Guangdong Provincial Department of Education: Universities should be open, and difficulties in admission give rise to "scalpers" universities | Schools | Guangdong Provincial Department of Education
On August 15th, the Education Department of Guangdong Province launched the Guangdong Voice Hotline to answer social concerns.
Regarding issues such as whether university campuses are open to the public and the increasing demand for admission, which has led to a chaotic payment system, Jiang Cunyu from the Security Department of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education stated, "Of course, universities should be open. If any problems arise after opening up, they are not caused by opening up, but by poor management."
Jiang Cunyu stated that the closure and isolation were only "exceptions" caused during the epidemic, but this state may have led to some schools becoming dependent. Closure may reduce some management costs, but the inconvenience of management cannot be surpassed by openness. It is necessary to force the improvement of campus precision and fine management capabilities in openness.
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"At present, universities in Guangdong Province have gradually opened up to the general public, and relevant regulations have been formulated based on their own realities." Jiang Cunyu introduced that universities such as Shenzhen University and Southern University of Science and Technology have already opened appointments to the public, while universities such as Sun Yat sen University and South China University of Technology are developing and testing appointment systems.
Previously, the issue of difficulty in enrolling universities has attracted attention multiple times. On August 10th, the news of "Harbin Institute of Technology fully opening its campus" surged on the hot search.
The school stated that while ensuring normal teaching, research, and living order on campus, Harbin Institute of Technology has decided to fully open the campus. Campus visits do not require reservation and are open to all visitors. The admission time is from 8:30 to 16:30, and visitors must leave the school before 7:00 pm on the same day. Visitors enter and exit the designated school gate with valid identification documents such as ID cards and passports.
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At the same time, some netizens left a message on the "Leadership Message Board" of People's Daily, suggesting using the Chengdu Universiade as an opportunity to promote the opening of university sports venues to society. On July 26th, the Education Department of Sichuan Province responded to the netizen's message and once again advocated for universities to open their sports venues in an orderly manner.
In the early stage, the Ministry of Education convened relevant universities to conduct a special study on the opening of school sports venues. At the provincial school sports and art work conference, it once again advocated for all universities to open school sports venues in an orderly manner. Due to differences in the actual situation of each university, there are differences in the opening time and form of sports venues. The Department of Education will continue to promote the co construction and sharing of sports facilities in universities, improve measures, and open them in an orderly manner.
This summer, universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University announced their opening up to the outside world, leading to a phenomenon of "appointment fever".
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Regarding the issue of how to open up university campuses, Pengpai News commented that compared to the tangible walls of university campuses, what needs to be demolished more are those intangible walls - universities should never be understood as isolated and self interested "ivory towers". Not only public facilities on university campuses, but also cultural resources and courses on university campuses should be shared and exchanged with the outside world, making the university a true center for knowledge dissemination. This is also the true meaning of "big" in universities.
Comprehensive Yangcheng Evening News, Pengpai News, etc