A Great Problem: New Moral Courage Needed a lecture delivered at the Foreign Y.M.C.A."on April 1, Dr. King Chu. of the Misistry of Education, said that educators have great task to solve in China.
In China moral courage has been completely broken down, and so far the new moral courage has not yet been established. This is the problem that confronts modern Chinese educators. Although no satisfactory solution has been arrived at so far, Dr. King said that an_ efficacious remedy Will be effected in the near}
He then went on to outline the plan for compulsory education in China which he believes will _be completed within 20 years. The first step in this plan will be achieved through mass education, the purpose of which is two-fold. On one hand, illiteracy will be totally wiped out among the lower} classes; on the other, they will be given an opportunity for civic trai ing and citizenship.
Dr. King then went on to discuss secondary education in China, point ing out that the weakest factor in the present system lies in the poor: methods of teaching, and the inadequate equipment.
Several prominent educational experts have been invited to survey the existing situation. Dr. Paul Munro, the American educator, has! been asked to suggest methods to raise the present educational standards.
The universal idea of secondary education, Dr. King believes, la cal, The lecturer then commented Chinese system of college education, Pointing out that the Ministry Education hopes to. improve the prevailing defects in two ways, Fir budget of national colleges; second, to establish several research, Two natural and social sciences, The introduction of mature Western civilization may have a salutary effect on Chinese education, Dr. King added. In thi an increased desire for mat comforts will be stimulated among the Chinese and at the same time the ability of "the individual to attain these aims will be augmented.
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