February 1, 1909, Rio de Janeiro's higher education district.
Today is the opening day of the Royal National University of Rio de Janeiro and the admission day for the first batch of 1,200 college students in the Kingdom of Brazil. It is also an important step for Brazilian higher education.
Brazil's higher education is undoubtedly weak. It cannot be compared with the United States, which is also in the Americas, and has nearly a thousand universities. The gap is huge.
Brazil's original accumulation of higher education was almost non-existent, and now it is very difficult to get started. Fortunately, it has the support of several major powers.
The previous structure of higher education in Brazil consisted of several outdated religious colleges and the Universidad de Menbades, which was founded in 1902 and claimed to be Brazil's first modern university. .
In the past, when the Brazilian upper class wanted their children to go to university, they went to England, France, or Germany, and they didn't look down on local schools at all.
Now, the Kingdom of Brazil has introduced university talents from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and even Japan to improve the level of Brazilian university education.
The governments of the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Japan are very cooperative in introducing talents to Brazil. They are very supportive of their talents teaching in Brazilian universities.
The British government has specially deployed some senior teachers, many emerging teachers and outstanding graduates from elite university colleges such as Oxford University, Cambridge University, University College London, Imperial College, Birmingham University, Manchester University, and Leeds University to support Awarded to Brazil.
Germany saw that Britain was working so hard, and Wilhelm II was not to be outdone. He transferred top talents from Heidelberg, Bergon, Munich, Humboldt, Aachen, Bonn and other universities to volunteer in Brazil.
Not to be outdone, France, Italy and Japan have sent outstanding talents such as the University of Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Milan, Rome, Tokyo and Kyoto University to Brazil.
After evaluating these talents, the Kingdom of Brazil found that they were all quite good, and almost all of them were accepted directly and given preferential treatment.
In addition to these, Tang Ning also transferred some of his talents from Stanford, Brigham Young and other universities in the western United States to teach in Brazil.
These talents come from various countries, but they almost all know English and French, so teaching is not too difficult.
Almost all high school students in Brazil who can go to college are elites. Many of them can speak English, French, and German, and many even speak other languages. There is no big problem in learning knowledge.
Although this situation will make Brazilian universities less likely to teach Portuguese for a long time, Tangning can endure it.
This is all a price!
There are too few talents in Brazil. Brazilians who have returned from studying in Europe cannot meet the strong demands of Brazilian universities. Portuguese teaching cannot be promoted by these people, so they can only accept teaching in English, French and German first.
However, as the king of Brazil, Downing will not allow this situation to exist forever.
When Brazilian university students learn advanced knowledge and can use it for their own purposes, this method of teaching in other languages will slowly change.
When the time comes, the language of instruction in Brazilian universities must all be Portuguese.
February 1st, the first day of the university semester, the weather was very good, the sun was shining and the climate was warm.
9 a.m., Royal National University of Rio de Janeiro, Plaza Pedro.
Facing the 1,200 newly admitted Brazilian students, Tang Ning, as the king of Brazil, delivered an encouraging speech "The Future of Brazil" to these future pillars of Brazil.
"Hello students!
I am Downing Pedro João Miguel Gabriel Rafael de Braganza, your King and President of your University.
The education of a country determines the upper limit of a country, and what Brazil lacks is education.
Brazilian education lags behind Europe, and now we in Brazil must catch up. Only by catching up with Europe can we, Brazil, call ourselves a big country.
The excellence of a country's young people is the key to determining whether the country is also excellent.
As the saying goes, if young people are strong, the country will be strong..."
On February 1st, Tangning spent the entire day at the university.
Encourage students, thank teachers, and visit various places in the university.
At the Royal National University of Rio de Janeiro, Tangning was concerned about whether the university had financial difficulties. What's missing? What more help do you need?
Faced with the university leadership's complaints and the help they needed, Tang Ning generously donated money and promised to solve the problem and ensure the smooth operation of the university.
Brazil is in great need of establishing good higher education. Simply relying on the introduction of technology without cultivating its own talents will definitely not work.
If you really do this, you will be seeking fish and forgetting to fish, and sooner or later you will die of exhaustion.
Brazil now has the right time, right place, right people, and European help. If we don't take advantage of it quickly, we can build our own higher education.
That is to seek death by oneself, to be struck by lightning, and to blame others.
The Kingdom of Brazil now has seven Royal National Comprehensive Universities and 42 special colleges such as normal schools, agriculture and forestry, and engineering, and has initially established a higher education system.
Although the seven Royal National Universities have an enrollment of only about 1,000 students, and the 42 specialty colleges have an enrollment of about 500 students, each batch of trained talents is about 28,000, which is lagging behind the world and cannot satisfy Brazil.
But it's better than nothing.
The current situation in Brazil is simply impossible. If you eat one bite and become fat, you can only satisfy partial ownership first and talk about other things later.
After all, basic education in Brazil is also very poor, and basic education limits the development of higher education.
Although higher education in this era is not as complex and diverse as in later generations, the quality requirements for students are not as strict as in later generations.
We are now at the beginning of the 20th century. We have not yet experienced two world wars. There is an explosion of innovation in multiple disciplines such as physics and chemistry. It is completely different from the 21st century.
Times are different, but that does not mean that universities in this era will not have requirements for the basic qualities of students entering the university. The requirements are still strict, but they are not as strict now as in later generations.
Before the restoration of the Kingdom of Brazil, during the period of the Brazilian Republic, there was no decent state education at all, and Brazil's lower education was almost entirely met by private individuals and churches.
"Demon Town Museum"
Relying on private individuals and churches, one can imagine the popularity of lower education. Considering that the church in Brazil was formerly Caudillo-oriented, the quality of education cannot be guaranteed.
During the Republic, lower education lagged behind the great powers, the literacy rate of the people was worrying, and higher education was almost non-existent.
Tang Ning, to re-establish the Kingdom of Brazil, can only start step by step.
In terms of education, Tang Ning directly took over church education, controlled the church, and nationalized church education. We also screened the church schools to clean up the rabble and keep the useful ones.
The scarcity of schools in Brazil cannot meet Brazil's nine-year compulsory education requirements.
In order to improve the quality of young people, Tang Ning directly used her ultimate move.
Compulsory education was made compulsory, the boarding system was implemented, and the school's enrollment was expanded, requiring teachers to take care of more students, directly expanding the number of 20 students in a class to more than 60.
In addition to state-controlled schools, Downing also conducted financial subsidies for private schools while also conducting reviews.
Education review. Those that are unqualified will be directly closed or taken over; those that are qualified will be dispatched with school supervisors to supervise the operation of private schools.
Nine-year compulsory education is free. But there are many ignorant people in Brazil who do not understand the importance of education. They want their children to farm and work. They think learning is useless and prevent their children from learning.
Faced with this situation, Tangning directly used government measures.
Let the farmers' association, district committee, and labor union, the three major grassroots organizations, act together to conduct an investigation from the city to the countryside.
Parents who boycott their children from going to school should be enlightened and publicized about the importance of education. If they do not listen to the advice, they will be directly enforced.
Tang Ning also cultivated and transformed students.
In order to improve students' patriotism and discipline and fundamentally shape the excellent national character of young people, Tangning specially established the Youth Committee and Boy Scout system.
The youth committee is set up in the school to select outstanding students to join the committee, assist in the operation of the school, help teachers in management, and manage and educate students in discipline.
The Boy Scouts are set up outside schools to train and teach young people when they are not in school. They not only strengthen their physical fitness, but also establish patriotism and discipline.
Tang Ning dislikes the current national character of Brazil, which is too loose and free.
However, Tangning has grown up and it is difficult to reform Tang Ning, so we should start from the child.
Before unification, the German region had always had a liberal and loose atmosphere, lacked discipline, and weak national character, and was held back by France.
Prussia, the German princely state.
Through state education and training, it changed the national character, shaped the people's citizenship and discipline, and united the people. Finally, it completed the unification of Germany and ended the history of German division. It also took revenge on France and established its status as a powerful country.
National character can be transformed.
Although it takes a long time, Tang Ning is willing to do it and is willing to start from the children and slowly cultivate the national character of Brazil.
