China Youth Daily, China Youth Daily reporter Zhang Qian
This year, Ni Minjing, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the Democratic Progressive Central Committee, and deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, suggested in the proposal that the rate of myopia should be regarded as a school and regional education If the important indicators of quality assessment are not up to standard, school and regional leaders will be severely held accountable. Every year, the youth vision report and myopia rate of each region will be published in the mainstream media, and they will be subject to social supervision.
He said: “I’ve seen principals dismissed because of a drop in the school’s enrollment rate. In the future, I’ll definitely see the increase in myopia rates, and district and school leaders will be held accountable.”
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In recent years, the myopia rate of teenagers has remained high, showing a trend of younger age and deeper myopia. Last year, the Ministry of Education and other 15 departments jointly issued the “Work Plan for the Bright Action for the Prevention and Control of Myopia in Children and Adolescents (2021-2025)”. 38% or less, junior high school students to less than 60%, and senior high school students to less than 70%.
In order to achieve the above goals, Ni Minjing suggested, “Grasping this indicator should be the same as the central government’s grasping the eight regulations, and become a bottom line of school education, and government departments, schools and parents at all levels will really pay attention to it.”< /p>
According to him, the 2-year practice in 24 compulsory education schools in Shanghai shows that ensuring students spend more than 2 hours a day in outdoor activities has reduced the myopia rate by 30%. , the more time for outdoor activities, the lower the myopia rate.”
“The myopia rate among adolescents in Shanghai will drop by 1.2% in 2021, which is the first decline in recent years. This indicator is Very hard. Myopia rate should be used as the first indicator to examine the effect of ‘double reduction’.” Ni Minjing said in an interview.
In his opinion, whether young people are short-sighted is not only a health issue, but also an educational ecological issue. Myopia rate is a symbolic indicator of educational ecology.
When talking about how to reduce the myopia rate, he believes that “the first thing is to grasp the core index of myopia rate and guide the transformation of social concepts”. He analyzed that the main reason for the high rate of myopia is that teachers, parents, and students do not really understand “health first”, and they have insufficient awareness of the dangers of myopia. Many people think that to be short-sighted anyway, isn’t it just wearing a pair of glasses? In the face of test scores and enrollment rates, everyone invariably gave up the bottom line of health.
He believes that the problem of educational anxiety reflected in this is worth pondering. Behind the high rate of myopia caused by “over-learning” is the misinterpretation of the role of exams, homework and knowledge by teachers and parents.
“Why are you anxious? In order to get into a good university and find a good job in the future.” Ni Minjing said: “But in fact, the test is only a starting point for education. 100 points in the test is not the meaning of education, but in the test After 50 points, students can regain confidence and improve themselves with the help of teachers and parents, which is the meaning of education.”
He believes that children who develop well need to meet three conditions: Active learning ability, good teacher-student, life-student, parent-child relationship; the quality of not giving up in the face of setbacks. With these, even if you don’t get into a good university, you can develop very well. Without these, even if you get into a good university, you may not be able to withstand the pressure of your studies and life.
Ni Minjing said that teachers and parents must understand the underlying logic of education in order to truly reduce the burden on students. He said: “When the rate of myopia decreases, it is the beginning of the real turnaround in the education ecology of basic education, and the beginning of fundamental changes in educational anxiety and educational involution.”
Source: Client of China Youth Daily