Pan Jianwei Committee Member: Recommends Increasing Heuristic and Open-Ended Questions in College Entrance Examination

China Youth Daily Client Beijing March 8 (China Youth Daily · China Youth Net Reporter Hu Chunyan, Qin Zhenzi, Liu Changrong, Yang Yue) On the afternoon of March 8, Pan Jianwei, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, spoke at the third plenary session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference on behalf of the Jiusan Society, mentioning, “There is still a lack of systematic cultivation of students’ pioneering spirit, and the foundational support for independent and self-reliant technological talent needs to be strengthened from the source.”

He said that the utilitarian trend in the current research ecosystem urgently needs to be reversed, the “breaking the four唯” reform needs to be deepened, and there is insufficient support and guidance for dedicated research; the mechanism for tolerating exploratory failures is not yet sound, which suppresses researchers’ courage for original innovation from 0 to 1.

In response to these issues, he suggested, “Significantly increase the number of inspiring and open-ended questions in key exams such as the college entrance examination, guiding teachers to shift from knowledge transmission to problem exploration and critical thinking teaching,” to systematically cultivate students’ empirical thinking, critical thinking, and creative thinking.

At the same time, he also recommended that reforming evaluation to unleash innovation vitality, and delegating more authority over talent standards and assessments to employers. The government should weaken direct micro-evaluations of talent projects, encourage and guide enterprises, foundations, and other social forces to establish highly professional and credible talent awards, making talent evaluation more closely aligned with industry needs and scientific frontiers, and establish long-term evaluation mechanisms. Encourage researchers to be indifferent to fame and fortune, willing to sit on the cold bench, and dedicate themselves to long-term breakthroughs; at the same time, provide institutional safeguards for researchers to challenge “no man’s land.”

Source: China Youth Daily Client