Forty Years in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone｜This is Shenzhen Preschool Education

On August 26, 1980, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was formally established. From a small fishing village to a metropolis, from a special economic zone to a pilot demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics, Shenzhen has undergone tremendous changes in 40 years.

The 40 years since the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone has witnessed the development of education by leaps and bounds and strides forward. The biggest feature of Shenzhen education is its large size, high quality and sufficient stamina. At present, there are more than 2 million students at school, more than 100,000 full-time teachers, supporting Shenzhen’s future. In the exploration of pioneering demonstrations, Shenzhen Education has cultivated a batch of outstanding professionals and created this The city of technology and innovation has extraordinary soft power. At the moment, the symphony of Shenzhen Education is performing a magnificent and beautiful melody.

40 years of Shenzhen preschool education development

The 40 years of development of basic education and pre-school education in Shenzhen can also be described as rapid changes. When Shenzhen was founded, there were only 90 kindergartens in the city. Since the establishment of the special economic zone, due to the early development of the market economy and the more complete market mechanism, along with the rapid expansion of the urban population, Shenzhen has begun to explore and form a pre-school education pattern with social forces as the mainstay. Starting in 2012, the pilot project for the construction of inclusive kindergartens has been launched, out of the simple binary division of citizenship, and leveraging policy norms and financial investment, it is the first to explore a government-led and financially supported preschool education public welfare inclusive development model. The Ministry of Education is listed as a key project of comprehensive education reform.

In recent years, Shenzhen’s pre-school education has continued to develop, and the development of public kindergartens has entered the fast lane. The proportion of children in public kindergartens has increased from less than 4% to 38%, and will reach 50% by the end of this year. At the same time, since the implementation of the fully open two-child policy, the number of school-age children in Shenzhen has reached a peak in recent years, and the demand for kindergarten degrees has also surged. Statistics show that in 2020, there will be about 240,000 children enrolling in Shenzhen who need to receive preschool education, an increase of 12.9% over last year.

In order to solve the contradiction between the supply and demand of preschool degrees, Shenzhen and the District Education Bureau have adopted various measures such as building and supporting private kindergartens to encourage the development of high-quality and characteristic private kindergartens to meet the individual needs of parents and fully guarantee the supply of preschool education degrees. The combination of private kindergartens and public kindergartens has helped Shenzhen build a public service system for preschool education with wide coverage, basic protection and high quality, and the overall level of preschool education in Shenzhen has reached a new level.

Private kindergartens show inclusive + high-end development trend

It can be said that in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with the establishment and gradual improvement of the market economy system, the organizers of private parks have shown extraordinary wisdom and courage, and have trained thousands of children for the special zone, ranging from 97.3% of the private parks to the current 90%. Above% can be seen that they have made great contributions to the development of preschool education.

Private kindergartens have shown a multi-level development trend of "inclusiveness" + "high-end kindergarten". With the spread of the concept of international education, international kindergartens have gradually become synonymous with high-end and boutique kindergartens. The rapid development of high-end kindergartens in Shenzhen has benefited from the economy and the gathering of foreign populations, which created the demand for international preschool education, which in turn gave birth to the Shenzhen International Kindergarten. Princeton International Kindergarten (PICLC) is one of them. How did PICLC develop in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

The Princeton International Kindergarten was founded in 2013 and is committed to the development of international education in the Greater Bay Area, integrating the resources of elites in the international education industry in the Greater Bay Area, and at the same time helping the development of preschool education in Shenzhen. In 2014, he founded Princeton International Kindergarten, the group's first international kindergarten in the Greater Bay Area, in Futian District, Shenzhen. In September 2017, the Group reached a strategic cooperation with Shenzhen East OCT, and successively established Princeton Forest International Kindergarten and Princeton Cloud Sea Valley International School in the 5A scenic area of Shenzhen East OCT.

At the same time, the Princeton Ocean International Kindergarten in Nanshan District with the theme of "ocean" and the Princeton Technology International Kindergarten in Bantian, Longgang District with the theme of "science and technology" have also opened one after another. The joint school project between the Group and the International Department of the High School Affiliated to Shenzhen University is an important achievement of the educational reform, innovation and development of both parties, and is also a lively practice of the "Bay Area Development and Education First" demonstration. After the strong alliance between the two parties, the international middle school has become a model that embodies the concept of future education and a model of school cooperation and innovation.

Princeton International Kindergarten promotes Shenzhen preschool education practice through an innovative education model with an international education perspective, and establishes a new platform for preschool education, focusing on international and diversified education. It adopts the operating model of the United Kingdom and the United States, and adjusts it according to local conditions. Teaching mode. For example, Princeton International Kindergarten has introduced an internationally recognized IB curriculum system, implements bilingual teaching, respects children's nature and preferences, and encourages children to think positively. In Princeton International Kindergarten, children are not only proficient in Chinese and English bilingualism, but also have a new and in-depth understanding of both Eastern and Western cultures. This allows children to respect different cultures, different beliefs and values, and in the future, they can easily walk between Eastern and Western styles, cope with and communicate naturally and confidently, so that they can take advantage of the global environment and challenges. Opportunity. Train children into future international leaders who care about things around them, are good at discovering problems, take the initiative to take responsibility, have self-confidence, and are good at solving problems.

The task of education is complex and arduous. It is a long-term, repeated, and continuous process of improvement. Only by listening well to the voice of the new era can we take the path of the new era well. It is the mission of educators to strive to make every child receive a good education and to create a colorful life for every child.

Forty years of reform and opening up, we still maintain our original aspirations and make unremitting efforts to create love education with hard work and solid footprints, and grow with love.