Chapter 408 Pilot Education (N)
Six years of experience in pilot education in Tyrol told Franz that in order to solve education problems, we must first solve economic problems, with the focus being on the food and clothing problems of ordinary people.
In fact, the vast majority of people in Innsbruck do not have to worry about not having enough food to eat, but human beings are always indolent, and there are always people who want to get something for nothing.
Moreover, such people often have loud voices, making it easy for people to mistakenly think that they are the mainstream. The best way to deal with such people is to deal with them strictly and quickly, otherwise things will become difficult to deal with once they gather a crowd.
After long-term practice, churches and teachers have discovered that providing free food does more harm than good. Cases of corruption and embezzlement emerged one after another, and there was even a case where 14 children in a school ate 25 tons of bread in one month.
In other words, a student eats 1.78 tons of bread a month. Even if there were no days off, he would eat two meals a day at school, and each meal would require him to eat 60 kilograms of bread, which was almost the same weight as a child at that time.
It is not advisable to limit the amount of meals to a fixed amount. Students of the same height and weight may have different appetites. One may be too hungry to walk, while the other may be too hungry.
The so-called moderate adjustment, that is, adding more meals to students who can eat better, is also not advisable. Because this involves the issue of fairness.
And judging from a large amount of feedback, workers at the bottom responsible for basic education generally feel that compulsory education for all is a waste of the country’s limited resources.
As a descendant, of course I know that the views of this group of people are wrong, but it is imperative to select them purposefully based on the background of the times and the special national conditions of the Austrian Empire.
First of all, in order to popularize education and promote German as much as possible, four years of compulsory education in primary school is necessary. At the same time, in order to increase the quality of the population and select talents, the reward and punishment mechanism must be strengthened in the four years of secondary school, with a combination of elimination and selection of the best.
how should I do it? Send money! Yes, it is the most undesirable approach according to economists.
In all primary schools in the Austrian Empire, excluding rest days and holidays, the total number of school days in a year is 186 days. One florin in cash and one florin in banknotes were subsidized every thirty days, so that a child would receive twelve florins a year.
The expected banknotes cannot be used and exchanged temporarily. You need to wait for the child to complete four years of school before they can be redeemed. The expected banknotes of twenty-four florins in four years are still not willing to give up this kind of income for an ordinary family.
In this way, it can ensure that as many children as possible can complete primary school, and can also reduce the occurrence of troubles between children and parents. It can also reduce sexism and racial discrimination. After all, it is profitable, not shabby.
As for the so-called last-place elimination and merit-based selection in middle schools, to put it simply, outstanding students not only have free tuition but also receive bonuses, while second-class students are charged a small amount of nominal tuition to retain their potential for a bright future. Chance.
Ordinary students need to pay normal tuition, and some need to pay extra. As for those who are really poor, they must pay high tuition fees or leave on their own. After all, the country's resources are limited.
The advantage of this approach is that poor students can be used to subsidize excellent students and the normal operation of the school, but this method is only applicable to middle schools.
It is too cruel for primary school students and is not conducive to social peace and national integration. As for Austrian universities, they have always engaged in elite education. The purpose is to select the best from the best and face the future, the market and society, rather than to cultivate a group of problem solvers.
Universities have special student aid plans and student aid contracts, and the parts that do not belong to basic education will not be discussed for the time being.
The wool must always come from the sheep. The country has so many resources, but things still have to be done. At this time, it is the "rich people" who need to contribute.
In addition, the Royal College for Women also has more new students than in previous years. This is a good sign. First, it proves that people have changed their understanding of the importance of education. Second, Austrians are getting richer and richer. It is also a good thing for the country to be strong and the people to be prosperous.
At this time, Austria's economy is much stronger than it has been historically, so it can take slightly bigger steps. However, the areas for basic education are still Netalenia and Chenla, and education in Africa and Transletania will still have to be put on hold for the time being.
Of course, there are exceptions. For example, in royal estates in Hungary and royal territories such as Vojvodina and Belgrade, basic education should still be started as soon as possible.
In addition, several of the most prosperous cities in Austria have launched German (Austrian) adult education, mainly to facilitate immigrants and migrant workers.
At the same time, the Flemish refugees who were willing to move to Austria played a great role in promoting Austria's overseas colonial career.
Although most of them are farmers or fishermen, their adventurous spirit is much stronger than the Austrians who originally lived in the interior.
In particular, people are very interested in becoming farmers in Africa and Central America. People are willing and need relevant national policy support.
Franz naturally would not miss this opportunity. He still had autonomy over Austria's overseas colonies. After all, Franz was equivalent to the colonial minister at this time, and he was also the largest shareholder and CEO of the Austrian Royal Overseas Development Company.
As a result, an Austrian version of the "Homestead Law" was born. Of course, it is still a measure to benefit the people in name. As long as you participate in overseas development, you can obtain shares. The more land and mines you develop, the more shares and dividends you will receive. .
Although this is a naked empty-handed wolf in the eyes of capitalists, it is still very attractive to ordinary people, especially those from Flemish who grew up listening to the legend of the East India Company.
Because Austrian shipping is booming again, even the navy has established a transportation company to receive some private goods to solve its own funding problem.
This is understandable, because the navy is too expensive, and the Austrian army is too large, so it is impossible to allocate too much money to the navy.
Friedrich's family is rich, but the annual investment of tens of millions is really too much.
Moreover, the Austrian navy has no tradition of robberies, and of course there is no place to rob, otherwise it can slightly alleviate the predicament at this time.
Another benefit of the Navy's maritime transportation is to prevent the maritime industry from overheating. Because capital is always blind, those businessmen will do anything to make money.
For example, hiring foreign ships, even selling orders to foreigners, or directly purchasing scrapped ships from abroad for shipping.
What they hit so casually was Austria's own shipbuilding industry, and Austria's shipbuilding industry was originally relatively backward and relatively small in scale. If it suffered another blow, it would probably be farther and farther away from other major powers.
At the same time, those who want to make quick money don't care about safety at all. Overloading and illegal operations are almost inevitable.
And once their outrageous behavior comes to light, the Austrian shipbuilding and shipping industries will ultimately foot the bill.
This is a disguised form of capitalizing on the enemy.