Chapter 86 Schools for the children of cadres should be gradually abolished[1]

(June 14, 1952) Premier Zhou: (1) If possible, all private primary and secondary schools should be taken over. (2) Schools for the children of cadres, the first step should be equal treatment, no further classification; the second step is to abolish such aristocratic schools and unite with the children of the people.Please use discretion. Mao Zedong June 14 Printed from manuscript. -------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ note [1] This is Mao Zedong's comment on the report to the Central Committee and the North China Bureau of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China on June 11, 1952 on the burden of school and primary school students and their living conditions.The report of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee stated that the expenses borne by primary and middle school students are quite heavy for working people's families and low-wage workers.At present, the standard of people's bursaries in middle schools is low, and the number of places is small, and there is no bursaries in primary schools.In order to improve this situation, it is planned to take over all private primary and secondary schools, and all public and private primary and secondary schools will be exempted from tuition and miscellaneous fees.The report also said that at present, in the schools for the children of cadres, the treatment of students is extremely inconsistent. First, the standards of food expenses and allowances are different between schools, and second, within the same school, there are large and medium ones.There are public-funded students for the children of cadres who enter ordinary schools, and their public-funded subsidies are divided into three classes according to the parents' revolutionary history and position.The above-mentioned differences have a very bad impact on the children of cadres and ordinary students, and should be changed.