Prophecy: Everyone will go to college.
Introduction. 
** During meetings with Tibetans in 1956, the importance of education, especially higher education, was emphasized. He predicted that the entire population would graduate from university, even though the illiteracy rate in the country was still high at that time.
He argues that university education is the key to modernizing the country, and that China's modern universities originated in the West and aimed to train the talents of the feudal ruling class.
Although China had universities as early as the Qing Dynasty, the real university education began after the Xinhai Revolution.
Mr. Cai Yuanpei was the key figure in making China have a real university education, and he changed Peking University and made it what it is today. Before Cai Yuanpei, Peking University only"Either rich or expensive"Most of these students are there to get a job, not to study.
However, the arrival of Cai Yuanpei changed this status quo, and he introduced educational reforms that made Peking University the beginning of modern higher education in China. His efforts have made university education more equitable and accessible to more people.
Cai Yuanpei: A President Who Gave Peking University a Makeover When Cai Yuanpei took over as president of Peking University in January 1917, the challenges he faced were enormous.
Students play mahjong all night, men and women live together, and suicides occur from time to time. The management of the school is a mess, and impersonation is commonplace. After-school life is even more insignificant, and rich teachers take students to Bada Hutong, which is synonymous with brothels in the old society.
Faced with such a situation, Cai Yuanpei was deeply worried. He is not only worried about the corrupt atmosphere of the school, but also worried that if these students continue to go on in society, how can the state rely on these young people to change the situation of backwardness and beating?
Reform is imperative. On his first day at Peking University, Cai Yuanpei hoped to create an equal academic research atmosphere. With the posture of bowing down to the teachers and students, he broke the old principal's official style.
Under his leadership, Peking University gradually transformed itself into an academic palace that attracted national attention. Although a hundred years have passed since history, Cai Yuanpei's spirit of reform is still worth learning.
He is a true educator, and he used his wisdom and courage to change the fate of Peking University and the history of education in China.
Cai Yuanpei, the father of Peking University, not only opened a new chapter in Chinese education, but also led a moral trend. In order to change the atmosphere of moral corruption among teachers and students in the school, he initiated and organized the "Jinde Association".
The Association has strictly stipulated the code of conduct for its members, from Class A members who do not engage in prostitution, gambling, or congenition to Class C members who are completely abstinent, aiming to promote the correct atmosphere of the whole school.
However, this reform has aroused attacks from conservatives, but Cai Yuanpei has always adhered to it and established a good trend for Peking University. Not only that, he hired a large number of professors with outstanding knowledge and open minds, including Chen Duxiu, Xia Yuanying, Hu Shi, Li Dazhao, Lu Xun, Liu Bannong, etc., making Peking University a platform for fierce confrontation of various academic and political views, creating an unprecedented academic atmosphere.
Cai Yuanpei's reforms and the hiring of professors not only promoted the progress of education in China, but also had a profound impact on the moral atmosphere of society.
Cai Yuanpei not only broke the threshold for teachers and students, but also encouraged all those who are interested in learning to come to the school to audit. He was the first principal to admit female students in the academic world, and this spirit of openness and inclusiveness provided students with a broad perspective and made them realize that the country and the nation needed their efforts.
This shift in thinking has had a profound impact on the country and society, as it has been said: "Without Peking University, presided over by Cai Yuanpei, there would have been no May Fourth New Culture Movement."
In the same way, ** is well aware of the importance of education, although the education of the old society is still limited to the family with the conditions, a country needs to reserve more talents to stand on the future.
He insisted that the country had just been established and that although the war had affected the access to education for many young people, now that the country had stabilized, education had to be taken seriously.
Therefore, the first step is to start with literacy so that more people can access education, which is undoubtedly a major contribution to the cause of education.
If the masses learn culture well and benefit for life, if they do not learn culture well, it is to a large extent the problem of the teachers, and our peasant compatriots have all worked hard, and they understand that peace and stability are not easy to come by, so they cherish it very much, and engaging in education is not a face-saving project, but the key is to implement it. ”
Thus, starting in 1950, a large-scale literacy campaign was launched across the country,1500 million people participated, and by 1965 the illiteracy rate had fallen from 80 percent to 57 percent, eliminating 1The 200 million illiterate people are a major breakthrough in China's history, which has had a profound impact on the country's development and people's lives.
FigIn the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the literacy campaign took an important step in popularizing the country's education, it was more concerned about the education of children.
Although he received an old-fashioned private school education when he was a child, he did not want fame and fortune, but to be able to take over the family business and manage the family business.
However, this thinking was common at the time, and many families were unable to send their children to school because of financial pressures. Even *** himself, he was almost unable to get an education because of financial reasons.
Luckily, he heard about a new school that taught new things from the West and adopted radical educational methods. This was the beginning of his exposure to new knowledge and the starting point for him to become a great leader.
Education is our responsibility, and we cannot give up on our children's future because we are poor |When he was young, he was unable to receive an education in time due to family conditions and his father's opposition, but he understood the importance of education and decided not to let others make the same mistakes.
He insisted that every child of school age should have access to education, and that he would increase the proportion of education funding, even if the state was squeezing for funds. He believes that education is our responsibility, and we cannot give up our children's future because they are poor.
In order to achieve this goal, he encouraged universities to send students to study abroad, hoping that they would bring back advanced knowledge and ideas and become the pillars of the country.
These views and actions make us deeply admired and moved. Like him, we should also value education and work hard for our children and the future
At 9:30 a.m. on August 13, 1958, accompanied by the leaders of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and the Tianjin Municipal Party Committee, ** came to Tianjin University for inspection. You may not know much about the predecessor of Tianjin University, Peiyang University, which is one of the earliest universities in China that we mentioned earlier.
When I heard that *** was coming, all the teachers and students of Tianjin University were boiling, ** just listened to the report, walked out of the building, and was greeted by enthusiastic students, they shouted all kinds of slogans, one after another, looking at the group of energetic students in front of them, ** felt very gratified.
Despite the hot August season, *** tirelessly communicated with the students and asked them about their studies. **During the inspection of the Tianjin University Machinery Factory, Zhang Meizhen, a second-year university student, was working in the factory.
After enthusiastically asking her name, he immediately threw out a question: "Do you think it's better to just read, or is it better to work and read like this?" * The questions were asked very carefully, and Zhang Meizhen also answered them one by one, and at the end, on behalf of the students, she gave a fineness meter made by her own labor to ***
**After the inspection of Tianjin University, three requirements were put forward: "First, the leadership of the party committee; the second is the mass line; The third is the combination of education and production and labor. According to the instructions, Tianjin University has strengthened practical teaching and focused on cultivating students' hands-on ability and innovation ability.
**In the early years of school, it was discovered that the school's curriculum was too heavy for students to have enough time to exercise. In 1917, he published "A Study of Physical Education" at the Hunan Provincial First Normal College, arguing that such a curriculum design would adversely affect students' physical and mental development.
Fig**Cordial condolences to the teachers and students of Tianjin University, pay attention to the health of studentsIn the process of building a new China, ** has always attached great importance to education. In view of the problem of students' excessive and intensive schoolwork and worrying health conditions, he specifically instructed Minister of Education Ma Xuyan to ask all schools to pay attention to students' health, supplemented by study.
He stressed that in the case of undernutrition, there should be an appropriate increase in funding, a reduction in the study and meeting time of pupils, and special treatment for sick and infirm pupils, as should be the case in all schools in the country.
In addition, he even personally inquired about the students' study and life, and immediately wrote to the head of the Central Propaganda Department to suggest that one-third of the total student activities should be cut off, so that students have more time to rest and recover.
For ***, education is not only the key to national development, but also an important topic that he always pays attention to. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the state has spared no effort in education, poured a large amount of manpower and material resources, and made important contributions to improving the quality of the whole people and promoting social development.
**In 1958, when he met with Tibetans, he had great hopes for the future of education in China. He hopes that in the next 100 years, the goal of all people in the country will be able to graduate from university.
I firmly believe that although the primary schools are not as good as the mainland, as long as they work hard, they will be able to catch up with them over time. He also stressed that universities should also be established to achieve this goal through progress year by year.
Time flies, and what was once a vision is now becoming a reality. As of 2021, 12 years of compulsory education have been universalized across the country, and China's illiteracy rate has been reduced to 267%。
What's more worth mentioning is that China's population above university level (including junior college) has reached 21.8 billion people, or 15 percent of the total population5%。This is a great affirmation of China's education and a vivid response to the chairman's vision back then.