1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2805
Restricted by the objective environment, there are currently only about [-] teachers in the entire college, most of whom are part-timers.However, in order to improve the teaching quality of the college, the management committee has adjusted the work arrangements of these part-time staff since this year, so that they can have more time to teach at the school.

Officials intend to encourage professional and technical personnel to participate in teaching work, so their salaries are also adjusted accordingly.Thanks to the considerable benefits that the mining industry has brought to the northern region in recent years, the government is also willing to spend more money on personnel training. The treatment standards Chen Yixin has set for these masters have made their income levels exceed those of most southern regions. peers.

Just as Bai Letong thought, Chen Yixin also firmly believed that the generous remuneration would attract more professionals to the northern region.The knowledge and skills brought by these talents will continue to feed back the development of local industries.It's just that the time required for this process may be very long, and it needs to be implemented in the northern region for a long time to be effective.

Bai Letong asked about the overall school situation in Dengzhou, and Chen Pingliao asked the accompanying cultural and educational officials to give Bai Letong a brief introduction.

In Dengzhou, each of the seven counties and one prefecture has an official elementary school, and the only middle school is located in Dengzhou City. Together with the vocational college in Fushan County, it is all the government-run schools in Dengzhou.And this vocational college is already the highest institution in the northern region in the actual control area of ​​Shandong.

In addition, there are of course some educational institutions such as private schools and academies among the people, but most of these institutions continue the educational methods and directions of the previous Ming Dynasty, which are different from the official requirements, so they will not have official recognition for the time being. academic qualifications.

In order to eliminate such differences and allow more people to have the opportunity to serve the government, the Northern Region held an imperial examination last year, and scholars trained by the two educational mechanisms finally had the opportunity to compete in the same field.

Of course, the result is not difficult to predict. The personnel trained by the government-run educational institutions are obviously more adaptable to the Haihan-style imperial examinations. Most of the candidates on the gold list have a Haihan degree.And a candidate from Jinan Dewangfu became the focus with No.2 result.

When Bai Letong heard this, he interjected: "I have met the young prince of Dewang Mansion in Donghai Region, and I probably know the situation. By analogy, this No.2 in the local imperial examination should not be taken seriously, right?"

Chen Pingliao said with a smile: "Since Brother Bai knows the inside story, there is nothing to explain. I heard that the one who went to Donghai Region is a high school Jieyuan. If we also give this little prince the first name, then it will be arranged." The traces are too obvious, and No.2 is quite good. Now this little prince is doing an internship in Liaodong, and when you go to Jinzhou, there should be a chance to meet you."

Bai Letong said: "Since the East China Sea region is opening courses simultaneously with the East China Sea region, surely the Northern region will not be limited by rankings?"

Chen Pingliao said: "For this rural examination, more than a thousand people participated in the examination in Dengzhou and Jinzhou, and 30 people were selected for the gold list, but the people we recruited after the list was actually nearly half of the reference personnel. "

Due to the objective environment, the number of references in the northern region is far less than that in the East China Sea region, so the recruitment criteria for reference personnel are relatively loose. As long as they show a certain cultural foundation in the exam, there is no obvious position problem, even if they have not Haihan academic qualifications, these reference personnel will also be officially recruited.

Back at the residence in the evening, Bai Letong told his father what he saw today in detail, and finally expressed his opinion: "Judging from the situation of this vocational college, the northern region is still very interested in cultural and educational work. Yes, but Uncle Chen's focus is on vocational training rather than a complete and sound cultural and educational system. There are only eight government-run primary schools and one middle school in the entire Dengzhou area, which is too little. I plan to make some suggestions to Uncle Chen on this Suggestion, what does father think?"

Bai Kesi said: "Chen Yixin is a very pragmatic person. Everything he does has a clear purpose. Whether it is building a port or developing education, his purpose is to improve the overall strength of the northern region. Based on the Take the college as an example. You must know that what he wants is not ordinary literati, but a large number of industrial workers who can engage in technical work and create value for the northern region. That’s why this kind of college appears. But the construction and operation of a Such a vocational college may require more resources than those eight primary schools combined."

"Le Tong, if you want to suggest that Chen Yixin implement the culture and education system in Hainan, I don't think it will work. With limited resources, he will definitely be more inclined to choose a direction with higher value and quicker realization."

Bai Letong said: "You mean, for the northern region, industrial workers are more valuable than ordinary scholars?"

Bai Kesi said: "It's not as simple as you think. The premise of popularizing basic education is to have sufficient educational resources, but the northern region may not have such conditions for the time being, and it is impossible to achieve the scale of running schools like the south. So Chen Yixin chose Prioritize the development of vocational education that is urgently needed in the local area. After the economy develops, it will be relatively easier to build schools and improve the literacy rate of the people.”

The opinion given by Bai Kesi is obviously different from that of Bai Letong, but Bai Letong also believes in his heart that what his father said should be the objective truth, so he managed to force a smile and replied: "Spend the money on running schools, Ultimately, it is better than militarism."

They had already learned about Chen Yixin's plan to expand the Northern Fleet at Qingdao Port, and in Bai Letong's view, the Northern War has been decided, and Haihan has almost no external threat to the sea area control ability in this area, and there is no need to expand the army. Instead of continuing to spend huge sums of money to build strong ships and guns, it is better to use these funds for people's livelihood.

Bai Kesi said: "About running schools, what the northern region lacks is not funds, but cultural and educational practitioners. Running schools and maintaining military power are not in conflict. The approach of the northern region is a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, the imperial examinations are held to attract talents, and on the other Continue to deter the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty with armed forces."

Bai Letong said: "But I always feel that the attitude towards culture and education here seems to be less positive than that in Donghai Region."

Bai Kesi said: "The objective conditions of the two places are different, and you can't draw a correct conclusion by comparing them like this. It seems that the East China Sea region is also working hard to develop industries, but that area is actually seriously lacking in energy and minerals, and the objective conditions are far inferior to the uniquely endowed north. The large region can only strive to move closer to the manufacturing industry in the downstream industrial chain. The situation of the cultural and educational industries in the two places is just the opposite. No matter how much resources the northern region invests in this area, it will be difficult for the foreseeable period of time. Catch up with the East China Sea region."

(End of this chapter)