When does the 13 years of free education refer to? Which 13 years of free education refer to?

When I was graduating from junior high school, the country implemented nine-year compulsory education. When I was working, the country implemented 13-year compulsory education. I feel sad. I didn't catch the good opportunity to encounter such benefits. Otherwise, how much more pocket money could I have?

The 13 years of free education refers to the one year of preschool, nine years of primary and junior high school, and three years of high school.

The "Proposal of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Formulating the 13th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of Shaanxi Province" proposes that during the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Shaanxi Province will fully implement 13 years of free education, promote the intensive development of higher education, innovate talent training, and implement the strategy of strengthening the province with talents.

When will 13 years of free education be implemented? In the next five years, Shaanxi Province will fully implement 13 years of free education, expand public and inclusive private preschool education resources, accelerate the standardization of compulsory education schools, improve the operating conditions of weak rural schools, and promote the construction of primary and secondary schools in county towns and above.

Chen Peng, dean of the School of Education at Shaanxi Normal University, said: "With the strengthening and advancement of urbanization, we need to increase the deployment and planning of primary and secondary schools at the county level and above. I think this is also a very realistic decision."

Shaanxi Governor Lou Qinjian said in an interview with the media on March 7 that Shaanxi will implement a three-year high school free policy starting from this autumn semester. It is reported that Shaanxi has already achieved nine years of free tuition for compulsory education and one year of free childcare for preschool. The three-year high school free policy implemented from the autumn semester of 2016 will benefit 851,000 students (China Youth Daily, March 8).

"Beginning this autumn, Shaanxi will fully implement 13 years of free education. I reiterate that this must be done." This promise by Governor Lou Qinjian is loud and moving. This promise is a powerful response to the outside world's doubts. As an underdeveloped province in the west, does Shaanxi have enough financial resources to support 13 years of free education? This is a question that the outside world discusses the most. However, Lou Qinjian does not think this is a problem. He said: "We are not a wealthy region, but we will vigorously develop the economy. Our economy is growing. What is the growing economy used for? It is to benefit the people's livelihood."

Shaanxi Province is undoubtedly at the forefront of the country in implementing 13 years of free education. Previously, some regions have implemented 12 years of free education, but none of them included preschool education. On the surface, the biggest obstacle to implementing 13 years of free education is money. But as the old saying goes, there are always more solutions than problems. Moreover, with the development of my country's economy today, it is the right time for the first wealthy regions to implement 13 years of compulsory education.

It is important to emphasize that the implementation of 13 years of free education should not be viewed as a matter of spending money, but rather as a move to create wealth. First, the greatest wealth created by free education is the maximization of equal opportunity. Poor children do not drop out of school due to poverty, which is the greatest equal opportunity. Second, in the knowledge economy era, education is the greatest driving force for economic development, and the popularization of high school education is the prerequisite for the popularization of higher education. The popularization of higher education will greatly improve the quality of the population and regional competitiveness, thereby achieving wealth growth.

If we regard education as an investment in people's livelihood and productivity, we will reach a more positive consensus on 13 years of free education. As Governor Lou Qinjian said, education is an important guarantee for changing the backward appearance and creating a future of development, and it is also the greatest livelihood. Only when people's livelihood is guaranteed can society be more harmonious and stable, and harmony and stability are also an invisible productivity. We hope that all parts of the country will follow the example of Shaanxi Province and make 13 years of free education the direction of their efforts in the near future and realize it as soon as possible.

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Shaanxi Province will fully implement 13 years of free education. This news is not only sensational, but also explosive. This is because this news touched the nerves of many people. Because the call for gradually expanding free education has been rising for many years. However, the answers people get are mostly like this: the current financial resources still do not allow it; the economy is difficult, and there are many places where money needs to be spent.

Shaanxi has been in the spotlight during this year's two sessions. However, there are also ironic remarks: The more you are in the spotlight, the more you lose face. How strong is Shaanxi's economic strength? Even some developed regions cannot do this, how can you, an underdeveloped region, be so willful? Some people also say that such a move, like Shenmu's universal free medical care, will sooner or later fail.

Of course, the implementation of 13 years of free education is 4 years more than other places, and the cost will be not small, which is a pressure on the government. However, doing good things for the people's livelihood requires more than just money. This confidence does not come entirely from economic strength, but also from what is in your heart? If you think of "step by step promotion", the people can only "gasp for breath". If you think of "the people are the most important", the people's life can be "successful".

Yes, the implementation of 13 years of free education requires financial support. However, Shaanxi is not "poor but generous". As the governor of Shaanxi said: We are not a wealthy region, but we will vigorously develop the economy. Our economy is growing. What is the growing economy used for? It must benefit the people's livelihood. Shaanxi will further tap into its resource advantages, actively cultivate market entities around mass entrepreneurship and innovation, and promote large enterprises such as Xidian, Shaangu, and Qinchuan from selling products to selling services. These have added new momentum to Shaanxi's development and become a strong support for Shaanxi's economic development against the trend. With such a determination to "develop the economy to benefit the people", 13 years of free education will surely be realized beautifully.

In order to support 13 years of free education, Shaanxi Province will adjust its fiscal expenditure structure, allocate 80% of new financial resources and fiscal expenditure to people's livelihood, and ensure the implementation of this policy. This shows us the true meaning of "power for the people".

One year of preschool education and three years of high school education will be included in free education. Shaanxi is taking a big step. Hopefully, Shaanxi's decision will have a butterfly effect. If an underdeveloped region can do it, why can't those places that are many times more developed than Shaanxi do it? In fact, what is lacking is not money, but a heart that cares for the people.

If education is strong, China will be strong. If children are strong, China will be strong. Education is a future project. Education is not a small matter for one family or another, but a big matter for the whole society. The confidence to implement 13 years of free education is not only based on the availability of money. It will be useless if you are reluctant to invest more money. Our relevant departments should help Shaanxi take the first step in expanding free education, and the country should also vigorously support it and make it a model.