At the two national sessions held in March this year, a representative of the National People’s Assembly proposed reducing the percentage of English teaching exams to create cultural pride and confidence in the culture. The Ministry of Education responded on Friday, saying that the percentage of foreign language tuition in primary and secondary schools has fallen below that of subjects such as Chinese, physical education and art.
According to the response of the Ministry of Education, some deputies have proposed at the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress to reduce the share of teaching English and the share of English in exams. Describing the current situation as “to the extent that it is also somewhat warped”.
The National People’s Assembly suggestion also mentioned that time spent teaching English should be used to augment or augment the teaching of traditional Chinese culture, such as piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so that children can being exposed to Chinese culture at a critical moment when their worldview is being formed increases cultural pride and self-confidence.
In this regard, on Friday the Ministry of Education stressed that the share of hours of foreign language lessons in primary and secondary schools is currently lower than that of Chinese and other subjects. Specifically, the “Study plan of compulsory schooling (2022 edition)” provides that the share of teaching hours for each subject is: Chinese 20% -22%, mathematics 13% -15%, physical education and health 10% -11%, foreign language 6% -8%. The hours of foreign language lessons are significantly less than those of Chinese, mathematics, physical education, art and other subjects.
The Ministry of Education reiterated that the current organization of the unified foreign language exam is determined according to the high-level design of the reform of the university entrance exam by the central government, stressing that the authorities attach great importance the reform of the content of the university entrance examination system.
The Ministry of Education said the next step will be to strengthen curricular training and implementation orientation for primary and secondary schools, organize the revision of textbooks for compulsory education, continue to promote the implementation of the textbook construction plan for primary and secondary schools and university textbook management methods, deepen the comprehensive reform of the college entrance examination and further strengthen the Chinese tradition of excellence. guide students to strengthen their cultural self-esteem and consciously promote excellent traditional Chinese culture.
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