Sunday, November 23, 2008

Jiedu Fei is a puppet of unequal educational resources


Ministry of Finance and the State Development and Reform Commission recently informed that a decision from the New Year's Day next year, the abolition of the national unity and stop the collection of 100 items of administrative charges, including a compulsory Jiedu Fei. Guangzhou, the news media will be carried out "localization", but not the same caliber. Some with certainty, Jie Du junior calculated each year up to the provincial Health 2,000; and some newspapers are cautiously optimistic because the city education bureau said, Guangzhou Jie Dufei no fees, more than 130,000 non-local household registration Hard to determine whether the benefit of students.

As a result, a policy aimed at reducing the burden of facing the urgent task at once, and that is looking for its target population, from their ambiguous reality of the screened-in. It appears to be quite difficult. In accordance with the educational administration department explained that on September 1 this year, has been the general practice of Health and Health Jiedu "fee" system, using two different sets of criteria for the charges. The latter book to pay high incidental former 500 yuan, is still non-call "Jiedu Fei" and the original unclear whether they are fee-charging system has long been "Xi Bai."

Only in that way, since their own inter-school district to another school Jie Du, we should have a choice fees, but in the compulsory education stage, the choice is not allowed to collect the fee, so Jiedu Fei to a certain extent, have become the "Optional School fees, "a substitute. Jie Dufei no name, but it's Jiedu Fei. In fact, it should be how to implement the national policy of relief is appropriate? The problem seems to be pushed back to square one, prices have to wait for the implementation of rules issued by the department. We can see that the reality of education will always be better than some more radical policy, the policy test of the same motives and ability to complete intended to honor. However, Jiedu Fei's name does not involve a fundamental change, just go to dwell on it, but we can not see the problem. Public opinion, also showed that parents have more than Jiedu Fei, and more complex anxiety.

In actual circumstances, for those who can not seek power for their children's education resource people, overtly or covertly, even if Jiedu Fei pose a financial burden, but at least provides a channel to enable the next generation may, by a sense of the transaction by the To enter foreign schools. Jiedu Fei and institutionalized is the consolidation of the channel, described as unfair or even unjust, educational opportunities than in the past to clarify the truth is more human. As a result, for the abolition of the practice of Jiedu Fei, it is difficult to agree with or oppose to describe the feelings, the truth is Yuyanyouzhi education.

Similarly the choice of the people there are charges of mind, if all the defects of his hate for-like, may be canceled if it is Driven to despair under the reluctance. Has been some concern that Ban received Jiedu Fei, the choice may be facing a larger scale heat and can not guarantee that no other charges, "student donors," the names, the cost will be greater. A more profound concern is to rectify Jie Du Jie Dufei will cut off the possibility of, or make it more difficult for Jie Du. In the final analysis, the actual distribution of education resources is everything, in rural areas than in urban education resources, the quality of education is higher than in rural areas; parents face is not a question of right or wrong, but multiple-choice --- essentially had no choice because the situation than the people Strong could not bow their heads?

Of course, the choice Jiedu Fei and fees are not the same connotation, but if the choice of education during the observation of the situation is more or less the same. Especially for those high-quality educational resources, natural pricing power is not the demand side of education, parents should use to bid for the ideal of a strong teacher, a good environment for upward mobility in the younger generation to win a greater potential for education. In some cases, have qualified to bid are a problem. As a result, and so on Jiedu Fei has never been a real problem, it is the strings were "puppets", or its fluctuations can not help repeatedly.

To this end, for a return to the name as "Jie Dufei" ban the fees, Jie Du Health policy to re-shuffle? As for the care of parents, may be new charges, do we have to let the community experience of chaos and rule by the long suffering? Every time a fair education policy, the corresponding supporting policies, and ways to improve the educational investment, not to say that that is also a hard nut to crack. The fact that this is a microcosm of compulsory education. As for how to optimize and change, regardless of "education voucher" or "balanced education" and other discussions on related policy has been adequate, not an editorial say, the time to look for space.

Jiedu Fei said to be due to cross-regional household, the local teaching resources to occupy the fees charged, intended to fall outside the obligations of private voluntary compensation. Ever think that it's property accumulated through history and reality of the operation, has become the nation's land resources and education as a redemption behavior. It was like a show in the shadow of the compulsory education stage, an attempt to eliminate an administrative order that it may be that manufacturers build the shadow was not affected, or in the foreseeable future the possibility of intervention by little, we can also not surprising that shadow Agitated mind.

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