It is suggested that foreign languages should be changed from compulsory examination in college entrance examination to optional examination. When talking about the "double drop", Cen Jianjun pointed out that the college entrance examination reform should be further carried out, otherwise the academic pressure of students will still exist. He believes that "one exam is for life", the calculation method of college entrance examination scores, and whether foreign languages should be tested in college entrance examination need further discussion.
Cen Jianjun pointed out that, for example, the entrance examination in the United States looks at GPA (that is, the average credit grade point, which is the calculation unit to measure the quantity and quality of students' learning), while the college entrance examination in South Korea divides students' test scores into nine grades, and then comprehensively calculates the scores. "We are now looking at the total score of the college entrance examination, but it is difficult to see the comprehensive quality of a student and the average score of all subjects." Yan Jianjun said.
He also mentioned that "many developed countries regard foreign languages as an elective subject rather than a compulsory subject, such as Japan, Britain and the United States." However, South Korea takes English as a compulsory subject and adds a second foreign language (French). Therefore, Korean students are under great pressure today. They have a slogan of "four ups and five downs", that is, they can get into a good school if they sleep for four hours every day, and they may miss a good school if they sleep for five hours every day. This situation is related to the design of the examination structure in Korea. "
Cen Jianjun believes that if China turns foreign languages into college entrance examinations, it can reduce the burden on many students.
What does the double-drop policy mean? The double reduction policy means: "reducing the workload of students and reducing the number of off-campus training institutions."
It is clearly put forward that the first is to comprehensively reduce the total amount and duration of homework, and the second is to comprehensively standardize off-campus training behavior and put an end to all kinds of chaos in off-campus training.
First of all, in terms of the total amount and duration of decompression work, it is stipulated that homework should not be assigned in grades one and two of primary schools, and the average completion time of written homework in grades three to six should not exceed 60 minutes, and the average completion time of written homework in junior high schools should not exceed 90 minutes. At the same time, humanization requires schools to arrange after-school services, and the end time should not be earlier than the normal off-duty time, which is convenient for parents of office workers to pick up and drop off.
Secondly, in the provisions regulating off-campus training behavior and chaos, it is stipulated that students should not be trained in disciplines on holidays, weekends and summers, and strict requirements are also made on online and offline institutional audits, course duration and fees. All localities need to concretize the specific measures of standardization according to their own conditions.
The purpose of this double reduction policy is to solve the problems of students' excessive homework burden and off-campus training burden, family education expenditure and parents' corresponding energy burden in compulsory education stage, and promote students' all-round development and healthy growth. The opinion puts forward that there should be obvious results in reducing the burden within three years.