甘肃“县中振兴”工程显成效 圆农村学子“好校梦”

Core Viewpoint - The "County Middle School Revitalization" project in Gansu has shown significant results, enabling rural students to access quality education closer to home, with 89 out of the top 100 students in physics and history for the 2025 college entrance examination coming from county middle schools [1]. Group 1: Project Implementation and Funding - Gansu initiated the "County Middle School Revitalization" project two years ahead of the national schedule, focusing on enhancing educational quality in rural areas [3]. - The provincial government allocates 400 million yuan annually to support 20 county middle schools in improving their facilities and teaching quality [3]. - Since the project's implementation, 40 county middle schools have constructed or renovated 280,000 square meters of school buildings, added 130,000 square meters of sports facilities, and provided 46,000 teaching and information technology devices, resulting in 10,000 new student placements [3]. Group 2: Teacher Development and Educational Quality - The project has also led to the targeted training of 68 key teachers, including renowned principals and class teachers, through the "Four Famous" teacher cultivation program [3]. - There has been an annual increase of 14.5% in teachers participating in collective lesson preparation and a 19.4% increase in online training sessions [3]. Group 3: Educational Outcomes - By 2025, the average college entrance examination admission rate for the 40 "strong county middle schools" is expected to reach 81.97%, an increase of 9.2 percentage points from 2023 [4]. - The improvement in county middle school quality is helping to alleviate "high school entrance exam anxiety" and excessive school selection among rural students [4]. Group 4: Overall Investment and Educational Reform - Over the past five years, Gansu has invested 24.95 billion yuan in education, adding over 200,000 urban public school placements and more than 60,000 rural high school placements, while improving conditions for over 5,200 compulsory education schools [5]. - The province has established 836 educational groups covering 2,353 rural schools and facilitated support from over 1,000 urban quality kindergartens to nearly 3,000 rural and private kindergartens, promoting the sharing and descent of quality educational resources [5].