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As a part of the education ecology, primary and secondary school competitions aim to stimulate students' interest in learning and improve their overall quality. However, in recent years, some unregulated competitions, the so-called "black races", have appeared frequently, which has aroused social attention and discussion. This phenomenon not only reflects the lack of competition supervision, but also highlights the pursuit of diverse learning needs of parents and students.
Although the Ministry of Education has successively announced a series of competition white lists, the "black competition" is still repeatedly banned. Regulators face a series of challenges in terms of inspection and punishment, including information asymmetry and inadequate regulatory tools. According to a recent notice issued by the Ministry of Education, some illegal competitions are even carried out in the name of research trips, making supervision more difficult.
The regulation of competitions needs to focus on two aspects. First of all, the education department needs to further improve the competition evaluation mechanism, strengthen the review of competition qualifications, raise the entry threshold, and strictly regulate the holding of competition activities. Secondly, the law enforcement department should increase the intensity of supervision, investigate and deal with illegal competition behaviors in a timely manner, and severely punish the relevant responsible persons to form a deterrent effect.
However, the reason why the "black competition" has been repeatedly banned also reflects the pursuit of diverse learning needs of parents and students. Classroom teaching in the traditional education model is no longer able to meet their needs, so they turn to a wider range of challenging learning opportunities, including participation in various competitions.
Parental anxiety is one of the important reasons for children to participate in competitive activities. The excessive focus on academic performance and concerns about highly competitive industries has led to parents being overly invested in their children's education. They hope to enhance their children's competitiveness through competitions for better development in the future.
On the other hand, students themselves also have their own cognitive needs for competition activities. They are eager to validate their learning, expand their knowledge, develop problem-solving skills, and develop their teamwork and communication skills through competitions.
In the current educational context, there is a need for an educational transformation from excessive competition to all-round development. Competitions should be part of education, but should not be the only criterion for evaluation. Schools and families should work together to provide more diverse growth space for students, so that they can achieve all-round development in their learning.
To this end, it is necessary to establish a sound education ecosystem, including the joint efforts of educational institutions, education management departments, families and all parties in society. The rational allocation of educational resources, the innovation of educational concepts, and the diversification of educational evaluation are all important links in building a good education ecology.
In this process, it is necessary to pay attention to cultivating students' comprehensive quality and core competitiveness. Competitions can be used as one of the ways, but more importantly, we should pay attention to the cultivation of students' thinking ability, innovation consciousness, teamwork ability and other soft skills, so that they can have more advantages in the future competition.
In competitions, regulation and demand are two key factors that complement each other. Only under a sound regulatory system can we better meet the needs of students and parents and promote the healthy development of education. Therefore, it is necessary for all parties to work together to establish a harmonious and inclusive competition environment, so that every student can be fully developed and recognized on their own growth path.