Six-year Cultivation of Rural Primary School Teachers:New Practice of Free Normal Education
There has been more than 100 years since the appearance of free normal education in China.However,the free normal education was adopted sometimes,or was abolished once in a while;it developed well sometimes,while it would decline after a period.Generally speaking,the free normal education has the characteristics of free education,allocated employment,and term of service.Based on the poor quality of rural primary school teachers and the declined quality of candidates for normal education,Hunan First Normal University was the first to implement the free six-year undergraduate cultivation program for rural primary school teachers at the beginning of junior middle school in 2010.There're some reform and innovation in the aspects of basic system,cultivation model,and guarantee mechanism of free normal education.After 2 years practice,preliminary achievements were made in the recruitment and cultivation.