This is a small county with only a small mark on the map. It is more than 100 kilometers away from Tongcheng. It has gradually become rich by taking advantage of the development opportunities of Tongcheng.
The people who live here never thought that a school could be built in the place where their ancestors had lived for generations, and more than a dozen teachers would be assigned to it.
These teachers teach children all kinds of knowledge every day. The parents of these children are really grateful to these devotees who come from afar.
The Tang State built schools in areas with dense enough population and sent some teachers to serve in these schools. Every three years, new teachers were selected to replace the old teachers who had been working here for several years.
Of course, if the old teachers find their significant other here and are willing to stay in these places, then the Tang State will issue special subsidies to help these teachers live a better life there.
Unlike China that directly dispatches teaching teachers, Tang Guoguo now needs to build houses in places where the teaching staff can be used. This method maintains the basic living standards of the supporting teachers and prevents those who are willing to devote themselves from suffering so much.
Of course, another important reason for doing this is that Tang Guo's volunteer teaching is not a voluntary poverty alleviation activity, but a "work experience" that all new teachers who graduate from normal colleges must go through.
Because in a short period of time, the teaching force of Tang State has been seriously insufficient, so all students graduating from normal schools belong to the national resources and need to be uniformly allocated by the country as strategic resources.
New teachers who are unwilling to participate in volunteer teaching, that is, who do not obey the assignment, will not be assigned jobs, and even worse, they will lose the qualification to teach in Tang State.
It’s not that no one is really unwilling to participate in volunteer teaching. They will be assigned to other countries to serve as teachers and spread knowledge. This kind of people may enjoy high treatment in other countries, but what they lose is the qualification to engage in education in Tang State.
According to Tang Mo, teachers without dedication are not worthy of educating the outstanding next generation of the Tang Empire. Although this statement is a bit too absolute, His Majesty the Emperor's will must be implemented.
On the school playground, two classes of children are taking physical education classes. This is a real physical education class. The students have to complete basic gymnastics movements on the horizontal and parallel bars, and then run circles on the playground to sweat.
According to the general education program of the Tang State, no teacher can occupy students' physical education classes. This is also due to the national conditions of the Tang State: the Tang State needs a large number of strong young people to serve as infrastructure workers and soldiers, so there are requirements for the physical fitness of students.
Most people in this era don't think the employees sitting in the office are valuable. Society still needs more workers, workers, farmers, and soldiers.
In the relatively spacious and bright classroom, the students sat neatly, looking up at the teacher in front of the blackboard, listening to the teacher describe all kinds of inscrutable knowledge in the textbook.
Compared with education in China, education in the Tang Dynasty was obviously of a "crash course" nature. After all, along the way, most of the officials in Tang State were trained in crash courses.
Therefore, compared with the 12 years of education before university that Huaxia insists on, Tang Guo's 7 years seems a bit impatient no matter how you look at it.
However, the entry age for primary schools in Tang State is very high, and students can enroll before the age of 12. The primary school curriculum is actually only 2 years, and the junior high school curriculum is only 4 years.
Yes, the Tang State implemented not 9 years of compulsory education, but 4 years of compulsory education. Primary school only had 2 years, and junior high school had only 2 years.
These four years are completely free, and all school-age children must participate: children can be sent to school to study when they are about 8 years old. If they are unable to advance to higher education, they will continue to study. Only after four years of study are they allowed to "go home and find a job."
Only students who are strictly selected and have stronger learning abilities have the opportunity to enter high school for further training. These high school students can be said to be grassroots officials with "outstanding abilities" in various countries.
After studying in high school, these graduates habitually obey management, master a large amount of basic knowledge of the subject, and are extremely malleable.
Most of them will choose to continue their studies and go to university to learn more advanced professional knowledge.
The vast majority of students attend school for free during the entire admission process, and those with excellent academic performance can even receive subsidies to help support their families' expenses. Only students with slightly poor academic performance and extremely wealthy families will pay when they are unable to complete their studies.
This kind of "self-funded" students cannot take the civil service examination, cannot directly hold official positions in the army, and can only go home and inherit millions of wealth, living in this way for the rest of their lives.
For this world, Tang's education was advanced, both in terms of scale and investment, and it was hard to match. But in fact, the education system of the Tang Dynasty was still very primitive and rough, with various problems.
Parents in this era don't care about their children's psychological development. There is no place to complain if the teacher beats the child. It is very likely that the child was beaten by the teacher in school and had to eat his father's seven wolves when he got home.
This purely violent method of persuading students to learn is not scientific, but no one is thinking about it at this time. For society as a whole, having a place to study is really a luxury in a sense.
"I heard that you are leaving here?" A woman who might never have had the opportunity to send her children to school if she had not been in the Tang Dynasty stopped the teacher at the school gate who was about to get on his bicycle and leave.
The teacher stopped his movements, nodded and explained: "There is no other way. I have been here for three years and I must leave here."
"I know, I know, I heard from the child that you are going back to Copper City..." The child's parent took down the basket hanging on his arm and lifted off the old cloth covering it.
The basket contained some eggs, not anything expensive. After seeing this, the female teacher quickly waved her hands and declined such a gift: "What is this for? Your family is not rich, so take it back quickly!"
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"No, Teacher Xiao, you have taken care of our children for more than a year. Our children are obviously much more sensible and are very interested in learning. My family has said that I must thank you." The woman was holding a basket at the school gate. The extreme pulling began.
"There are rules in the school that don't allow gifts! And I'm a teacher, so I should teach and educate people!" The female teacher, known as Teacher Xiao, pushed the basket out, worried that the eggs inside would be broken.
"Teacher! I've asked about it all! How many eggs the teacher is leaving does not count as a gift! You take it! You must take it!" The woman pushed firmly. In fact, she was really grateful to the teacher for bringing her child a gift. The change.
Although her family was not rich, it was not that poor either. The Tang State provided a lot of subsidies to farmers, and her family followed the advice of the agricultural officer and raised chickens and ducks. Life was actually not difficult.
In fact, because there is a huge trade surplus, life will not be difficult even if you do anything in the Tang Kingdom.
"I am going back to Tongcheng this time to be a high school teacher. If Liu Cong keeps this kind of motivation in learning, he will be able to be admitted to Tongcheng's high school and continue studying in the future!" Teacher Xiao explained while giving in. Said: "I may teach him then. If I accept your gift now, I will not be able to maintain a fair heart in the future, so I cannot accept this gift!"
Seeing the other party's expression of embarrassment, Teacher Xiao continued to add a few words: "Don't worry, the state will provide subsidies. When the time comes, you can gain access to more knowledge and become a more useful person."
These days, everyone is not completely used to the fact that the state provides subsidies for studying, so you still need to be reminded from time to time.
Sure enough, after the peasant woman heard this statement, she stopped pushing the basket in her hand so hard: "Teacher Xiao, tell me how our family can thank you."
"It's all as it should be. This is all my job." The female teacher waved her hand with a smile, got on her bicycle, and fled quickly.
If the other party starts pushing the basket of eggs again, I probably won't be able to buy cakes from the newly opened cake shop on my way home.
Although that shop is a bit expensive, the master who bakes cakes came back from Tongcheng to learn skills. The craftsmanship is authentic and the taste is great.
The peasant woman who was left behind stood at the school gate with eggs in her hands, looking at the teachers who came out from time to time, and finally left with deep thoughts.
This kind of thing often happens at the school gate, and many parents of children come here to deliver things. They cannot enter the school because there are guards standing guard at the door.
Although no one holds teachers accountable for accepting gifts when they leave and are transferred elsewhere, these teachers still refuse similar gifts.
Because they are not allowed to receive any gifts from parents of students during their daily work, even if it is just an egg or a pumpkin.
In order to avoid suspicion, these promising teachers will all refuse - after all, teachers have paid holidays twice a year, which is a relatively free and good job.
After all, this is the Tang Empire, and everyone here must work hard and work overtime to make the Tang Empire more prosperous.
No one would lose such a good job just to accept some gifts. They would rather enjoy the benefits of being a teacher in the future with peace of mind.
The Tang Dynasty was very generous to outstanding teachers, and would even distribute housing to teachers, reward them with cash, solve many difficulties in life, etc.
What's more, as long as the performance is good enough, the state is even willing to allocate rewards such as cars. This is why most classrooms are willing to obey the state's deployment and go to remote areas to endure hardships.
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Three updates today, continuing tomorrow!
