In middle age, one's comprehension becomes extraordinary.

The ten-day intensive teaching session has ended, and starting tomorrow, we will officially begin open classes.

It's not uncommon for the province to send out a teaching inspection team.

Generally, a routine inspection is conducted every few years.

But this time it's different; the province isn't conducting a routine inspection, but a special inspection.

The purpose of the inspection is to identify problems by conducting spot checks.

The special inspection indicates that the higher-ups have already identified the problems.

Now we're here to see how serious the problem is.

Since the year before last, the province has received numerous complaints about problems with education in middle schools in the southeast region.

The concerns conveyed above will be supervised and implemented by the Municipal Education Bureau.

However, judging from this year's college entrance examination results, the outcome was not satisfactory.

The provincial education bureau's inspection was out of necessity.

If they don't stop this downward trend, the provincial bureau chief will also run into trouble.

The provincial education bureau is coming down to inspect high schools in twelve cities.

Lingshan City ranked first among them.

There are a total of six middle schools in Lingshan City.

Among them, Lingshan No.1 Middle School, Lingshan No.2 Middle School, and Lingshan No.7 Middle School are all key municipal high schools and are directly under the jurisdiction of the Education Bureau.

The other three high schools are private high schools.

For private high schools, the education bureau mainly focuses on strict compliance checks.

Specific academic performance is not strictly required.

Lingshan No. 7 Middle School is a liberal arts school, and Xu Nianxing attended No. 7 Middle School for high school.

Therefore, this time, the inspection team from the Provincial Education Bureau mainly visited Lingshan No. 1 Middle School and No. 2 Middle School.

This inspection was also a random check, but more than 80% of the teachers were checked.

Except for a small number, all teachers will receive requests to give open classes.

On Monday morning, school leaders and middle-level managers from Lingshan No.1 Middle School were already waiting at the school gate.

Li Yuan used to look down on such welcoming ceremonies, thinking they were very fake.

But now, I have a slight understanding of these rituals.

While it appeared to be a welcome message to the provincial leaders, it was also a way of telling everyone at the school that this matter was very important.

Through a solemn ceremony, everyone can feel the importance of this event.

When he was young, Li Yuan didn't understand this kind of examination either.

If you want to find problems, surprise inspections should be more effective.

Why must an inspection be notified in advance, giving people time to prepare?

Is the prepared result the actual result?

After working for so many years, Li Yuan gradually came to understand.

Frequent surprise inspections will keep grassroots staff busy and create an atmosphere of paranoia.

They probably don't focus on their work normally, and are preoccupied with avoiding inspections.

Provincial leaders do not want this situation to occur, nor do they want to push the grassroots level to the brink of collapse.

Notifying the inspection time in advance allows grassroots staff to correct problems as much as possible and also improves their obedience and execution.

Due to a combination of reasons, unless there are very special circumstances, we will notify you first before conducting the inspection.

Although we were notified in advance about the open class inspection that started today, Principal Yin and his team still felt that we couldn't deliver an excellent result.

Li Yuan, as the director of the teaching and research office, only has ten days.

The fire's already at our eyebrows; what's the point of going for training and improvement then?

Even if the ten-day training is very effective and all the teachers participate diligently, it is impossible to improve their teaching abilities all at once.

Four buses arrived, and the leaders from the Provincial Education Bureau gradually disembarked.

This time, a large number of teachers were to be inspected, so more people came from the provincial bureau as well.

The first person to get off the car was Vice Governor Qin, who is in charge of education.

Principal Yin, with a broad smile, quickly went to greet him.

Following them were the two vice principals of Lingshan No.1 Middle School, and then the middle-level managers.

Vice Governor Qin shook hands with each of them, expressing his polite greetings.

On the bus, the other accompanying leaders gradually disembarked.

The cadres from Lingshan No. 1 Middle School naturally shook hands with each of them.

A moment later, Deputy Director Zeng Chang arrived at Lingshan No. 1 Middle School with a group of people.

Upon seeing him, Principal Yin immediately smiled and said, "Director Zeng is very busy, but thankfully he wasn't too late; he just arrived."

Principal Yin's words sounded like he was explaining things to Director Zeng.

But in reality, this was deliberately said for Vice Governor Qin to hear.

Knowing that the provincial officials were coming, he was still late despite being the director of the municipal bureau.

Upon hearing this, Vice Governor Qin, who was standing to the side, smiled and waved his hand.

"This was a request I made on a whim, no wonder Director Zeng didn't think so."

I was thinking that it would be best if the people from the Municipal Bureau didn't come; I could just give them a result later.

But after thinking about it, I decided to let them come.

If the inspection results are good, then everyone can receive praise.

If the result is bad, then we'll all listen and get criticized.

After Vice Governor Qin finished speaking, he waved and led the team toward Lingshan No. 1 Middle School.

At this moment, Vice Governor Qin was accompanied by Principal Yin on his left.

On his right is Director Kang, the deputy director of the Provincial Education Bureau.

This Deputy Director Kang is actually Principal Yin's contact in the province.

Those who can speak to the leaders are now all on Principal Yin's side.

"In the past two years, the college entrance examination results in Lingshan City have declined quite a bit."

The province has reminded you more than once; have you taken any corresponding measures?

Vice Governor Qin looked at Principal Yin beside him and asked.

Upon hearing this question, Principal Yin immediately used his prepared response.

"Last semester, the Municipal Bureau made arrangements, and Director Zeng specifically promoted the Director of the Teaching and Research Office. The teaching section of No. 1 Middle School was handed over to the newly appointed Director of the Teaching and Research Office."

To be honest with the leadership, our team is currently only responsible for administrative affairs.

Upon hearing this, Vice Governor Qin couldn't help but frown.

"As the school principal, are you completely washing your hands of the responsibility regarding teaching quality?"

"The leadership misunderstands. It's not that we don't want to manage it; it's just that our management philosophies are different."

When Director Zeng recommended this director, his attitude was quite firm.

We can only cooperate with the work and delegate authority where appropriate.

Principal Yin adopted a very humble attitude, doing everything in her power to separate the test results from herself.

The poor test results have absolutely nothing to do with him, the principal.

Deputy Director Kang, who was standing to the side, chimed in with agreement.

"At the Lingshan City Education Bureau, the old director is about to retire, and Director Zeng will take over as acting director."

A new broom sweeps clean, and Principal Yin and his team are certainly not having an easy time.

The new director's demands must be obeyed.

With Deputy Director Kang's explanation, Vice Governor Qin nodded in agreement.

Hesitantly, he beckoned Zeng Chang, who was behind him, over.

"Lingshan No.1 Middle School is a key high school in Lingshan City, and it is a school that you, as the director of the Municipal Bureau, need to pay close attention to."

Promoting a director of the teaching and research office shows that you are aware of the problems at No. 1 Middle School in terms of teaching.

Over the next few days, let's see together how capable this cadre you promoted really is.

When Vice Governor Qin said this, Director Zeng looked somewhat embarrassed, and he wanted to explain further.

Director Zeng did not want the responsibility for the inspection results of Lingshan No. 1 Middle School to fall entirely on Li Yuan.

Li Yuancai had only recently been promoted and lacked the necessary experience and depth.

A single negative review from Vice Governor Qin could very well end Li Yuan's political career.