Southern *** December 18 A12-13 edition.
In April this year, Dongguan issued the "Guidelines for Research and Practice Education Activities for Primary and Secondary School Students in Dongguan City".
In the autumn, all primary and secondary schools in Dongguan have successively carried out research activities, and Nandu has focused on the research issues in Dongguan and carried out a series of reports. Combined with the existing complaints related to primary and secondary schools on the Internet since September, the reporter openly solicited social suggestions and opinions, and found that some schools in the process of carrying out research trips, there are problems of high costs, mandatory participation, and lack of transparency in the selection process of research institutions, which still need to be optimized by relevant departments and schools and other parties, so as to effectively standardize the research and practice education activities of primary and secondary school students in Dongguan City and promote the healthy development of research and practice education activities.
At present, study trips have become an important part of primary and secondary education. On the evening of December 15, the Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau said that in order to further strengthen the guidance and supervision of research work, actively respond to people's livelihood concerns, and respond to the new situation, new requirements and new problems of research work, the bureau issued in April this year on the basis of the "Dongguan City Primary and Secondary School Students' Research and Practice Education Activities Work Guidelines" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines"), formulated and issued the "Dongguan City to Further Strengthen the Management of Primary and Secondary School Students' Research and Practice Education Activities". Again, we should go all out to create a good education ecology.
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Question 1 Selection Body.
10 schools selected the same travel agency.
Some have questioned the fairness of tenders for research institutions.
In April this year, the Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau jointly issued the "Guidelines" with multiple departments, clarifying the organization, management, and fees of research and practice education activities.
Nandu reporters noticed that on November 15, an anonymous person posted a post entitled "Report Zhongtang Education Office Collusion with Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency to Monopolize Research" on the Dongguan Sunshine ** Politics Platform. The publisher mentioned that Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency "internally scheduled" the research and travel activities of many schools in Zhongtang Town, questioned the fairness of the town's research bidding, and suspected that the relevant parties in Zhongtang and the travel agency had black-box operations. At the same time, the publisher also claimed that Chajiao Primary School had less than three bidders to give on-site lectures during the selection, and it was illegal to still select Huayue Travel Agency when it was necessary to re-tender. In addition, the publisher also said that the number of people who purchased social security in the travel agency was only 1, questioning its lack of strength.
At the moment, the official reply to the post reads: "Dear citizens, hello!Your cancellation request has been accepted and the ticket has been cancelled for you. ”
According to public information, in the past two months, a number of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Zhongtang Town have issued announcements on the selection of research institutions through their own WeChat, and they plan to select third-party institutions for research and practice education activities in the fall of 2023. According to the information published by many schools in Zhongtang, when the school selects research institutions, it will organize parent representatives and teacher representatives to set up a third-party organization selection team (some schools include student representatives), and according to the qualifications, experience, service level, charging standards and route design of the participating units, the selection team will conduct a comprehensive score on the participating institutions, and finally select the cooperative institutions responsible for the research activities of the school.
The reporter combed and found that after the selection time, Dongguan Zhongtang Town Central Primary School Education Group, Zhongtang Town Second Primary School, Dongguan Zhongtang Town Third Primary School, Zhongtang Town Fourth Primary School, Chajiao Primary School, Zhongtang Huiwen Primary School, Zhongtang Sunshine Baby Kindergarten, Zhongtang Pengxiang Primary School, Zhongtang Xingchen School, Zhongtang Chaoyang School and other at least 10 schools publicized the selection results of third-party institutions for research travel, and the selected institutions were all Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency***
According to the data of the national enterprise credit information publicity system, the address of Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency is located in Zhongtang Town, Dongguan City. The main business activities of the enterprise are tourism business. Its 2022 annual report shows that the number of people insured by social security is 1.
At noon on November 22, the reporter from Nandu went to the address of Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency at the intersection of Xinhetian Road, National Highway 107, Zhongtang Town, and its gate was closed, and no one was seen indoors. On the same day, the reporter called the person in charge of the travel agency, who politely declined the interview and suggested asking the Zhongtang Education Management Center.
Town Correctional Center: The selection process is in line with the regulations There is no private decision
In response to the above-mentioned questioning, on November 23, the Zhongtang Town Education Management Center responded to a reporter from Nandu that the center has held several special meetings for campus selection and research institutions, requiring all campuses to conduct open selection in strict accordance with the standardized process. Each campus also discloses the institution's registered capital, registration period, complaint records, integrity records, economic dispute records, research organization experience, research design plans and other aspects of the institution's selection records. The center welcomes qualified institutions to participate in the research and selection of Zhongtang Town Campus.
On the issue of alleged violations in the selection process of Chajiao Primary School, Zhongtang Town Education Management Center introduced that on the afternoon of November 8, Chajiao Primary School held a selection meeting for research institutions, and a total of 15 members participated in the review, including 10 parent representatives, 2 student representatives, and 3 teacher representatives, with parents and students accounting for 80%. There are 4 companies that originally signed up to participate in the research selection, namely Hanbu Education Technology *** Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency *** Guangdong East Travel International Travel Agency *** and China International Travel Service (Dongguan) ** There are 3 companies that actually arrived on the same day, namely Hanbu Education Technology *** Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency *** Guangdong East Trip International Travel Agency *** Among them, the contact person of China International Travel Service (Dongguan) ** said on the day of selection that he could not participate due to a traffic accident. The entire selection process complies with relevant regulations, and the review committee scores on the spot, and there is no black-box operation such as private decision-making.
In response to the problem that the number of social security participants in Dongguan Huayue Travel Agency is only 1 person, the relevant person in charge of the Zhongtang Town Education Management Center explained to the reporter that the relevant documents of the current study do not set the requirements for checking the number of social security personnel. As long as the institution is in line with the formal bidding process, "there is no saying that one company cannot undertake research from multiple schools, and there is no provision in this regard".
After the reporter checked the "Guidelines", there was no requirement for the number of insured persons of research institutions. So, in the research activities where there are hundreds of travelers, how can a travel agency with only one person participating in the insurance organize a student outing?
On November 24, the relevant person in charge of the Zhongtang Town Propaganda and Education Office introduced to the reporter of Nandu: "The travel agency may only go to find (tour guides) after receiving business, and in the past few years of the epidemic, many tour guides may not be done in travel agencies, (when there is a need to go out) the travel agency may find them back, and the research policy itself does not clearly stipulate whether the tour guide is an employee of a travel agency." ”
The relevant person in charge of the mission and education office said that the travel agency specializes in research activities, and has cooperated more with schools in Zhongtang in the past, and it may be that school parents and teachers will favor institutions with cooperation experience in the past. For past research activities, the travel agency will arrange the corresponding tour guide to lead the group, and confirm that there is a tour guide card.
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Question 2 Research base.
Travel agencies are selected only when they are designated as research bases.
Question whether the parents of the students have been consulted.
In the process of organizing research institutions, due to the cost and third-party issues involved, it is important for the school to be open and transparent in the process of selecting research institutions. In the process of soliciting research problems in primary and secondary schools in Dongguan City and sorting out online clues, it was found that there were also individual voices concerned about how to choose research bases and research institutions in schools.
A parent told a reporter from Nandu that the primary school of a private school in Dongguan designated a research base in Wanjiang in the research plan before selecting a travel agency to lead a group trip through an open way, questioning whether the school consulted the majority of students or parents in the process of confirming the visit to the research base.
Guidelines: Schools should enhance the transparency of the selection of service providers
After reviewing the content of the "Research Base" in the Guidelines, it is found that the school, as the main body of the organization, can directly carry out activities with the base or cooperate with third-party institutions according to the research and practice education work plan. The guidelines also mention that before the organization of the event, the university should openly and fairly select the research and practice base or a third-party organization, and the recruitment announcement and the selection results (including the signatures of the selection team members) should be publicized.
It is understood that the "Guidelines" clearly emphasize that the school should improve the transparency of the selection of service providers. According to the guidelines, the school can entrust qualified research and practice service institutions to organize and implement research and practice activities, and the selected service units can be determined by inviting the organization to participate in the competition, and the number of enterprises participating in the competition shall not be less than 3 in principle. The recruitment announcement and the results of the selection (including the signatures of the selection team members of the selection research and practice service institutions) shall be publicized in the school for at least one week. The selection panel must include student representatives, parent representatives, and teacher representatives, of which no less than 60% are parent representatives, and no less than 80% are student and parent representatives.
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Question 3 Fees for research.
A one-day study in the city costs more than 200 yuan.
Some parents think that the cost is too high and burdensome.
Since September, many parents in Dongguan have complained about research problems on the online political platform. To this end, Nandu continues to pay attention to and solicit opinions and complaints from the society, in order to promote more standardized research in primary and secondary schools through first-class reporting and supervision.
After sorting out the problems reported by parents, many children in primary school spend more than 200 yuan a day to study in Dongguan City organized by the school, while children in middle school often need to go to other cities or even provinces, often ranging from thousands of yuan or thousands of yuan. "For example, I have more than one child in my family, and when the school is going to start a study in the fall, both children come home and ask me for money, which is a big burden for ordinary families. Mr. Liu, a parent, said.
A parent whose child is in the fourth grade of a private primary school in Hengli said that the child participated in a research activity organized by the school on December 13 and went to Tangxia Happy Garden, charging 230 yuan per student, while the *** on the short ** platform only costs 99 yuan, questioning the inflated fees.
According to the primary school's public research and practice activity plan, the school organized all 900 students to go to Tangxia Happy Pastoral with a fee of 230 yuan, and the arrangement of research and practice courses included "Walking with Dinosaurs" and "Dream Pastoral". After the reporter's inquiry of the short ** platform, it was found that the *** grid provided by Tangxia Happy Pastoral was from 299 to 130 yuan, of which 99The 9 yuan item is "single full-day ticket + mobile game".
On December 11, a reporter from Nandu called the moral education department of the primary school as a parent to inquire about the fees. A teacher surnamed Zhou introduced that the school included many projects in this study, except for some special projects with height restrictions, all of which are passes. For example, the children's fare, meals, research course fees, insurance, drinking water, a full day's activity fees, and the cost of the tour guide teacher are all included in the 230 yuan, which are not included in the ticket of the short ** platform.
Travel Agency: Includes fares, meals and additional items
Mr. Yao, a travel agency officer in charge of the research activity, also gave a similar explanation to reporters. He said that the 230 yuan research fee includes the cost of transportation, meals and additional items. "The fare of 50 yuan per student is definitely needed, and the four-course lunch provided by the kitchen for the students also needs 20 or 30 yuan. The cost also includes the help of the travel agency to buy insurance, drinking water, etc., and the travel agency has also added a program so that each student can experience planting in the fields of the happy field.
You drive there yourself, and the cost of gas, tolls, plus having a meal there, is much higher than that. Mr. Yao said.
The reporter learned that the "Guidelines" also stipulate that the staff of schools, bases, and undertaking institutions shall not seek improper benefits in kickbacks or any other way.
Question 4 Participation.
If you don't participate in the study, the head teacher ** will come.
Parental complaints about "voluntary" become mandatory.
Parents and students decide whether to participate in this research and practice activity on a voluntary basis. This is a sentence that most schools in Dongguan will mention in their letters to parents before carrying out research activities. However, it is not uncommon for parents to report that they have been forced or disguised to participate in research studies.
A parent in Chang'an Town mentioned to a reporter from Nandu that recently, he paid 233 yuan to a travel agency under the organization of the school to let the sixth-grade children participate in a research course at a university in Dongguan City from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., but the principle of voluntary participation cannot be fully reflected before participation.
He said that the school's research plan notifies families to voluntarily participate in the registration in the name of teachers or schools, "even if I don't think it is meaningful, it can't stand some parents who want to go, and it is open to the individual voluntary, so sometimes as a parent is very passive." If the vote is held by secret ballot, it will be more likely that parents' choices will not be "morally kidnapped" if they support a certain percentage of participants to participate voluntarily.
Another parent, Ms. Huang, said: "Parents don't want their children to participate in activities, and as soon as they fill in their wishes, the head teacher's ** called to inquire about the situation, which is an invisible pressure." Another anonymous parent mentioned: "If the child does not sign up, the class teacher is on the list of parents @ parents." ”
In mid-November this year, some users reported on the Dongguan online governance platform that the parent information letter issued by the 2023 research project of Dongguan Changping Middle School clearly stated that the principle of parentalism and students is that students who do not go to study will be taken home by their parents and visit museums and other local Xi to obtain corresponding credits, "However, behind the scenes, the head teacher pressures the students, and if they do not go to study, they will stay in school Xi for three days." It believes that the content of the letter of knowledge is to deceive parents and students, and to force them to study by staying in school and Xi themselves.
Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau: The school has interviewed individual class teachers
In this regard, the Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau made a public response. According to the Municipal Education Bureau, Changping Middle School found in the investigation that some class teachers said that students who did not participate in research and practice activities would arrange for self-Xi at school. At present, the school has interviewed individual class teachers, requiring the class teachers to implement the research and practice plan in accordance with the provisions of the school, and the school reiterated at the meeting that the research and practice education activities are voluntary, and students shall not be forced to participate in research and practice activities. For students who do not participate in the school's unified research and practice activities, parents will lead the students to conduct independent research and practice, and can obtain corresponding credits through volunteer activities, labor practice, social services, etc.
The above-mentioned problems such as high costs, mandatory participation, and lack of transparency in the selection process of research institutions still need to be jointly optimized by relevant departments and schools, so as to effectively standardize the research and practice education activities of primary and secondary school students in Dongguan and promote the healthy development of research and practice education activities.
The mapping is generated by Tencent's hybrid model.
Study 3 questions
Can the public welfare principle of research be realized?
In 2018, 12 departments including the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education issued the "Implementation Opinions on Promoting Research Trips for Primary and Secondary School Students", which mentioned that it is necessary to establish a funding mechanism for research trips. All localities can adopt a variety of forms and channels to raise funds for primary and secondary school students' research trips, and explore the establishment of a diversified funding mechanism jointly borne by schools, society, and families. In fact, the implementation opinion is valid for three years, and although the implementation opinion is now invalid, the pressure on parents from the high cost of research has not disappeared.
In the "Guidelines", the principle of public welfare is listed as one of the basic principles, requiring that research and practice shall not carry out profit-making business income generation, and students from poor families should be exempted from fees.
When organizing and ensuring that schools carry out research activities, the relevant departments should reduce the burden of research expenditures on ordinary or poor families, and control the reasonable profits of third parties through supervision, so as to effectively implement the principle of public welfare.
How can I not be forced to participate in the study?
The Guidelines emphasize that parents and students should adhere to the principle of voluntary participation in the activities, and participation is not compulsory. Parents and students decide whether to participate in this research and practice activity on a voluntary basis. This is a sentence that most schools in Dongguan will mention in their letters to parents before carrying out research activities.
However, judging from the situation reported by parents, there will still be hidden coercion in the process of organizing and carrying out research activities in schools. Under the premise that the "Guidelines" document has clearly set out the requirements, in the actual level of communication between schools and parents and students, how to avoid the perception of "forced" by parents and students as much as possible still needs more wisdom from relevant departments, schools and teachers.
How to make the selection of research institutions more transparent?
At present, many schools in Dongguan have carried out research activities according to the "Guidelines", thus accumulating excellent cases of organizational research. Some secondary schools will issue an announcement before the selection body and openly invite parents to sign up to form a representative of the selection panel. However, the reporter found that there are still some schools that have designated the research base in advance before the public selection of travel agencies, or have not publicized the names of the members of the selection team when publicizing the results of the research institutions.
Schools should be cautious and transparent in organizing study tours because of the fees and third parties involved. The relevant departments need to be more detailed and patient to urge schools and third parties to complete the procedures, so that every link is well-documented and traceable, so as to eliminate doubts from the outside world as much as possible.
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Response. The education department in Dongguan has introduced new measures
"Supervise primary and secondary school research."
The study in the city is within 200 yuan per student
Free routes must also be provided
Under the complaints and concerns of the public, the Dongguan education department has "increased" the supervision of primary and secondary schools. On the evening of December 15, the Dongguan Municipal Education Bureau said that in order to further strengthen the guidance and supervision of research work, actively respond to people's livelihood concerns, and respond to the new situation, new requirements and new problems of research work, the bureau has formulated and issued "Several Measures for Dongguan City to Further Strengthen the Management of Research and Practice Education Activities for Primary and Secondary School Students" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures") on the basis of the "Guidelines" issued in April this year, and refined, sorted out and re-emphasized the key links and key parts of the research activities, and went all out to create a good education ecology.
Strictly regulate the management of fees
If the fee exceeds 1,000 yuan, it must be filed with the superior
Measures" require that the management of fees be strictly regulated. Research and practice education activities should adhere to the principle of public welfare, and must not carry out profit-oriented business income generation, and students from poor families should be exempted or exempted from fees. The school, the organizer, and the parent representatives should jointly calculate the travel cost of the research and practice education activities organized by the school, the organizer, and the parent representatives. Fees and expenditures should be publicized to students and parents in a timely manner to ensure that all students and parents are aware.
Combined with the current reality, Dongguan will try out the following measures for one year (from December 2023 to December 2024): If research and practice education activities are carried out in the city, the fee standard for each student is generally within 200 yuan;Each time the school organizes research and practice education activities, the lines with a charging standard of less than 1,000 yuan per student must reach more than two-thirds of all available routes. If the school organizes and carries out research and practice education activities with a fee standard of more than 1,000 yuan per student per time, it shall make a written explanation and report it to the higher education management department for the record. If the school organizes fee-based research and practice education activities, it must also provide free research and practice routes in the city, and ensure that the free research and practice routes in the city selected by students are successfully traveled, and the school teachers lead the team.
Voluntary participation is strictly enforced
Parents and students must not be induced in any way
Measures emphasize that schools should strictly implement voluntary participation. Adhere to the principle of voluntary participation of parents and students, fully respect the willingness of students and parents to choose, and must not in any way coerce, disguised coercion, induce, or persuade parents and students to participate in fee-based research and practice education activities.
Before traveling, for students who voluntarily do not participate in the research and practice education activities organized by the school, the school should make proper arrangements on the basis of fully respecting the wishes of parents and students, and ensure the Xi, life, and safety of students who voluntarily stay in school. High schools with comprehensive practice credit requirements (schools in the compulsory education stage do not have comprehensive practice credit requirements) should clearly inform all students and parents that comprehensive practice activities include volunteer service, party activities, community service, research practice, vocational experience, etc., and students can obtain corresponding credits by participating in or participating in relevant activities organized by the school, and provide standardized guidelines for obtaining corresponding credits.
Strictly regulate the selection of institutions
The selected institution shall not be subcontracted
The measures make it clear that the selection of institutions should be strictly regulated. All schools should further strengthen the openness, fairness and transparency of the selection of institutions undertaking research and practice education activities, and allow service organizations to participate in the on-site selection as long as they have the corresponding qualifications. Before the on-site selection, all parents and students should be informed of the time, place, name of the organization participating in the selection, the main process of selection, and the voting rights of parents and students through a letter to parents at least 5 working days in advance, and ensure that at least 2 students and parent representatives are sent to each classParents who wish to participate in the selection process can participate as long as they sign upAt least 2 representatives of the Inspectorate will also be invited to participate in the selection meeting.
When signing an agreement with the selected institution, it should be clearly stipulated that the selected institution shall not subcontract the research and practice education activities to other institutions. Schools must not cooperate with institutions that do not meet their qualifications, have subcontracting, violations, fail to fulfill service commitments, have major safety accidents, have poor reputation, and other problems to carry out research and practice education activities.
Strictly implement information disclosure
Parents must be informed of the five items of information, such as evaluation and fees
Measures emphasize the need to strictly implement information disclosure, including:
Disclosure of requirements. Before the selection meeting of the research and practice organizer, the school should release the demand for research and practice education activities to the society through the campus network, WeChat*** and other channels, so that the interested organizers can sign up to participate within the effective time, and the time for announcing the needs of the activity shall not be less than 20 natural days. The Municipal Education Bureau and the town street (park) education management center should set up a research and practice column in the unit, and timely release the announcement of the school's research and practice needs.
Scheme disclosure. The school organizes the formulation of the selection plan, and after the selection working group reviews and approves, the selection plan will be publicly released on the school's campus network and WeChat. The plan must include the information of all participating organizers (including enterprise name, qualifications, service capabilities, business records, courses, charging standards and other information).
The judging is open. The school held an on-site review meeting to select the organizer. The time, place and main agenda of the selection meeting will be disclosed on the school's campus network and WeChat at least 7 working days in advance, and the open-door review will be implemented. The school should video record the entire selection meeting.
The results are public. After the review, the school will publicize the selection results through the campus publicity column, public notice board, campus network, school WeChat, etc., and the publicity content should at least: the introduction of the selected organizer, the details of the route (daily itinerary), the details of the fees (the details of the student fees for each route and the details of the fees charged by the school staff), the accommodation standards, the means of transportation and the research courses (including the course theme, content, location, duration, educational significance), etc., and the publicity time shall not be less than 7 working days. If there is no objection during the publicity period, or the relevant reflected issues are effectively handled, the contract can be signed. The municipal and town education management departments shall collect and summarize the research and practice education activities of their subordinate schools and disclose them in a timely manner.
Fees are disclosed. Within one week after the end of the activity, the school shall disclose the detailed income and expenditure of the research and practice education activities (including the total amount of fees, transportation, accommodation, catering, tickets, insurance, taxes, and the total labor fees of third-party institutions, as well as the charging standards for each student and the average transportation, accommodation, catering, tickets, insurance, and labor expenses of third-party institutions borne by each student) to parents through class groups, a letter to parents, campus network, WeChat***, etc., to ensure that all parents of students participating in the activity are aware.
In addition, the "Measures" also make strict provisions on the implementation of management responsibilities, strengthening safety management, standardizing the selection of routes, and implementing accountability.
Issue 144 in total
Written by: Nandu reporter Huang Jiafeng.