In the 2017, there were frequent cases of child abuse in kindergartens and have stirred up the hearts of people from all walks of life. The topics on children's pre-school education have been repeatedly mentioned in major media and social media. According to in complete statistics, among the 20 stories most closely matched by the Paper news and the key word "children," "kindergarten," "headmaster,""Teacher "" parents "and other words appear the highest frequency.
Through the word cloud map, it can moreintuitively reflect the community's attention for preschool education inchildren. But what is the concern behind the Chinese kindergarten?
The number of young children is disproportionate to the number of kindergartens
According to Article 11 of Chapter 2 of theKindergarten Working Regulations promulgated "The average number ofchildren in every kindergarten class is 25 in small class (for 3 years old to 4years old), middle class (for 4 years old to 5 years old ) 30 people, bigclasses (for 5 years old to 6 years old) 35 people, mixed class can be 30children. Boarding kindergartens class should reduce the number of children.
According to the latest education year book released by the Ministry of Education in 2016, the data shows that there were 28.9 children in each class nationwide on average.
It is shows that the average of the proportion within the stipulated range, but significant differences among provinces across the country, some provinces data higher than the average.
Taking Xinjiang as example, there are 919555kids in the kindergartens with only 26,618 classes, which ratio is 34.55. Theratio has been infinitely close to the maximum number of students in the class.However, the sample size of the sample is a sample included the small class andthe medium class. The average value obtained is obviously higher than theprescribed value, which is beyond the stipulation of the Ministry of Education.The top five provinces of ratio are Jiangsu, Guizhou, Ningxia, Yunnan., whichhad exceeded 31. And all of them belong to China's inland areas except Jiangsu.
Low level of teacher education
According to the latest education yearbook2016 released by the Chinese Ministry of Education, the qualifications ofkindergarten teachers in China are mainly college graduates, accounting for56%, followed by high school graduates and undergraduate graduates, accountingfor about 21% of the total. Graduates from high school graduates Students havea certain proportion, while the proportion of graduate students is extremelysmall, only 0.26%. On the whole, the level of teacher education is a little low.
As far as the various provinces and cities in China are concerned, the phenomenon of uneven teacher qualifications is also obvious. In Shanghai, undergraduate graduates reached more than 70% of kindergarten teachers, while the lowest undergraduate graduates in Ning xia only 18%. The differences between the regions are large.
Gradually improve the level of teachers
Although the status quo of kindergartenteachers is still at a relatively low level now, we can see that theeducational level of kindergarten teachers in China is in a gradual upwardphase in the recent 6 years of development.
It shows that the proportion of graduatestudents, undergraduates and junior college graduates has been on the rise yearby year. The number of kindergarten teachers with academic records below highschool and high school dropped gradually after 2014 and later. This partlyreflects the gradual optimization of preschool education in China.
According to preliminary statistics on theannual education funding in 2016 published by the Ministry of Education, thetotal investment in pre-primary education in the country totaled 280.2 billionyuan, an increase of 15.48% over the previous year, making it one of thehighest increases in education funds.
（Data Sources：Chinese Ministry of Education）