In the impression of many people, the Children's Palace and these rich extracurricular activities are the patents of urban children. However, with the continuous progress of the construction of children's palace in rural schools in recent years, the patents of urban children in the past are rapidly covering rural schools, and Songkadian Town Central Primary School is one of them.
The Children's Palace of Songkadian Town Central Primary School is open every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, and junior high school students can also come on weekends. Cao, the principal of the school, said: "The school has built the Children's Palace, which further narrows the gap with urban primary schools. The Children's Palace in rural schools not only gives children a place for activities, but also becomes a platform for implementing the concept of quality education in rural areas. "
Xia Weidong, full-time deputy director of the Central Civilization Office, said at the National Promotion Meeting of Children's Palace Project in Rural Schools held recently: "The Children's Palace Project in Rural Schools has further played an important role in strengthening the ideological and moral construction of rural minors, enriching rural students' extracurricular cultural life and improving their comprehensive quality. "
It is understood that in the past eight years, the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Education have invested more than 5.5 billion yuan in the central special lottery public welfare fund to support the construction of rural schools 16536 Children's Palace. While the role of Children's Palace in rural schools has gradually emerged, the project construction has also been rapidly promoted and improved, and new important progress has been made.
According to Xia Weidong, in the past year, the Children's Palace in rural schools has been built and put into use 1.600, and this year, it will start construction 1.300; Innovate and implement the pilot program of volunteer service in children's palace of rural schools to effectively alleviate the shortage of teachers in poverty-stricken areas; The management system of children's palace in rural schools in China has been developed and used, and the project operation has been further institutionalized and standardized.
With more and more children's palaces rooted in rural schools and the continuous introduction of supporting resources such as teachers, some areas actively explore local characteristics and gradually form scale and brand advantages, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of them.
It is reported that since 20 1 1, 866 children's palaces in rural schools have been built in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Among them, the central special lottery public welfare fund invested 65.438+0.7 billion yuan to build 480 schools, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Livelihood Project invested 24 million yuan to build 1.30 schools, and foreign aid funds and local finance invested 76.5438+0 million yuan to build 256 schools, benefiting more than 6.5438+0 million minors of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang.
Important new progress has been made in the construction of children's palace in rural schools, but the coverage rate is not high enough. The quality of children's palaces in some rural schools is not high, and the lack of professional counselors in children's palaces in rural schools in poor areas can not be ignored.
In view of the shortcomings in the current construction of children's palaces in rural schools, many places across the country have explored solutions according to local conditions. With the help of "overseas Chinese", Fujian Province has vigorously promoted the construction of children's palaces in rural schools, and a large number of overseas Chinese in the province have generously donated hundreds of millions of yuan; The operation mode of innovative project construction, management and use in Jilin Province has promoted the institutionalization and scientific work of children's palace in rural schools.
Building children's palace in rural schools is the foundation, making good use of it is the purpose, and teachers are the key. Changsha, Hunan Province vigorously carried out cultural volunteers to enter the children's palace of rural schools and pairing assistance activities between civilized units and the children's palace of rural schools; The China Federation of Literary and Art Circles conducted pilot training for art teachers in children's palace in rural schools in Luoyang, Henan, Kunming and Chuxiong, Yunnan.
Xia Weidong said, "By 2020, we plan to have 1 children's palaces for rural schools in all towns and villages in national poverty-stricken counties, so as to better serve the national precise poverty alleviation strategy".
Excerpted from People's Daily (2065438+May 25, 2008, 06 edition)