HCB Chapter 44 Education in Gushanling Township
Chapter 44 Education in Gushanling Township
The township also wanted to pay the teachers' salaries in full, but the township's fiscal revenue was limited.
The township government and its directly affiliated units must be given priority in receiving the allowance; otherwise, the township's work cannot proceed normally.
Among teachers, township finances should prioritize guaranteeing the salaries of public school teachers.
Qi Tongwei understood why the township head, Yan Maoqing, wanted to assign him responsibility for culture, education, transportation, and industry and commerce.
Of these four tasks, education is currently the most important, and the primary tasks are to improve the college entrance examination pass rate in primary and secondary schools and solve the problem of teachers' salaries.
Regarding the college entrance examination pass rate, Qi Tongwei believes that it is still necessary to improve the quality of teaching.
The solution to teachers' salaries should start with township finances, increasing township revenue.
Gushanling Township has no industry, and its fiscal revenue mainly comes from the "three levies and five unified charges" and fines.
But this aspect has already been basically perfected, and it's very difficult to improve it further.
Therefore, we should start with industry and commerce, and increase the township's fiscal revenue by developing industry and commerce.
To develop industry and commerce, we must solve the transportation problem. The first step is to level and solidify the road from the county seat to Gushanling Township.
Then, several roads were built from the township to the villages below, starting with the roads leading to the nearest villages and then the roads leading to the farthest villages.
Or build a road leading to a distant village, connecting several villages along the way.
Qi Tongwei believes that vegetable cultivation and mountain products are industries with good potential.
Especially mountain products, many of which are Chinese herbal medicines.
There are also chestnuts. Qi Tongwei bought some more beforehand and asked Lingxia Village and Qingshui Village to plant them as well.
After they sold the vegetables, Qi Tongwei encouraged the villagers from the four villages of Lingshang, Ling'an, Lingxia, and Qingshui to buy a few kilograms and plant them.
Once the chestnut trees grow into a forest and bear fruit, it will become another growth point.
Once developed, it will not only increase the income of all the people in the township, but also increase their consumption.
This will boost business in local shops, promote commercial development in the township, and thus increase fiscal revenue.
Qi Tongwei felt that the task was arduous and the road ahead was long.
In addition, the mountains of Gushanling should be thoroughly investigated to see if there is anything else that can be developed.
Qi Tongwei arrived at the Education Office with a notebook and a pen. Since the director of the Education Office, Liu Jiahao, did not come to report on his work, he came to the Education Office himself to learn about the work.
"Comrade, who are you looking for?"
A female colleague from the education office asked, "Is she the only one in the entire education office?"
"Hello, comrade, I am Qi Tongwei, the newly appointed deputy township head. Is your director here?"
Qi Tongwei introduced himself. The cadres in the township should have heard of him, but many people had never seen him.
Previously, at the agricultural technology station, Qi Tongwei's life was very routine, and he didn't have much contact with local officials.
Seeing that the only person in the Education Office was this woman, Qi Tongwei became even more dissatisfied with the Education Office.
"Hello, Mayor Qi, our director is not here!"
The woman was startled and quickly stood up. She had thought the man was a teacher, but she never expected him to be the newly appointed deputy township head.
"Where did your director go? And where's your deputy director? Is he here?"
Qi Tongwei found a stool, sat down, and then asked.
The Education Office is also a directly subordinate department of the township, with one director and one deputy director, who are also section-level cadres and middle-level cadres in the township.
They manage all the primary and secondary schools and teachers in the township.
"I don't know, he didn't tell me. The deputy director is on leave and won't be coming to work for the next couple of days."
The woman said that the leader wouldn't tell her what he was doing when he went out; maybe he went to meet some female teacher in secret.
"Comrade, what is your name?"
Qi Tongwei asked, "This woman is in her forties, not very old."
"Mayor Qi, my name is Hou Liangping! Have some water!"
The woman poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Qi Tongwei.
"Thank you, Comrade Hou Liangping. Please sit down and tell me about the education situation in our township!"
Qi Tongwei was startled by the woman's name. If he didn't know that Hou Liangping had no sisters, he would have thought that this was Hou Liangping's older sister.
"Okay, Mayor Qi, our township has one middle school and 206 primary schools."
The middle school only has junior high school, and of the 206 primary schools, there is 1 complete primary school and 205 village primary schools.
205所村小中，教到5年级的有45所，教到4年级的有70所，教到2年级的有90所。
There are 207 primary and secondary schools with a total of 8600 students and 320 teachers.
Of the 8600 students, there are 500 preschool students, 7700 primary school students, and 400 junior high school students.
Of the 320 teachers, 75 are public school teachers, 90 are substitute teachers, and 155 are private school teachers.
The school admission rates are as follows: 13% for primary school to junior high school, 11% for junior high school to senior high school, and 15% for junior high school to vocational school.
The main problems with education in our township are low college entrance examination pass rates, dilapidated school buildings, and serious delays and arrears in teacher salaries.
Hou Liangping gave a detailed introduction to the education situation in Gushanling Township.
"Thank you, Comrade Hou Liangping. Please compile a detailed report for me later, including information on the teachers' salary arrears."
From your introduction, you seem to be a very serious person.
Work hard, and the organization will not let down those who are willing to work hard.
"I share an office with Township Head Wang Ziwen. The desk near the door is mine; you can just put your documents on it when you need them."
Qi Tongwei said that he had also made notes in his notebook, but he needed more detailed information.
He felt that this female comrade, whose name was very similar to Hou Liangping's, was a good cadre, and that this kind of dedicated comrade was needed for his work.
The education situation in Gushanling Township is very unfavorable. There are so many students, but very few junior high school students, not to mention senior high school and vocational school students, who are pitifully few.
As for teachers, there are too many substitute teachers and private school teachers.
Private school teachers are also a type of substitute teacher, except that they are teachers hired by the school leaders themselves.
There are a surprising 155 privately-run teachers in Gushanling Township.
This is despite the fact that since the 80s, the country has begun to comprehensively rectify the rural private school teacher workforce, some unqualified private school teachers have been withdrawn, and many people have left the teaching profession due to financial pressures.
Substitute teachers are teachers who are approved and hired by education departments at the county level or above, but they do not receive the same benefits as public school teachers.
However, very few public school teachers are assigned each year, which is insufficient to fill the vacancies.
The problems facing Qi Tongwei are not only teachers' salaries, but also the shortage of teachers.
"Yes, Mayor Qi."
Hou Liangping said excitedly, "Qi Tongwei was promoted to deputy township head right after his official appointment. His future prospects are limitless."
If I can gain his approval, I might actually have a chance to become a leader.
After leaving the Education Office, Qi Tongwei went to the broadcasting station, the bus station, and the Industrial and Commercial Bureau, but without exception, neither the head nor the deputy head of any of them was there.
Qi Tongwei could understand that his official position wasn't being filled, because the Wan family had given them prior notice, intending to embarrass him.
But the deputy was not there either, which made Qi Tongwei feel a little strange. Could it be that Wan Jiaxian had also spoken to them?
When the head and deputy head were not present, Qi Tongwei would ask ordinary cadres for information. Some people tried to brush him off, but Qi Tongwei severely criticized them on the spot.
They not only criticized the other party for not taking their work seriously, but also criticized the work style of their unit.