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Written by: Chen Jiahui
2021-02-25 15:24
The last update date: 2021-02-25 15:25
In the new "Budget", the government further allocates resources to cultivate scientific and technological talents, including the launch of the "Fun and IT Knowledge" program with 200 million yuan, and 400,000 yuan for aided primary schools in the next three years, which will be strengthened through extracurricular activities. Students' interest and application of information technology.
In addition, the government last year subsidized 1,600 college students for internships in science and technology companies, and this year's budget will make the plan regular.
Some programming education science and technology companies welcome the new measures. Compared with the previous focus on purchasing equipment or teacher training, they believe that the new plan is more focused on student experience, can cultivate students’ interest in technology earlier, and can provide participation in technology competitions and international examinations. Opportunity.
Another medical technology start-up company said that it participated in the plan last year to hire 9 local college students. They believed that the plan would benefit the company and also help train local innovation and technology talents, but believed that the industry is still thirsty for talents and the government can cultivate Talents and attract overseas talents, provide more preferential policies.
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At present, the government’s measures to promote IT education in primary and secondary schools include the Middle School IT Enrichment Program and the “Secondary IT Innovation Lab”. It is mentioned in this year’s budget that an additional 200 million yuan will be allocated to extend the plan to primary schools in the future. To provide each aided primary school with a maximum of 400,000 yuan in three years for extracurricular activities to strengthen students' interest in and application of information technology.
In the past, more purchases of equipment or new teacher training programs focused more on student experience
Xuan Wenhao, the founder of the programming education technology company Koding Kingdom, welcomed the plan, saying that the new plan focuses more on the experience of students than in the previous plan, which focuses more on the purchase of equipment or teacher training.
As for the subsidy of 400,000 yuan per school for three years, he pointed out that 400,000 yuan will be used in three years, that is, about 120,000 to 130,000 per year. Among the six grades of primary school, each grade is about From 20,000 to 30,000, I think the subsidy is not too much. The school may have to choose between grades.
The budget mentions that the "Fun and IT Knowledge" program will be launched at a cost of 200 million yuan, and 400,000 yuan will be provided to aided primary schools in the next three years to enhance students' interest in and application of information technology through extracurricular activities.
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Regarding how schools implement STEM education, Huen Wenhao believes that teaching the "hard knowledge" of technology in the form of subjects in primary schools may appear to be "half the effort"; on the contrary, through extracurricular activities, students can experience that technology is closely related to their lives. Make students like technology.
He took programming education as an example, suggesting that schools can use funding to provide off-campus courses and also allow students to visit technology companies. For senior classes and students with outstanding performance, they can provide them with opportunities to participate in competitions and international examinations. .
It is recommended to provide students with opportunities to visit science and technology companies and participate in international competitions
However, he also pointed out that the current situation is quite special. Due to the epidemic, schools have been closed for a long time. Teachers will now focus on catching up with the progress. They may not be too focused on implementing additional STEM education, and the budget needs to be approved by the Legislative Council. It is expected that the actual implementation will take more than half a year.
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The government set aside 40 million yuan last year to subsidize science and engineering students of local universities to participate in short-term internships in the innovation and technology industry in a pilot form. More than 1,600 students and more than 1,000 companies participated.
The government stated that due to the overwhelming response, it decided to regularize the plan.
Start-up: expect the government to introduce more policies to cultivate talents
HandyRehab, a medical technology start-up company, also participated in the government's "subsidization of local university science and engineering students to participate in short-term internships in the innovation and technology industry" last year.
The company’s chief executive, Zhang Weicheng, said that through the plan, a total of nine students from three universities were recruited. He believed that “the students are very dedicated and diligent, and can supplement the workforce and introduce new ideas for the company.” He also said that he will continue to participate in the plan in the future. Internship programs will hire at least two interns.
The government set aside 40 million yuan last year to subsidize science and engineering students of local universities to participate in short-term internships in the innovation and technology industry in a pilot form. More than 1,600 students and more than 1,000 companies participated.
The government stated that due to the overwhelming response, it decided to regularize the plan.
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Zhang Weicheng agrees that the plan will help train local innovation and technology talents and allow students to accumulate experience, but believes that the market has always been thirsty for talents in innovation and technology as a whole, especially engineers, and hopes that the government can cultivate talents and attract overseas talents to provide more Many preferential policies.
For example, he pointed out that the government can provide recruitment support and financial assistance when hiring some local technicians, such as software engineers and robotic product designers, who are very scarce in the start-up.
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