According to the Analysis Report on Market Prospect and Investment Strategic Planning of Preschool Education Industry in China, there were 150400 kindergartens nationwide in 20 10, an increase of 12200 over the previous year; There are 29,766,700 kindergarten children (including preschool classes), an increase of 3188,600 over the previous year; Kindergarten directors and teachers * * * 1305300, an increase of 177500 over the previous year; The gross enrollment rate of preschool education reached 56.6%, an increase of 5.7 percentage points over the previous year.
But on the whole, preschool education is still a weak link in all levels of education, with a serious shortage of educational resources, unbalanced urban and rural development and imperfect teachers. In some places, the problem of "difficult and expensive admission" is more prominent.
During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the gross enrollment rate for one year before school increased to 85%. By 2020, the gross enrollment rate of preschool education in the first, second and third years will reach 95%, 80% and 70% respectively.
Enrich the team and strengthen the teaching staff. Children are delicate flowers, and kindergarten teachers are flower protectors. By April of 20 13, there were nearly 30 million kindergarten children in the country, and the number of kindergarten teachers was only 1.3 million, which was a big gap. In the next 10 year, the population of school-age children in China will increase to about 50 million in the three years before school. It is necessary to expand and enrich the team of preschool teachers, improve the training system for preschool teachers, run the preschool education major in secondary preschool normal schools and higher normal colleges, and establish the training system for kindergarten directors and preschool teachers. In the next three years, the Ministry of Education will train 1000 principals and kindergarten backbone teachers at the national level, and within five years, a round of professional training for principals and kindergarten teachers will be carried out in various places. Implement the status and treatment of preschool teachers according to law, and earnestly safeguard the rights and interests of preschool teachers.
Increase investment and guarantee funds. In 20 13 years, the proportion of preschool education funds in the total national education funds has been hovering between 1.2%- 1.3%, far below the world average of 3.8%. Pre-school education funds must be included in the fiscal budget, and the new education funds will be tilted towards pre-school education, and there will be obvious improvement in the next three years, so as to cast a solid "capital chain" to solve the difficulty of entering the park. The central government has set up special funds, and will invest 3 billion yuan in 20 1 1 year, focusing on supporting the development of rural preschool education in the central and western regions and ethnic minority areas.
In addition, it is necessary to strengthen the management of kindergarten access, safety, fees and education quality, rationally formulate the charging standards for public parks, strengthen the charging management of private parks, and resolutely investigate and deal with arbitrary charges.
Preschool education is mainly aimed at preschool children aged 0-6. It contains the knowledge of children's psychology, nutrition and health care, children's education and so on. With the progress of society, parents pay more and more attention to their children's education, especially their investment in early education. This has also directly led to the vigorous development of preschool education and the good employment situation and salary of this major. The supply of college students and undergraduates in this major is in short supply, and they can work in large and medium-sized kindergartens, early education institutions or related early childhood education industries. Such as infant audio-visual and book and clothing industries.
Preschool education is the general trend of preschool education in 2 1 century. The latest China Demographic Yearbook shows that there are 70 million infants aged 0-3 in China. In 2004, the number of children in kindergartens nationwide reached 20.894 million, a year-on-year increase of 4.5%; The number of kindergartens increased by 4,638 compared with 2003, with a growth rate of 4%. Preschool education has a broad market potential, the demand for supporting preschool teachers and managers has soared, and the demand for preschool teachers graduates is in short supply. Although some colleges and universities around the country have added preschool education majors, they still can't meet the needs of the whole society.