Research on Further Promoting the Long-Term Effective

Implementation of the "Double Reduction" Policy

Qi Zhang

School of Finance and Public Administration, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning, China

Keywords: Double Reduction’Policy, Educational Innovation, Policy Coordination, Educational Reform.

Abstract: The education system in China has led to the heavy burden of students' academic work, the serious education

"inner volume," and the chaos of the out-of-school training market. To lighten the homework burden of the

students in the compulsory education stage and to construct a healthier, fair, high-quality educational envi-

ronment, opinions on further reducing the amount of homework and off-campus training that students in the

obligatory education stage must do were released by the General Offices of the CPC Central Committee and

the State Council, namely the "double reduction policy." Through summarizing and studying the related lit-

erature and problems about the policy of "double reduction," this study draws the conclusion that the policy

of "double reduction" should be further promoted by changing the educational concept and value orientation,

constructing a good implementation environment, and perfecting the supervision mechanism.

1 INTRODUCTION

For a long time, China's examination system has led

to a serious phenomenon of "examination-oriented

education" in the Chinese educational system. It does

not only impact students' both emotional and physical

well-being, but also limits their overall development

and individual growth. At the same time, parents'

pursuit of students' good grades makes the

extracurricular training institutions develop

constantly and then causes chaotic phenomena in the

extracurricular training market, and also causes the

unfair influence of social education.

The core purpose of the "double-reduction" policy

is to lighten the overweight burden of students and to

reduce the influence of out-of-school training

institutions on students. Specifically, the policy will

promote the two key works of "reducing load" and

"fighting chaos," covering curriculum load reduction,

assignment load reduction, off-campus training

institutions governance, and aspects. First, with

regard to reducing the burden on students' schooling,

the policy requires that the total amount and duration

of homework be fully reduced. For example, the first

and second grades of primary school do not arrange

written homework for families, the average

completion time of written homework for grades 3 to

6 shall not exceed 60 minutes, and the average

completion time of written homework for junior high

school shall not exceed 90 minutes. The second is to

lessen the strain of training off-campus. The policy is

to resolutely reduce off-campus training for

disciplines, including that discipline training

institutions shall not be listed for financing,

capitalization operation is strictly forbidden, and off-

campus training institutions shall not occupy national

statutory holidays, rest days, and summer and cold

holidays to establish discipline training. Third, the

deepening of educational reform. "The

implementation of "double reduction" policy marks

the further deepening of educational reform, not only

local reform, but also systematic reform. Fourth, the

implementation of the "double reduction" policy will

promote the balanced development of compulsory

education, curb the increasingly utilitarian training

market, effectively reduce the educational input of

ordinary families, and enable more families to let

their children receive education with relatively low

cost and relatively peaceful mentality. Fifth, the

connotation of policy implementation is to improve

the quality and increase the efficiency of school

education, standardize the health of the education

which not in school, and insist on the public welfare

of education. The implementation of the policy

should emphasize education-oriented and

coordinated governance, and the governance path

should include perfecting the guarantee system and

giving play to the main position of school education.

It should define the function orientation, play the

Zhang, Q.

Research on Further Promoting the Long-Term Effective Implementation of the "Double Reduction" Policy.

DOI: 10.5220/0013982500004912

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complementary role of out-of-school education,

optimize the management mechanism, give full play

to the role of extracurricular education, and form a

long-term mechanism of cross-department

governance. The sixth is the construction of

educational ecology. It takes the idea of both inside

and outside the school and promotes the reform of

education mode and the high-quality development of

basic education through the comprehensive treatment

of the burden of homework and the burden of training

outside the school.

After the "double reduction" policy was issued,

the number of training institutions outside the school

was significantly reduced, the homework burden of

the students in the compulsory education stage was

also reduced, the after-class service development in

the school allowed the students to develop in an all-

round way, the students could basically complete the

homework in the school, and at the same time

lightened the students' learning pressure and parents'

economic burden. Although the policy has achieved

certain results, it has also aroused wide attention and

discussion from all walks of life.

Most of China's in-depth "double reduction" work

has achieved positive results, but there are still some

problems. At present, among the most well-known

problem of the thing about mandatory schooling is

that the burden of students in elementary and

secondary school is too heavy, and the shortsighted

and utilitarian issues have not been essentially solved.

In one respect, the burden of students' homework is

still massive, and there are issues with managing

assignments. On the other hand, the issue of advanced

training has not been fundamentally resolved, and

after-school training is still hot, some out-of-school

training projects charge high fees, capital overflows

into the existence of large risks, training institutions

"difficult to refund," "running away with money" and

other illegal acts occur from time to time. Moreover,

it may cause teachers' working hours to increase

significantly, work intensity and burden to increase,

work enthusiasm to decrease, or cause conflict with

parents. These problems will seriously hedge the

educational reform and development results, and the

social response is strong. In addition, there are the

problems that the formulation of the policy content

fails to take into account the regional differences and

is not comprehensive enough, and the problems that

the policy is implemented with supporting safeguard

measures. Therefore, if the implement of "double

reduction" is to be more long-term and effective,

there are many challenges to be faced, and all sectors

of society need to work together to promote its

continuous optimization and development.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the

current situation and development trend of the

"double-reduction" policy, help to understand the

theoretical basis and practical significance of the

"double-reduction" policy, and explore the existing

research deficiencies, from the compulsory education

stage of the "double-reduction" policy evolution, the

current status of the "double-reduction" policy

implementation, the "double-reduction" policy

existing problems and dilemmas, and continue to

promote long-term "double-reduction" policy

effective execution of the four aspects of thinking and

overview.

2 THE PRESENT SITUATION OF

"DOUBLE DECREASE"

POLICY

The "double reduction" policy's execution has

produced initial outcomes and made progress in

stages. Out-of-school training institutions governance

results are obvious, discipline training institutions

barbaric growth phenomenon has been effectively

restrained; In-school service is effectively improved,

the primary role of education in schools is further

strengthened, and the total amount and duration of

operation are effectively controlled; The policy

implementation mechanism is constantly improved,

and the education department has issued a number of

supporting documents in conjunction with other

departments. But at present, there are still some

deficiencies that need to be perfected.

2.1 Education Management Department

In the education management department, the policy

implementation mechanism is constantly perfected.

The education department, in conjunction with other

departments, has issued a number of supporting

documents related to compulsory education operation

management, examination management, and

supervision of pre-charged funds. The governance of

out-of-school training institutions has achieved

obvious consequences, and the brutal growth of

institutions for discipline training has been effectively

restrained. At present, the double-reduction policy is

overall, but to do a good job, the related department

still need to constantly sum up experience and base it

on practice. If there is still a shortcoming in the

supervision of out-of-school training, there is still a

problem of rebound and variation in the out-of-school

training of disciplines, some institutions still have

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some illegal behaviors to carry out training activities

from "above the ground" to "below the ground," and

the education department should fundamentally put

an end to the local education management

department's behavior of violating the actual policies.

2.2 Schools and Teachers

In terms of schools and teachers, in-school service has

been effectively improved, the main position of

school education has been further strengthened, the

duration of after-school service has been extended,

the school has generally formulated work

management measures, the school and teachers have

cooperated in work management, and the total

amount of work and duration have been effectively

controlled. The policy of "double reduction" has a

high degree of maneuverability in standardizing

school problems, but there are still many problems, so

the supporting measures and work in school and

teachers still need to be perfected.

2.3 Society and Family

In terms of society and family, after the policy of

"double reduction" was issued, a variety of actions

were taken against the training institutions with false

propaganda, which standardized the out-of-school

training market and also lightened the burden on

students. However, the educational resources of

China are not balanced, and educational equity needs

to be realized, so a large amount of capital that has

been involved in the out-of-school training market

profit has seriously threatened the national

educational system (Wang et al., 2023).

3 EXISTING PROBLEMS AND

DILEMMAS OF "DOUBLE

REDUCTION" POLICY

3.1 Value Orientation Misunderstand-

ing of "Double Reduction" Policy

The utilitarian nature and single value orientation of

culture aggravate the burden of students, and the

utilitarian thought of traditional education

exaggerates the additional functions of education

infinitely (Dong et al., 2022). China's education has

paid too much attention to "top students" education,

and schools have paid too much attention to online

rates and excellent rates. Some parents still think that

education is nothing but the precondition for

obtaining a gainful achievement. First of all, some

schools still violate the policy, some teachers do not

abide by professional ethics, and still the holiday to

the students to make up for the course, second is the

parents on The policy of "double reduction" of the

worth of the lack of scientific understanding, still will

the children's academic performance and the level of

counseling classes linked. From the aspects of family,

school, and society, there is the misunderstanding of

value orientation in the policy. In the aspect of family,

parents can only judge their overall study situation in

the school through their children's individual

achievements. On the school side, the school pays too

much attention to the promotion rate, the teacher

overtakes the course and arranges the overtakes the

assignment. Under the explicit requirements of the

policy, there are still schools that ignore this and

follow the rate of promotion only (Wang et al., 2023).

The misunderstanding of value orientation may lead

to the decline of classroom teaching quality, the

increase of educational burden, the distortion of

educational concepts, the destruction of educational

equity, and the expansion of advanced learning

problems, which is contrary to the public interest

attribute of education and the goal of students' healthy

growth.

3.2 The Issue of Environmental Gaps

in The Implementation of the

"Double Reduction" Policy

A good social environment and supervisory

mechanism are needed to put into practice the "double

reduction" policy. At present, there are still some

parents who have the urgent idea of excessive

tamarind with Jackie Chan, at the same time, the out-

of-school training to seek fame and profit together

makes the "double reduction" policy lack a good

implementation environment. In addition, social

public opinion also affects the "double reduction"

policy's execution. After the application of the policy,

hot words such as "inner volume" and "educational

anxiety" appear. In addition, due to the operation

supervision mechanism to be perfected in the process

of implementation, the phenomenon of illegal

remedial courses for primary and secondary students

and illegal fees for training institutions outside the

school are still emerging. Therefore, scholars point

out that the "double reduction" policy's deployment

needs a good social environment and implementation

environment. The oversight mechanisms need to be

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constantly refined to ensure that policies are in place

and effective (Dong et al., 2022; Wang et al., 2023).

3.3 Core Problems of "Double

Reduction" Policy Implementation

By deepening the essential connotation of the policy

of "double reduction", researchers find that the

imbalance between the government, the market, and

the society will lead to a series of major problems. In

view of the above problems, scholars prove that the

"double reduction" policy's fulfillment needs to

analyze its essential connotation from the historical

evolution of the policy, the problems of the current

educational evaluation system, the burden transfer

between parents and society, and handle the

relationship between the country, the market, the

school and the society well, so as to guarantee the

successful execution of the policy, the return of

education to the school, the return of students to the

all-round development, the return of teachers to the

initial heart and mission of education, and the return

of parents to the society to cooperatively educate

people (Liu et al., 2022). In addition, the specific

differences and complexity of the implementation of

the "double reduction" policy in different regions

should be fully considered to help the smooth

implementation of the policy.

In addition, Qi et al. (2024) have emphasized that

the implementation of the "double reduction" policy

needs the coordination of the government, schools,

society, and other parties, overall promotion,

common governance, and the responsibility and

boundary of each subject should be clearly defined,

each responsible for their respective responsibilities,

good work, can promote the successful application of

the policy.

4 REFLECTION ON THE

LONG-DURATION EFFECTIVE

IMPLEMENTATION OF THE

"DOUBLE REDUCTION"

POLICY

Through discussing the logical dilemma of "reducing

burdens" in basic education, it can be concluded that

there are logical dilemmas of "load reduction" in

basic education (Dong et al., 2022). By analyzing the

prevalence of "meritocracy prevails," younger-age

trend competition, and early education selection, this

paper demonstrates the influence of "inner volume"

on the education system. Therefore, in order to

facilitate the robust progression of fundamental

education, it is imperative to surmount the

paradoxical predicament presented by the concept of”

alleviating the burden”. In order to enhance the

efficacy of local capacities in facilitating the

alleviation of burdens, it is imperative to modify the

governmental narrative, champion the concept of

“reduced burden with enhanced quality,” and

endeavor to tailor policy content to the specific needs

of localities, strive for "local customization" of policy

content, integrate normalization and sports promotion

methods, seek multi-dimensional support of reform,

and work together in coordination. (Yang et al.,

2016). But at present, this conclusion is too one-sided

and neglects the distribution of powers and

responsibilities between the central government and

the local government. In addition, to promote the

"double reduction" policy's execution, it is essential

to coordinate the interests of all parties in the society

(Liu et al., 2022). In view of the above problems and

scholars' views, this study has the following thoughts

on the long-term effective execution of the "double

reduction" policy.

First, for alter the instructive paradigm and shift

the value orientation, it is imperative to transform the

utilitarian perspective of education as perceived by

family, educational institutions, and society at large.

This necessitates a reduction in the singular emphasis

on academic achievements and a concurrent focus on

the holistic development of students. Parents should

learn about their children's learning situation in a

variety of ways, rather than just judging by their

grades. Second, in the construction of a good

implementation environment, parents should reduce

the excessive expectations of children's academics,

while the out-of-school training institutions should be

standardized management, to avoid seeking fame and

profit. At the same time, the society should positively

guide public opinion, reduce the behavior of selling

anxiety, and create a good social atmosphere for the

"double reduction" policy's implementation. Thirdly,

it is imperative to enhance the oversight mechanism,

rigorously monitor the illicit collection of tuitions

from primary and secondary school students, as well

as from extracurricular training establishments,

thereby guaranteeing the efficacious execution of the

pertinent policy. By clarifying the responsibilities of

all parties through legislation, the related department

should improve the legal system of education so that

"double reduction" supervision can be based on laws.

The fourth is to promote policy collaborative

innovation, construct the policy collaborative

innovation mechanism of government leading and

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multi-participation, and dynamically adjust the policy

to respond to new problems and difficulties. At the

same time, evidence-based policy formulation,

evaluation, and improvement mechanisms improve

the science and rationality of policy design. Fifth, It

is vital to raise the caliber of education and

instructing, the school should enhance the quality of

classroom teaching, and reduce the parents' and kids'

"points" demand, which is the most fundamental and

effective management of out-of-school training. At

the same time through the teacher rotation and other

measures to promote the balance of education, to

ensure that students in the school to learn well. Sixth,

it is necessary to optimize homework management,

schools should build a scientific and effective

homework design, guidance, supervision, evaluation

system, and mechanism to reduce the burden of

students' homework. More attention should be paid to

the positive educational function of homework, and

teachers should be encouraged to innovate homework

design, such as layering, experiential homework, and

so on. The seventh is to construct a cooperative

education system of schools and colleges, activate the

endogenous power of parents, give play to the role of

family education in the Leader tree, recognize the

importance of family education, boost the

coordination of families and schools, and jointly

promote the "double reduction" policy's

implementation. The eighth is to consider the regional

differences and complexity, according to the specific

differences and complexity of various locations, and

formulate the "double reduction" policy

implementation strategy in accordance with the local

actual situation.

5 CONCLUSION

During the period of compulsory education, the

burden-reducing policy has been evolving and

different burden-reducing policies have brought a lot

of experience enlightenment. In the long run， to

further promote effective implementation of the

"double reduction" policy, related department should

focus on changing the educational concept and value

orientation, building a good policy implementation

environment, and improving the supervision

mechanism to promote. Based on this, the problems

and limitations of the "double reduction" program in

place can be solved. To understand the theoretical

basis and practical significance of the "double

reduction" policy and explore the existing research

deficiencies, the "double reduction" policy can be

further effectively implementation, to really promote

the overall development of students, to continue to

promote the reform of educational methods, to

highlight educational equity, to optimize the

allocation of learning resources and to improve the

quality of education. But in fact, optimizing and

refining the policy requires not only the policy-

making department to study the specific situation of

each region in depth but also a lot of time and money

cost. At the same time in the actual operation and

implementation of the policy, the need for clearer

guidance and coordination mechanisms. In addition,

the change of concept and value orientation itself is a

long-term and complex process, which demands the

common endeavors of every societal segment. In

short, further promoting the long-term effective

execution of the "double reduction" policy requires

both effective guidance and supervision by the

government and relevant departments and joint

efforts of all sectors of society.

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