purpose
is to cultivate the labor view and labor habit of students,
and to teach them some basic working skills. The working
skills education can not only make ground for talent cultivation,
but also prepare the students for later profession. The
content of working skill course includes some basic skills
in the production and service of industry or agriculture,
commonweal labor, and vocational techniques.
The exact course
content varies according to the objective situation and
the diversity in urban and rural areas. In high schools
of counties and cities (including towns and city suburbs)
should be opened agriculture course, or industry course;
in the forest areas should be opened forest course; in
the mine areas should be opened mineral course; in the
cities should be opened industry, commerce, service or
other vocational education courses. As for the commonweal
labor, it is arranged according to practical situation
and there is no difference of areas or grades. The content
of vocational education is mainly basic skills with great
adaptability, such as working types in industry: woodworking,
metalworking, electrics, etc. and working types in agriculture:
agronomy, farming, etc. The time for working skills education
can be separate or continuous. It is regulated that there
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be 2 weeks for working skills education
in high schools and 4 weeks in senior schools. In other
administrative regions below county (including towns
and city suburbs) should be opened courses on basic
agriculture knowledge and skills, which should be combined
with study of botany and zoology.
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