“It is lucky to meet a good teacher. It is an honour for a school to have good teachers. And excellent teachers are the hope of the nation.” Among the many good teachers in our country, there is a special group which, for 40 years since the reform and opening-up, has trained millions from all walks of life and cultivated countless high-quality workers.
In June 2017, the first session of the teaching skills competition of the Open University of China (OUC) concluded. Ma Shaojun, a tutor from the OUC Zhejiang branch, won the best online design prize for his “timely learning reminders + learning via online platforms + special quizzes + real-time assignments” teaching model. He also won the overall first prize.
On the morning of 12th March 2018, the OUC Experimental School held an appointment meeting for the deputy dean of the School. At the meeting, OUC vice president Liu Chen delivered a speech summarising the past achievements of the OUC Experimental School and putting forward requirements for its future development. The abstract of the speech is as follows:
“The farmers’ courtyards with their white walls and grey tiles are well-arranged; all the cement paths in the village are wide and flat; and the fields and footpaths are crisscrossed with shady fruit trees……” To the villagers of Pipa Village, Shuiningsi Township, Bazhong City in Sichuan Province, this description is closely related to village Party secretary Yang Bin, a junior college student in the rural administration programme of the Open University of China (OUC). Yang Bin is a well-known national “Secretary on crutches” and has been honoured with the Fifth National Self-Improvement Example award. He has met Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council.
Ningbo Radio and TV University’s (Ningbo RTVU) “Blooming New Silk Road” international cultural exchange platform has been successfully approved as one of the first batch of units that will jointly build a Belt and Road international educational cooperation platform based on social and culture exchange.
The National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People’s Political and Consultative Conference (CPPCC) , also known as “Two Sessions” were convened recently with the theme of “New Era, New Journey”. What are the major concerns of the newly elected NPC deputies and CPPC members who are OUC graduates?
The National People’s Congress (NPC) and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), together referred to as the two sessions, were recently convened in Beijing. Facing a new era, new journey, and new mission, which issues will the new deputies to the two sessions from the Open University of China (OUC) focus on?
It was announced recently that two projects, Stronger Manufacturing, Stronger China: From Manufacturing Power Strategy to China Manufacturing 2025 and Eye of Space: Space Technology Escorts the Belt and Road Initiative, submitted by the Open University of China Press (OUC) will be funded by the National Publication Foundation in 2018.