NPC deputies advocate shortening the education system to slow down the aging population and other problems

Comprehensive media news on March 6, the National People’s Congress deputy Zhang Hongwei recently proposed to adjust the primary and secondary Education school system, he pointed out that the school system is too long will delay employment, as well as delay Marriage and childbirth, enhance the aging population and other issues, so the education school system should be shortened.

According to Zhang Hongwei, under normal circumstances, a child starts elementary school at the age of 7 weeks, graduates from high school at the age of 19, and graduates from university at the age of 23. If they receive postgraduate education, they will be 26 or 27 years old when they get out of school. If you encounter employment difficulties, it is likely that you will be close to 30 years old when you find a suitable job. If she is a woman, she will not work as long as she studied according to the existing retirement rule of 55 years old. The school system is too long, which postpones employment and leads to various social problems, such as the high cost of education, which increases the burden on families; the obvious delay in marriage and childbirth, and the significant aging problem.

According to Zhang Hongwei, compressing the school system can make the Time to enter the workforce after graduating from university two years earlier. Zhang Hongwei suggested changing elementary school from a six-year system to a five-year system and high school from a three-year system to a two-year system. This would optimize the knowledge structure of China’s population, he said, while easing social pressures such as an aging population, a low fertility rate, a disappearing demographic dividend and delayed retirement.