Recently, some media exposed the fact that an organization was doing "check-in business" in the name of "volunteer teaching", which triggered a wide discussion among the public about rural volunteer teaching activities. According to the report, you only need to pay a certain fee, stay in the countryside for a few days, and hold a few activities with the children, and you can get the so-called "public welfare certificate". In the teaching itinerary, tourism experience projects account for more than half.
In order to get into a more desirable school or to have an advantage in the competition for jobs, young people continue to be keen to obtain various certificates. Everyone can take the test, how to make more "papers" and realize that no one has me? In recent years, all kinds of "public welfare certificates" and "teaching certificates" have become a "new track" to add weight to their strength. As a result, this gave rise to the "check-in business" reported in the previous media, and the schools and children in the countryside have become attractions, making the original support education into a mess for education.
We welcome support for primary and secondary schools in areas with relatively backward educational resources, serious teaching planning, and sincere exchanges with teachers and students. However, the punch-card volunteer teaching summer camp cannot be raised. Whether or not you can add weight to the entrance examination and whether you will gain anything after returning is secondary, but the important thing is that this kind of chaos has turned public welfare into a business, and rural education has become a tool to make money. Looking at the waves of young people with cameras coming to their side under the banner of "teaching support", but taking pictures and chatting casually and leaving, how did the children feel in their hearts? How will they position themselves and how will they trust the kindness of strangers?
Strengthen supervision, don't let "public welfare" become "business"
Take responsibility for management. Various laws and regulations, such as the Charity Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on Volunteer Service, and the Measures for the Issuance of Volunteer Service Records and Certificates (for Trial Implementation), have made clear provisions on the management entity, the principle of public welfare non-profit, and the process of volunteer service. However, in the process of implementation and implementation, some management entities are not strict and not in place due to various reasons such as management costs, management capabilities and management difficulties.
While implementing these management functions and regulations, it is possible to establish a "red and black list of public welfare organizations" according to the actual situation and the degree of "taste" in each locality. At the same time, we should popularize public welfare knowledge to the society in a timely manner, such as which certificates and institutions are authoritative and officially recognized.
Draw clear boundaries between "business". Promoting the active participation of all kinds of market entities in public welfare is encouraged by national policies and is also an inevitable requirement for the development of the socialist market economy. However, "public welfare" is not a "business" after all, and it needs to be beneficial in the scenario of "public welfare". Draw the boundaries of "business", stipulate the upper limit of interests that are legitimate and acceptable to the society, develop a transparent and open data disclosure system and the habit of publicity, and do "business" in a clear place and implement "public welfare". If it is a public welfare, it should be done in a down-to-earth manner, and if it is a business, then the manager should not transfer the right to issue all kinds of certificates and certificates belonging to the "public welfare" to the "business" operator.
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Make the meaning of "public welfare" practical. The public welfare of volunteer teaching activities is clear and concrete, and it is of practical significance to the growth of young people and rural children who participate in volunteer teaching. Do all kinds of "volunteer teaching" activities in the form of trips or summer camps really play such a "public welfare" significance? The young people who "join the group" and the children who "pick up the group" are direct participants, and they know best whether they have gold content. From a management point of view, management departments at all levels should improve the feedback and evaluation system for activity management, and give the right to judge the effect of public welfare to the most direct participants. Through such a feedback and evaluation mechanism, managers can also grasp first-hand data on the success of public welfare and form a problem-oriented management mechanism.
Let public welfare return to its essence, rather than a temporary check-in show. Young people can broaden their horizons and cultivate a sense of social responsibility through real philanthropy; Rural children can gain new knowledge, positive spirit and life experience, which is the original intention of "public welfare" and the good wish of all participants in such activities. To make this beautiful thing sustainable in the long term will require a renewed effort from policymakers and managers.
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Written by | Zhang Xiumei, associate researcher of the Institute of Culture, Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences
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