Yingshan, Sichuan: Providing education that satisfies the people

Education is the foundation of a century long plan. Education, as an important part of people's livelihood, carries the mission of enabling students to become adults and talents, and is related to the future and destiny of countless families. Recently, the author went deep into the urban and rural schools in Yingshan, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, entered the classroom, came to the teachers' side, listened to and recorded the touching stories of educators who devoted themselves to the front line of education and nurturing students.

Role model power as a ferryman for mountain education

"Miss Li, you have returned to your hometown. Haven't seen you for a long time. Is everything all right?" Not long ago, Li Xiaoxia, a teacher of Xindian Primary School in Yingshan County, returned to Maliu Village, Laolin Town. A middle-aged man greeted her warmly. Li Xiaoxia recognized the man in front of her at a glance, who was Xiao Yong, an intellectually disabled student in her class when she was teaching at Shuanglin Elementary School more than ten years ago.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Li Xiaoxia warmly took Xiaoyong's hand and asked him about his recent life situation with concern. Thanks to you, I am currently working in the village to earn some living expenses, so it won't be a problem for me to support myself, "Xiaoyong confided.

Many years ago, this child with congenital physical defects relied on his mother for survival from a young age, only in the first grade of elementary school, and attended for 5 years. Xiaoyong recalled that since Teacher Li took over his class, he had given him special care and dedicated time to teaching him how to write and recognize Chinese yuan, helping him successfully complete his elementary school studies.

Teacher Li has taught me to love labor since I was young, and even made me the class labor committee member, "Xiaoyong said. Because of this, he developed the habit of being down-to-earth, hardworking, and loving labor; As he grew up, with his hardworking character, he was called by the villagers to take care of the Sichuan pepper base and perform physical labor on construction sites. Although his life was not wealthy, he was able to support himself.

Without Teacher Li's education, I wouldn't be where I am today, "Xiaoyong's eyes were already moist. He said," Whenever there is something happy, I share it with Teacher Li as soon as possible; When encountering setbacks, they also call Teacher Li to confide and seek help. Teacher Li cares for and nurtures me like a mother, and I will be grateful to her for the rest of my life

Helping a child brings warmth and hope of love to this family, "said Li Xiaoxia. Education is a two-way journey of love. In her eyes, every child has their own shining points. By identifying the root causes of problems, seizing strengths, and constantly giving encouragement, they can regain confidence and grow up in the sunshine.

For 26 years, Li Xiaoxia has been rooted in rural education and has always kept the warmth and coldness of her children in her heart, caring for them with utmost care. In the drawers of her office, she treasures the letters that her children have given her over the years. Xiaoxia's mother, it was you who gave me a second life, gave me the courage and confidence to face life calmly, and allowed me to experience the true feelings of the world... "Once, a student who had the idea of suicide due to family reasons confessed her feelings to her in a letter, becoming the most vivid footnote to Li Xiaoxia's motherly education sentiment.

26 years of spring and autumn, Li Xiaoxia devoted her most beautiful years to rural education. In class, she stood on a three foot podium to preach, impart knowledge, and dispel doubts; On campus, she works together with the children to strengthen and enjoy both body and mind; On the country roads, her footprints and figure of home visits are everywhere; In the family courtyard, the laughter and joy of her communicating with her parents and friends often echoed

Li Xiaoxia has been deeply involved in the front line of Chinese language teaching, diligently studying her profession and achieving outstanding teaching results. Over the past 20 years, our teaching performance has consistently ranked among the top in the area. In recent years, our comprehensive assessment and evaluation have consistently ranked among the top three in the Xindian area. As a warm-hearted person, Li Xiaoxia actively shares the worries and difficulties for the school: when teachers take leave, she takes the initiative to take on the task of teaching Chinese and takes on the role of class teacher; Young teacher Lu Ping participated in the county primary school Chinese observation class exhibition and evaluation activity, and Li Xiaoxia followed and guided her throughout the process, fully assisting her in lesson preparation and polishing, and helping her win the first prize

Peach and plum blossoms remain silent, until they become suspicious. Over the course of more than 20 years of teaching, she has honed her unique teaching style, summarized effective teaching experience, and gained widespread praise and recognition from society. She has been repeatedly awarded the titles of "Excellent Teacher" and "Excellent Education Worker" by the county party committee and government, and has been honored with the title of "Moral Model" for the first teachers in Yingshan County. In 2025, she was named the "Red Candle Pioneer" by the Education Working Committee of Yingshan County Party Committee, which highly recognizes her selfless dedication to education and her willingness to be a rising star.

Li Xiaoxia's advanced deeds spread like wildfire, and even more advantageous urban schools offered her an "olive branch", but she politely declined. She said that she is a child of the mountains. Seeing the smiling faces and thirst for knowledge of the children, she cannot let go of her flesh and blood connection with them, because she loves the land of mountain education deeply!

Teamwork continues to write educational stories that are passed down from generation to generation

Only by quietly immersing oneself in learning can one achieve great things. Welcome to join the big family of Class 20, Grade 7 of Huayu Middle School. This week, we do not arrange cultural subject tasks, but we hope that everyone can take some time every day to reflect on how to adapt to new roles and start three years of junior high school learning... "On September 1st, during the first lesson of the school year, Zhang Nansong, the homeroom teacher of Class 20, Grade 7 of Huayu Middle School, patiently guided and exchanged ideas with the children.

Zhang Nansong, with graying temples, is a city level backbone teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience as a homeroom teacher. As the "leader" of class management, he has developed a unique set of experience in class management and dedicated his youth and passion to Huayu Middle School, becoming a well-known brand in the school's class management.

The slightest abnormal behavior of the children was noticed and remembered by me and the teachers, and targeted solutions were formulated to solve the problem. "Zhang Nansong said that before this year's high school entrance examination, left behind student Lv Jiaxin experienced pre exam anxiety. He and his team members found the child, patiently listened to and confided in him, identified the crux of the problem, and helped the child get out of the quagmire. In the end, Lv Jiaxin performed steadily and achieved ideal results in the middle school entrance examination.

Mr. Zhang's team is trustworthy and trustworthy. We are very confident in entrusting our children to them, "said Lv Jiaxin's parents after the high school entrance examination." He has been working outside for many years and neglected the management of his children. With the careful help of Mr. Zhang's team, we have relieved the parents' worries.

At the end of June this year, the results of the middle school entrance examination were announced. The author learned that Zhang Nansong's class of 49 students participated in the exam, with an average class score of over 810 points (out of a total of 890 points), which is the only one among the county-level middle school entrance examination classes. Faced with such impressive results, Zhang Nansong appeared calm and composed. He said, "This achievement cannot be achieved without the sincere unity and cooperation of the entire team

Zhang Nansong's words are not false. He introduced that when subject teachers go out for learning and training, team members will actively claim class tasks based on their own course arrangements; When there is a fluctuation in academic performance, everyone should work together to identify the cause and solve the problem; When students encounter difficulties, teachers actively cooperate and help them get out of the haze... It is precisely because team members support and support each other, that everyone thinks and works together, and despite facing wind and rain tests multiple times, they still achieve outstanding results.

Many of our activities extend beyond the classroom. As a key link in home school co education, Zhang Nansong, together with his team teachers, organizes students to watch red movies and share their experiences during winter, summer, and weekend vacations, take hiking trips to the outskirts to relax, build a platform for parent-child communication, and carry out communication activities between the team and parents, allowing everyone to speak freely and express their feelings, thereby enhancing the cohesion and centripetal force of the class and building a bridge between home school co education.

A camp made of iron and flowing soldiers. Over the years, the members of the class management team led by Zhang Nansong have changed one after another, but the backbone has remained stable: there are English teacher Li Zhifeng, nicknamed "Desperate Three Mothers", Chinese teacher Hu Qiongli, who is knowledgeable, wise and humorous, Taoist teacher Zhang Yabai, who is calm, meticulous and full of love, and Kang Jian, the host of the first Yingshan Junior High School History Master Health Studio... The team members are mostly young and middle-aged teaching backbones with years of rich teaching experience, providing strong support for this team in terms of teaching staff.

Nowadays, Zhang Nansong, who is almost sixty years old, still sticks to his position as a homeroom teacher and leads his team to embark on a new journey; At the same time, he is also searching for a successor to the team. This year, school teacher Liao Ling joined this team. This outstanding county-level homeroom teacher and backbone teacher who has been working as a homeroom teacher for nearly 20 years has injected new vitality into the team and has become an ideal candidate to take over the team baton. In the face of trust, Liao Ling candidly said, "Seeing talented people and being eager to learn from them is both pressure and motivation, as well as encouragement and motivation. In the next few years, I will maintain a humble learning attitude, seek advice from Teacher Zhang, make up for my own shortcomings, and do a solid and meticulous job to not disappoint everyone's trust and expectations

Gold and silver cups are not as good as the reputation of the people. The team led by Teacher Zhang Nansong has always maintained the original intention of education, been diligent, willing, and quietly cultivated, and has received unanimous praise from society. We are proud to have such a team. Huayu Middle School is actively cultivating and incubating more 'Zhang Nansong teams', continuing the educational story passed down from generation to generation by the team... "said Shi Junmei, principal of Huayu Junior High School in Yingshan County.

Specialized education builds a comprehensive platform for students' development

On September 4th, in the campus of Hongguang Primary School in Yingshan County, a group of energetic young football players galloped on the green field, skillfully and smoothly performing dribbling, passing, shooting and other movements. Under the guidance of the coach, the children engaged in offensive and defensive confrontations, and after scoring a brilliant goal with exquisite coordination on the spot, cheers suddenly erupted.

This football team is mainly composed of elementary school students from Hongguang Primary School and other schools in the county. They will start training at the end of August to prepare for the upcoming 2026 Nanchong Youth (Student) Championship, "said Wang Dong, principal of Hongguang Primary School in Yingshan County.

As a national youth campus football characteristic school, Hongguang Primary School in Yingshan County has a strong football culture: the school not only has a standardized 7-a-side football field, but also offers one football special course per week in grades 4-6, taught by professional physical education teachers. At the same time, a football club is also established to stimulate children's interest and cultivate football reserve talents. It is reported that in the recent football competition for primary and secondary school students in Yingshan County, the school's primary school boys' football team passed all the tests and eventually won first place in the primary school boys' football competition, while the primary school girls' football team achieved a good result of second place in the competition.

This summer, in response to the needs of students, our school has built a standardized 5-person football field, which can accommodate more football enthusiasts to participate in training. Wang Dong said that the school's sports facilities continue to improve. Recently, a nearly 600 square meter idle field in the school was used to build a training ground for racing BMX, in order to enrich the school's sports categories.

It is reported that in order to fully guarantee students' daily physical exercise time, Hongguang Primary School fully implements the concept of health first education, and at least one physical education class is held per class every day, and the break time between classes is adjusted to 15 minutes. After school in the afternoon and on weekends, school sports facilities are open to the public for free, which continuously gathers social sports resources to the school, promotes the integration of society and school, and improves students' physical and mental health levels.

We adhere to the educational philosophy of putting health first and offer various physical education courses, "said Wang Dong. The school currently has 15 sports clubs, including regular basketball, table tennis, skipping rope, as well as characteristic sports clubs such as football, chess, and BMX. Previously, the school was also awarded the title of "Sichuan Province Chess Characteristic School" by the Sichuan Chess Association.

Sports activities are thriving, and labor education is equally vibrant. It is understood that the school has dedicated labor classrooms, provides children with labor toolkits, and has opened a farm on the roof of the teaching building, dividing 32 responsibility areas to assign to fourth and fifth grade students as labor practice bases. Under the guidance of the teacher, the children participated in all aspects of vegetable planting, including sowing, fertilizing, picking, and other agricultural management, in an orderly manner.

In the first half of this year, there was a bountiful harvest of vegetables in the vegetable garden. We held the first Harvest Festival on campus, conducted evaluation activities, stimulated children's interest in labor, and guided the establishment of values that respect labor and laborers. Wang Dong introduced that the school has also organized students to go to the "Double Reality" base multiple times to carry out labor education practices, allowing children to experience hardships in labor and feel happiness in harvest.

As a demonstration school for ethnic unity and progress in Sichuan Province, ethnic unity education that solidifies the sense of community of the Chinese nation is a major characteristic of the school. As a result, the school has created a national unity and solidarity corridor, comprehensively showcasing the cultural characteristics of various ethnic groups, and placing reading materials on the joint efforts of people of all ethnic groups to build the motherland, allowing children to receive the influence of national unity and common prosperity unconsciously.

It is reported that the school currently has 20 ethnic minority teachers and students. In the first half of this year, the school held the first Starlight Art Festival with the theme of "Pomegranate Blossoms Nourish Childlike Hearts, Strong Country with Me Towards the Future" and the "Same Sports, One Family" Spring Games, deeply integrating ethnic unity education with art education and sports competition, presenting a vivid scene of people of all ethnic groups in the country tightly embracing each other like pomegranate seeds.

We combine the teaching needs of different grades and subjects, expand and extend textbook knowledge, and organize events such as food festivals and kite festivals according to the times. We organically integrate subject knowledge with life practice, allowing students to apply knowledge and experience culture in real situations. With rich activities, we enhance the effectiveness of subject teaching and achieve the goal of scientific education, "said Wang Dong. (Guo Ming, Liu Pu, Yang Xuan)