"Jianwu, it turns out that your simplified Chinese character plan and pinyin plan have huge learning advantages. I don't care what other places think, our base area must fully promote it." The brigade commander saw such a huge advantage in simplifying Chinese characters. The advantage was simply shocking.
Especially when I saw that those soldiers with no cultural foundation basically mastered more than 1,000 Chinese characters after training with Gao Jianwu for a month.
This means that after one month of training, most illiterate people can learn basic reading and writing, and can roughly understand more than a thousand Chinese characters for daily newspapers and periodicals.
What's more, these illiterate soldiers have completely mastered the pinyin method and can then learn new Chinese characters by themselves. For the current situation, the effect of this literacy is simply explosive.
"Brigade commander, there are no specific instructions from above, how can we comprehensively promote it?" Gao Jianwu asked puzzledly.
"It's very simple. Next, we will start using both simplified Chinese and Pinyin in official documents and newspapers and periodicals in the base area." The brigade commander was not only satisfied with the training, but also used it in application in one step.
This operation method of the Grand Brigadier not only increases the investment in official documents and newspapers, but also once it is made public. According to Gao Jianwu's understanding of the public opinion situation, he will inevitably be subject to huge pressure from public opinion.
Maybe he will also suffer fierce verbal and written criticism.
"Brigade Commander, isn't it a bit too risky for us to do this? If the blame comes from above, can we shoulder this responsibility?" Although Gao Jianwu was also anxious to promote it, he knew very well that if such a major matter were to be handled on his own, First of all, if the higher authorities want to hold people accountable, even removing the brigade commander and investigating him are frivolous.
"What are you afraid of? Whatever happens, I will handle it alone." The brigade commander shook his head indifferently. "There is such a good thing, but if it is not promoted, I think it is a crime against the people."
"Brigadier Commander, if you are not afraid, then I have nothing to do. I will train a few more batches of teachers in the future." Gao Jianwu was also inspired by the brigade commander's heroic spirit. In fact, he was the least afraid of this.
"No, don't get involved in this matter. There are so many big things in your hands. You can't sit here and deal with these small things anymore. Don't talk about these teachers, even I will mess this up. Seven or eight, there is no difficulty at all." The brigade commander picked Gao Jianwu out and prepared to do it himself.
On the one hand, he is really not afraid of any opinions or treatment from his superiors. In the base areas under his control, the specific implementation of most major policies can be flexibly implemented, and the promotion of simplified Chinese characters is just a part of people's livelihood.
It’s no big deal if you make any more mistakes.
However, this incident has had such a huge repercussions in the cultural world. If something goes wrong and needs to be held accountable, Gao Jianwu, the instigator, may have to bear the greatest responsibility.
The Grand Brigadier doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, so if he can pick Gao Jianwu out of the middle, he should pick it out first. Besides, Gao Jianwu's time is really precious, and he has so many scientific and technological projects that need to be realized. Now except Gao Jianwu who can coordinate, no one else has this ability.
Gao Jianwu thought about it and realized that this was also the case. He has too much to manage right now. Don’t say anything else. Now just finding a sufficient number of qualified workers is a headache for him.
Industrial development requires a large number of skilled workers. Those skilled workers who used to be in the cities are now being absorbed by the factories that have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
Gao Jianwu now wants to develop light industry on a large scale. The number of skilled workers needed is measured in millions. There is simply no ability to convert so many skilled workers from rural areas in a short period of time.
Therefore, Gao Jianwu had to start from the source and start opening professional vocational colleges one after another in the base area.
It's just that there are so many things involved in opening a school, from site selection to teacher allocation. Even if Gao Jianwu only provides ideas and lets his people implement the implementation, these schools set majors, where to select teachers, and what kind of courses to set up. , for people of this era, no one knows it better than Gao Jianwu.
Therefore, Gao Jianwu had to do these trivial matters personally.
Relatively speaking, school site selection and school building construction are still trivial matters. Based on population distribution and future industrial planning distribution, Gao Jianwu placed the school site at a future industrial center, taking into account population density and ensuring that the school was placed in a large population area. Reduce the cost of population movement.
As a result, Gao Jianwu has more things to do, from schools to industrial planning and zoning, a package of things have to fall on his head.
What's even more uncomfortable is that Gao Jianwu has to consider future development. The current densely populated areas may not be densely populated areas in the future, so there are more considerations in distribution.
Fortunately, Gao Jianwu did not push things far into the future indefinitely. According to the population resources, transportation location, and future industrial development plans, things in the base area should be done well first.
Due to the development of clothing, a large amount of food was brought back from overseas. Of course, this food was not distributed directly to the people below. Instead, large-scale infrastructure construction was carried out in the form of work-for-relief.
From water conservancy projects to school construction, from road transportation to factories, Gao Jianwu, who had a large amount of food in his hands, organized millions of people from various base areas to invest in the enthusiastic construction.
Various construction sites can be seen everywhere in various base areas. You can get food when you work, and you can cash it out on the same day. Such straightforward stimulation makes the farmers at various construction sites full of energy, even if there is a lack of machinery in this era. Equipment assistance, many of which can only rely on manual labor, but the progress is progressing at a speed visible to the naked eye under the premise of the hard work of this group of passionate farmer friends.
Dams are constantly rising, and canals are beginning to extend to thousands of acres of fertile farmland. The construction of farmland water conservancy infrastructure to solve the food problem is changing every day.
Faster than these basic projects is the construction of vocational training schools in various base areas. Due to the serious lack of steel bars and concrete in this era, the new colleges are mainly bungalows or low-rise buildings with 3 or 4 floors, so that people can be piled on the construction site. The parallel construction at the same time made the construction speed so fast that Gao Jianwu had no time to find teachers, and the schools were erected one after another.
"Minister Gao, we have built the Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, the Electronic Engineering Vocational College, the Textile Technology Vocational College, the Construction Technology Vocational College, the Food Industry Technology Vocational College, the Road and Transportation Technology Vocational College, the Shipbuilding and Transportation Technology Vocational College, and the Aviation Technology Vocational College. College, Railway Transportation Technical Vocational College, Civil Affairs and Administrative Vocational College, Agriculture and Forestry Technical Vocational College, Chemical Engineering Technical Vocational College, Metallurgical Technical Vocational College, Mechanical and Electrical Technical Vocational College, Automotive Industry Vocational College, Mining Technical Vocational College, Water Conservancy Technical Vocational College, Health More than 20 vocational training schools, including Technical Vocational College and Electric Power Technology Vocational College, have completed the construction of school sites and have the training scale to recruit 3,000 to 5,000 students.
However, with so many new colleges being established, our teachers cannot keep up. "Cao Honggang, the deputy director in charge of the education sector, had a dark look on his face and went to Gao Jianwu to complain. In the past few months, he had been running around at various school construction sites. The school was established, but he advertised for teachers to recruit teachers nationwide. , the teachers currently in place are less than one-tenth of the planned number of teachers.
"Old Cao, you're here just in time. Let's drink some water to moisten your throat first. I just want to discuss this matter with you. Let's think it over together." When Gao Jianwu saw Cao Honggang, he quickly asked him to sit down and poured a glass of water for him. Cao Honggang took a breath first.
Cao Honggang took the cup and drank it in one gulp, then put the cup on the table.
"Minister Gao, if you have any good ideas, tell me quickly. I'm really out of ideas. In fact, we have opened too many schools this time. Even if the student-teacher ratio is 30 to 1, we will have 3,000 students per school this time." To recruit students on a large scale, 100 teachers are needed to staff them. These more than 20 universities require more than 2,000 to 3,000 teachers. We have opened several universities in the past and invited many professors from the rear area. Now it is difficult to recruit people from the rear." Cao Honggang continued to report.
Of course Gao Jianwu understood. He nodded, thinking that in this era, it was indeed impossible to have so many full-time teachers for vocational training, but this did not trouble him.
"Old Cao, you see, our schools have just been built, and it is impossible for students to be in place at once. In the early stage, we used a temporary transitional teaching plan with a small number of full-time teachers as supplements and a large number of part-time teachers as the mainstay.
That is to say, we are currently recruiting teachers who have arrived at the school as full-time teachers. For the remaining teachers who are lacking, we will explore them from two aspects. One is to recruit a group of expert professors from universities nearby the current college to serve as part-time teachers. General professional courses and theoretical courses are equipped in this way;
Another aspect is to select a group of talents from the corresponding factories, hospitals, railways, water conservancy and construction enterprises to carry out teaching and training of practical skills and directly connect them with actual work to ensure that our vocational colleges train The students who come out can seamlessly transform into skilled workers! Gao Jianwu briefly introduced his ideas to Cao Honggang.
Don't tell me, after listening to Gao Jianwu's plan, Lao Cao felt that it was quite reliable.
At least it is not a solution at the moment. For the time being, we can support the school first.
"Minister Gao, I think we can give it a try. At least I feel that this method can work. As for the shortcomings in the process, we will try to correct them while we are at it. There will be no problem in the end." Cao Honggang replied after thinking for a while.
"But, how to determine the remuneration of these people? Or should it be based on the salary of full-time teachers here?"
"In terms of salary, I think it should be somewhat different from that of full-time teachers," Gao Jianwu thought for a while. "I think about two-thirds of the salary of full-time teachers can be set as standard salaries at different levels, and the other third should be based on the average salary." A class fee is calculated based on the teaching hours, whether it is a part-time professor or an experienced technical backbone in the factory, they only get this class fee."
Gao Jianwu's method reduces the salary burden by two-thirds for vocational colleges and also achieves the purpose of teaching. It is of course also a huge benefit for vocational colleges that are in desperate need of development at this stage.
When Cao Honggang heard this, his eyes lit up. This method seemed to be a good one.
For professors or technical workers who come for part-time training, their gains are also good, which is equivalent to earning another job in addition to their own jobs. For them, this is also a great thing.
What's more, even one-third of a teacher's class fee is really considerable in this era. You must know that the salary of university professors is now higher than that of senior management cadres such as Gao Jianwu.
Life is simpler, and I'm afraid some professors who take many part-time classes can support their families by doing this.
The two quickly reached an agreement on this, and the next step was to discuss how to implement the plan. This must be controlled by the overall situation before it can be carried out.
Fortunately, this aspect is not a problem for Gao Jianwu or the Brigade Commander. He only needs to set the criteria for selecting professors and factory technical backbones. All we need to do is select part-time teachers based on these standards.
For specific work, with this standard, all localities can directly promote it. Even so, in order to compile this standard, Gao Jianwu spent a lot of brain cells before working with his subordinates to complete the first version of the selection standards and salary standards for part-time teachers in vocational colleges.
After this was made public, the principals and school management teams of various vocational colleges began to recruit technical backbones such as professors and factories according to this standard. At the same time, recruitment advertisements began to be widely publicized in various base areas.
Taking into account everyone's financial ability, the first batch of students recruits young people between the ages of 16 and 25, and their food and accommodation are arranged by the school. After these two-year students graduate, they are assigned to various factories, hospitals or construction sites, etc. One-tenth of his salary will be deducted for five consecutive years to provide feedback to the school that trained him. This forms a virtuous circle and allows all three parties, the training college, the employer, and the students to gain a win-win situation.
All of this is clearly stated in the enrollment advertisement, and every student must sign such a contract when entering the school.
Because according to the current economic situation, Gao Jianwu cannot support such a large-scale student training for free for a long time. Now this is equivalent to an installment payment method. Gao Jianwu only needs to advance the food and accommodation expenses of these batches of students in the past few years of the school. When the students graduate and start to repay the college, his advance payment can be slowly withdrawn.
Thinking that most of these students were illiterate from rural areas, Gao Jianwu made plans to simplify Chinese character teaching directly in these schools, improve their efficiency in learning cultural knowledge as soon as possible, and devote more time to learning practical skills.
However, the current vocational colleges are built in different base areas, not only under the control of the brigade commander. In these base areas, will they agree with Gao Jianwu's promotion of simplified Chinese characters?
Asking for a monthly ticket.
(End of chapter)
