Students with poor grades are diverted to vocational schools
Students are helpless
"Although my child's grades are not very good, I hope she can take the midterm exams and enroll in a general high school." Water South Middle School, a student's parents Ms. Zhong told reporters that in mid-March, her daughter was the school to "draw the score line" approach, was diverted into the Ganzhou City, the first vocational and technical school.
Speaking of "being diverted", Chen students heart is not a good taste. "Our class teacher said, the results are not as good as early to leave the school, go to vocational school, lest by the time the graduation certificate can not get, and affect the school promotion rate." Xiao Chen said, classmates are afraid of not get a diploma, had to choose to read vocational school.
By the water South Middle School diversion to read vocational school Liu told reporters that the school more than 90 students were diverted to read vocational school, its choice of only one vocational school, can be said to be forced to "bail out".
On the 20th, Zou Zailong, headmaster of Shui Nan Middle School, told reporters that Shui Nan Middle School's "junior diversion" is not inappropriate, according to the education sector to support vocational education, junior high school has not graduated from the early diversion of the relevant policies.
Parents questioned
"Read the vocational school can enjoy preferential policies, do not read in time to get a diploma. This is not disguised to force students to read vocational schools?" A student's parents told reporters.
Zou Zailong said, water South Middle School this spring, 96 students to Ganzhou City, the first vocational and technical school, has not completed the number of tasks under the Education Bureau 102.
Under the task of the Education Bureau to set enrollment quotas
Education Bureau under the "task"
In response to the parents questioned, Ganzhou City, Zhanggong District Education Bureau, education section chief Zhou Jianwei, that the school "junior diversion" is not to The school "junior diversion" is not to drive away the poor students, but according to the principle of voluntary students, parents agree to diversion. At the same time, it is also so that the average performance, the learning foundation of the weak students can learn a skill, early employment.
Reporters in Ganzhou City, Zhanggong District Education Bureau issued on March 6, "on the 2010 vocational school enrollment notice" on the see, the notice requires "Zhanggong District under the jurisdiction of the secondary schools must be in accordance with the proportion of vocational school enrollment in the spring and fall to complete the enrollment task! ...... completion will be used as an important basis for the assessment of school work." The notice on the Zhanggong District under the jurisdiction of the water South Middle School, Water West Middle School and other nine secondary schools under the task of 803 enrollment.
Teachers also complained
"The Education Bureau's notice has added pressure on many middle schools." Shui Nan Secondary School, a teacher revealed that students do not want to go, but the above under the target, the school can only mobilize students, and then mobilize parents.
In order to meet the target, some schools have ranked the graduating class students, listed the students who usually have relatively poor academic performance, and repeatedly mobilized students and parents. "In fact, these are not part of the scope of our work, mobilizing students to study in vocational schools, if they can not learn the skills, can not find a job, and will blame us." A teacher complained.
Junior high school diversion is a short-sighted behavior
For parents' questions, Zhou Jianwei believes that the Education Bureau to implement the diversion program is in the same embarrassing situation.
"Zhanggong District this year's task is the district vocational school enrollment of 500 people, currently completed 430 people, these people have entered the vocational school." Zhou Jianwei said, finished not to be deducted points by higher authorities, and persuade students who have not graduated from junior high school to go to vocational school is indeed difficult. Parents believe that reading vocational schools do not necessarily find a job.
At a time when there is a serious shortage of vocational and technical personnel, promoting vocational education is an important policy of the state, while alleviating employment pressure. Zhou Jianwei admitted that some teachers in the student triage, publicity may have some words inappropriate, leading to students' parents in the understanding of the misunderstanding is there.
Gannan Normal College, College of Educational Sciences, the study of education allocation of Professor Chen believes that nine years of compulsory education is the basic education, is related to the overall improvement of the quality of the nation, the cultivation of technical personnel can not hit the idea of compulsory education, disguised as "junior high school diversion" form of a short-sighted behavior, but also highlights the dilemma of enrollment in the secondary school.