Kick-Off to Excellence: Nanjing Campus Unveils State-of-the-Art Football Education Development Center
Original title: Nanjing Campus Football Education Development Center unveiled
China News Service, Nanjing, October 28 (Reporter Zhu Xiaoying) On the 28th, the Nanjing Campus Football High-Quality Development Conference was held. The Nanjing Campus Football Education Development Center was unveiled, the Campus Football Expert Steering Committee issued a letter of appointment, the “Mayor’s Cup” trophy and the campus football theme song were released, and the Nanjing Municipal Education Bureau signed a campus football school-site cooperation framework with Nanjing Institute of Physical Education and Nanjing Xiaozhuang College. protocol.
The signing ceremony of the Nanjing Campus Football Campus Cooperation Framework Agreement. Photo by China News Network reporter Zhu Xiaoying
Sun Baijun, deputy mayor of the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government, said that in 2015, six departments including the Ministry of Education issued the “Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Development of Youth Campus Football” as an important breakthrough to promote quality education and lead the reform and innovation of school sports. This year, seven departments including the Ministry of Education issued the “Implementation Opinions on Strengthening and Improving Youth Campus Football in the New Era”, which have pointed out the direction for Nanjing to do a good job in youth campus football in the new era.
Lu Puxin, a first-level researcher from the Nanjing Municipal Education Bureau, said that the characteristic of Nanjing football education is pragmatism. In recent years, Nanjing has adhered to the comprehensive educational concepts of “small football, big education” and “small football, big stage” and actively explored aspects such as the construction of characteristic schools, event system planning, talent training and transportation, and teacher team building. The city has established 1 national youth campus football reform pilot zone, 3 Jiangsu province campus football reform pilot zones, built 247 national youth campus football specialty schools (kindergartens), and 10 Jiangsu province football reserve talent demonstration schools.
The campus football expert steering committee issued the letter of appointment ceremony. Photo by China News Network reporter Zhu Xiaoying
“Campus football is not only a sport, but also an education.” Ge Jun, Secretary of the Party Committee of the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University, said in his speech that campus football has developed rapidly in the past ten years, giving young people the wings to dream on the green field, and more It provides motivation to improve students’ physical health and promote the development of sports.
In recent years, the Nanjing Municipal Education Bureau has issued the “Assessment Methods for Schools with Characteristics of Campus Football in Nanjing”. In the past five years, the city has added or expanded 1.282 million square meters of school sports venues and built approximately 160 campus football venues; Nanjing Municipal Education and Sports Department Signed a cooperation framework agreement and established a municipal-level campus football, sports and education integrated training system. Nearly 200,000 people participate in campus football competitions all year round. Nanjing took the lead in establishing a campus football teacher growth academy in Jiangsu Province and developed a credit system assessment for campus football-specific teachers. System, establish a campus football level coach training and promotion system, cooperate with Nanjing Football Association to train 300 D-level coaches of the Chinese Football Association, and carry out research and training for teacher referees, special teachers, and management cadres, with an average annual training volume of more than 500 people.
Students from the Middle School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University performed a football-themed artistic performance. Photo by China News Network reporter Zhu Xiaoying
In order to further promote the high-quality development of campus football in Nanjing, the General Office of the Nanjing Municipal Government issued the “Implementation Plan on Comprehensively Strengthening and Improving Campus Football in the New Era (2024-2029)”, taking the lead in promoting the reform of campus football systems and mechanisms in Jiangsu Province. The plan clearly will deepen the reform of campus football teaching and introduce campus football curriculum guidelines. It is planned to pilot the construction of 1 to 2 new campus football schools by 2027 and build 3 to 5 regional national campus reform pilot zones. We will build and improve a talent training channel based on children’s football carnival, primary school elite training camp, junior high school reserve talent selection, and high school specialty student training. We will improve the four-level league system of classes, schools, “District Governor’s Cup” and “Mayor’s Cup”, and gradually establish the main A three-dimensional campus football match system with away games, weekend system, promotion and relegation. The plan also proposes to break through inter-school barriers, link up cooperative universities, establish a football teacher sharing mechanism, develop and introduce campus football training and talent transfer management methods, etc.
With the joint efforts of all parties, Nanjing will become a national youth campus football reform pilot area in 2021, and will be rated as a key city for national football development in 2023, becoming the only dual-listed city in Jiangsu Province. In the physical health monitoring of students in compulsory education in recent years, Nanjing’s pass rate and excellent rate have remained at the forefront of Jiangsu Province.