and 3,500 Chinese yuan.
yuan, and the income levels are respectively 3.5 times and 17.5 times the local average national income.
The upper middle class and the upper class, which account for less than one-tenth of the total population, account for more than half of the social wealth in the UK. Compared with the UK, the wealth distribution in South America presents a flat structure, with the country as the main body in the military industry.
, State-owned enterprises such as railways, steel, and chemicals account for the majority of fiscal capital investment.
Ordinary civilians and military personnel have gained some of the benefits from the industrial development process. Although the per capita income of ordinary citizens is not as good as that of Britain and France, the salary income gap of officials, common people, soldiers, teachers and other industry practitioners is maintained within a reasonable range.
, the basic living conditions of citizens at all levels can be guaranteed. In this regard, the South American country of Han is no worse than the Western powers.
There was a troubling thing lingering in her heart, and it reflected on her face, which naturally showed an unhappy look. In the afternoon, when school officially closed, and walking with her husband Liao Enbai, who came to pick her up, He Peizhen couldn't help but pour out the troubles in her heart.
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"Legal principles are nothing more than human feelings. The local government promulgated the "Compulsory Education Law", which compulsorily requires school-age children to enter school to receive basic education. However, the central government's annual statistics on the enrollment rate of school-age children in junior schools show that the highest value is 93% (1888
Year-end data), there is still seven percentage points short of the 100% enrollment rate stipulated in the "Compulsory Education Law". Among the seven percentage points of children, apart from a small number of children with physical disabilities who cannot enter school, most of the students are from poor families.
, parents are unable to receive compulsory education due to disability, loss of labor, etc.
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Liao Enbai sighed and comforted his wife: "Nothing is perfect in the world. It is not easy for the locals to achieve such achievements in the field of education. If we blindly pursue perfection, it will take a lot of effort and it will be difficult to see results. It is better not to force it.
For good."
"Didn't His Majesty announce the preparations for the establishment of a constitution to allow people from all walks of life to run for election as members of the House of Representatives? If I participate in the first election of members of the House of Representatives as a teacher, and then raise the issue of schooling for poor children as a member of the House of Representatives, wouldn't I have the opportunity to appeal to the central government?
Introduce the current situation of poor children who are out of school, and then help some out-of-school children to solve the problem of entering school?"
He Peizhen suddenly made a decision in her mind. She raised her head and looked at her husband, wanting to seek his understanding and support.
"Using the identity of a teacher to let more citizens know the current situation of out-of-school children may give more children the opportunity to go to school."
Liao Enbai supported his wife's ideas as always, but when he looked at his wife, who had always been independent and strong-willed, there was a pity in his eyes:
"It's just that running for the House of Representatives is different from teaching in a school. You may encounter attacks from many members with different political views. Are you really going to take this path?"
"I'm not afraid. As long as you are by my side to support me, I won't be afraid at all."…………