African Nationhood

Chapter 172 Internal Affairs Meeting-Education and Health Industry

James Lister was done. He tidied up and returned to his seat.

Then came Cai Shaoji. When he got up from his seat, he held a roll of charts in his arms.

He walked to the stand and hung up the drawings, then pointed directly at the chart and said loudly: "Everyone, please see, this is the curve chart of the illiteracy rate and the out-of-school rate of children of childbearing age in Southwest Africa.

Take a closer look, everyone, 89% and 51%, these two figures are shocking! "

Cai Shaoji's preemptive approach really attracted everyone's attention.

It is indeed shocking. After all, the immigrant population of Nanhua Company is growing faster and faster. As a large number of people enter the country, the education data will naturally deteriorate.

The shortage of teachers is the biggest constraint causing this phenomenon, and this shortcoming will exist for a long time.

"Look at this picture again. It shows the growth rate of our children of childbearing age. It is getting higher and higher. However, the lack of teachers can only keep these children out of school."

With the promotion of immigration recruitment orders, the phenomenon of whole families coming together among immigrants has emerged.

This was common among early Chinese immigrants to the United States, and became increasingly common among British and German immigrants.

However, most of the early British immigrants were gold-mining immigrants. After they came to Southwest Africa, most of them gathered in Jinshan Town and the Second Gold Mine.

These two places are home to 95% of British immigrants, because most of them are adult white people.

Jinshan Town and the Second Gold Mine District are basically dominated by white self-governance. There are no educational institutions in these two places, and their education penetration rate should not be counted in the statistics of Nanhua Company.

But Cai Shaoji took charge of the overall situation and still counted it.

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"There are also normal school enrollment rates, normal school graduation rates, normal school teacher composition, etc. These problems are our long-standing problems. We hope that the company can provide more resources to the education sector."

This guy did not come up to summarize the past and look forward to the future like others, but directly exposed the problem with a chart.

Use real-life problems to catch people's attention, and then make it clear to ask for more support and resources.

Shi Jintang is not disgusted with Cai Shaoji's performance. In his plan, education is indeed the most important part of Nanhua Company now and in the future.

In order to become an industrialized country, the prerequisite is to have enough qualified industrial workers and a steady stream of high-quality industrial workers.

The European Renaissance popularized basic education and cultivated batches of high-quality labor force.

By 1885, only 0.05% of children in Germany could not read or write, compared with 1% in Britain and 4% in France.

Germany’s universal compulsory education is far ahead of other European countries.

德国所招新兵文盲率从2.37%（1875年）降至0.15%（1895年），到1910年时只有0.02%。

So much so that when the German fleet visited Spain in 1899, the locals were surprised that all the German sailors could read the mail they received.

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"What support do you want?"

When Cai Shaoji heard Boss Shi's question, he said solemnly: "I hope the company will issue a "Compulsory Enrollment Order for School-age Children."

In this way, we can reduce the literacy rate among young children, strengthen support conditions for primary education, increase teachers' salary levels, and enhance the sense of honor of teachers. "

Hearing this, Shi Jintang frowned and said, "Let's talk about the law separately after the meeting. Don't talk about these broad things. Are there any specific measures?"

“My idea is to provide care services for younger school children so that their parents can be freed to engage in production.

In addition, the qualifications for running junior schools have been relaxed, allowing localities and institutions to organize junior schools on their own.

At the same time, teachers should be given equal promotion and honors based on the military rank system. "

After listening to Cai Shaoji's suggestion, Shi Jintang couldn't help but think of terms like "organized kindergartens," "factories and mines, primary and secondary schools," and "seniority and salary laws."

"Well, your suggestion can be adopted. Come back to me after the meeting and we will discuss it in detail."

Cai Shaoji was in a good mood after receiving Boss Shi's promise. He nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, okay." Cai Shaoji achieved his goal and returned to his seat with a smile.

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Ye Rong, who was wearing a yellow coat with large lapels and a bun, stood up from her seat and prepared to speak.

Lawen Schneider stayed in the UK to take care of Alice who was expecting child and did not come back, so Ye Rong attended the internal affairs meeting in his stead.

She has light steps, tall posture, and an elegant and mature charm all over her body, which attracts the attention of everyone present, but everyone is restrained because everyone knows that this is Mr. Shi's woman.

When Ye Rong walked over, she couldn't help but make secret glances at Mr. Shi. Shi Jintang was very impressed by this girl's discharge and winked and smiled at her.

The sweet interaction between the two made Ye Rong feel warm in her heart.

Ye Rong moved very quickly. After quickly setting up the chart, she spoke directly.

“This curve chart is the growth chart of patients treated by our medical department over the years, and it also marks the growth curve chart of the company’s newborn babies.

In accordance with Mr. Shi’s instructions, since the launch of the ‘Infant and Toddler Safe Breeding Promotion’ campaign, the company’s infant mortality rate has dropped to 43‰, half of the previous 85‰.

This is gratifying progress, but our progress is not enough. According to Mr. Shi's requirements, it will be considered passing if it is reduced to less than 10‰.

Therefore, our Medical Association will redouble our efforts to achieve Mr. Shi’s standards as soon as possible.

In addition, according to Mr. Shi's instructions, our medical office plans to carry out a continuous campaign of smallpox vaccination. This campaign will be carried out for a long time. Every company member needs to participate in the vaccination. Of course, those who have had smallpox as a child do not need to participate.

Yaokou has currently set up three traditional Chinese medicine brewing workshops, mainly producing Chinese patent medicines such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills, Zhuge Xingjun Powder, Huoxiang Zhengqi Water and Cooling Oil.

In addition, a Western medicine factory has been built with the assistance of the US company Johnson & Johnson, which mainly produces Johnson & Johnson medical package products. The medical port needs to continue to develop its product lines of Chinese and Western medicine.

The medical department has taken advantage of the trend to develop new vaccines. The early targets are diphtheria, typhus and poliomyelitis.

In order to better develop vaccines, the Medical Office plans to send international students to France to learn new medical theories, and along the way, they will learn new microbial fermentation methods, as well as advanced medical theories such as pasteurization.

There are 10 dispatched personnel in the early stage. This plan is jointly organized with the Education Office. If you are interested in the specific plan details, you can find out from Commissioner Cai Shaoji.

In addition, the medical industry has established 680 medical institutions of various types, including the Maternal and Child Health General Hospital, and treated 15.8 patients. The pharmaceutical products produced by the medical industry have created a total output value of approximately 2.1 million yuan.

However, 95% of the output value is self-digested within the company, and Medical Port is still in a long-term loss stage. This is a pressure and motivation for us in Medical Port.

Our goal is to earn foreign exchange from the export of pharmaceutical products as soon as possible and achieve breakeven. "

Ye Rong's speech was straightforward and without any redundant words. She just followed the script and called it a day.

This girl is not like this usually. When she is with Boss Shi, she talks a lot.

She must have been nervous. After she finished speaking, Shi Jintang gave her a thumbs up.

After Ye Rong saw it, she quietly stuck out her tongue, then packed up the charts and returned to her seat.

Cai Shaoji stood up and added: "The first phase of the European study abroad plan prepared by our education department and the medical department has a total of 35 people.

These overseas students have all undergone ideological evaluation and are very loyal to the company. They will study in Europe for 2-3 years, and the cost will be shared by the education department and the medical department.

Ms. Ye, an international student from the Medical Department, has just said that the international students sent by our Education Department mainly study shipbuilding, steel, chemical engineering, physics and mathematics. These subjects are high-precision subjects and require early planning and in-depth study.

Sending international students to Europe will be a long-term plan. Each department can negotiate with our education department on the dispatch and allocation of talents needed by the department. "

Cai Shaoji's words made the heads of various departments in the venue think about it, and they must establish a good relationship with the education department as soon as possible.

When international students return, the competition for talents will begin. Only by burning incense in advance can we gain an advantage in the battle for talents in the future.

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