Chapter 928 The Army Gives Way
Logans: "This time, our city has added five key schools in one go, namely, New Frankfurt University of Technology, New Frankfurt Light Industry College, New Frankfurt Electric Engineering College, New Frankfurt Textile Industry College, and New Frankfurt Auto Repair College."
At the beginning of the education reform, New Frankfurt was stunned by the central government's big pie. As a relatively young city in East Africa, New Frankfurt did not even have a university before. This time, four were added at once. As the mayor, Logans was very excited.
The reason why there are four is that the fifth New Frankfurt Auto Repair College does not belong to the category of higher education, but its appearance in the list at least shows that it is a key school of the same type as Mbeya Electric Power Technical School.
"In recent years, our New Frankfurt has developed at a fast pace, but it is much worse than cities of the same level in education. Now that the national policy has come down, this problem has been immediately solved. In terms of the number of colleges to be built, it has been able to squeeze into the forefront of East African cities." Logans said.
You should know that there are only ten universities in Soga and First Town, the cities with the most concentrated higher education in East Africa, and only three universities in Mbeya, but the laboratories and research institutions are among the best in East Africa.
Of course, such generous treatment is inseparable from the advantages of New Frankfurt. The most important point is that the city is the heart of the East African railway, and it is convenient for students from all directions to study here.
The second influencing factor is the rise of Rhine City. As the future capital of East Africa, the educational resources are definitely the most concentrated.
Because this time Ernst does not plan to build a specialized academic city like Soga City, but directly let Rhine City serve as the center of education, scientific research and academic in East Africa.
However, as the capital of a country, it is not best for all universities to be concentrated in Rhine City, especially some engineering majors, which are better placed in cities with corresponding industrial distribution.
Among them, New Frankfurt City undertakes some light industrial projects or educational resources corresponding to advantageous industries.
First of all, the University of Technology is self-evident. Although the industry of New Frankfurt is light industry, it does not hinder its status as an important industrial city in East Africa.
New Frankfurt is also one of the power equipment manufacturing centers and automobile assembly industry centers in East Africa. At the same time, benefiting from its status as a transportation hub, New Frankfurt is also the national cotton distribution center in East Africa. It has come from behind in the textile industry and is second only to Nairobi and Bulawayo.
The only disadvantage of New Frankfurt is that its mineral resources are relatively scarce, but the north is the copper belt, the south is the industrial base of East Africa, and the east has Mbeya, a scientific research center, so its geographical location is quite clever.
Of course, compared with New Frankfurt, other cities in East Africa have also gained a lot from this education reform. According to the content of this education reform, each capital city in East Africa must have at least three higher education institutions in the next three years. In addition to the capital cities, there are a lot of key cities in East Africa that can share a piece of the pie.
The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the new capital of East Africa, Rhine City, where the first batch of planned colleges and universities is as high as 20, and the types of universities are also the most complete in East Africa.
As we all know, East African education emphasizes liberal arts over science, so in the past, liberal arts higher education in East Africa was basically non-existent. Of course, this does not mean how good science and engineering higher education is in East Africa. At least before this education reform, higher education resources in East Africa were extremely scarce. The previous 43 universities were really more wolves than meat.
However, there is no way to do this. East African education has accumulated a lot of talent through decades of continuous international students.
In the new round of education resource allocation, if compared with the previous East African higher education, the new Frankfurt City is definitely dazzling, but it is not so prominent when other regions and departments are running higher education.
In addition to allocating educational resources according to cities and industries, this school-running trend actually involves the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy... the Ministry of Defense, etc.
At the same time, a number of existing quasi-higher education schools were also upgraded, merged, and abolished in this reform. Among them, the Mbeya Electric Power Technical School was upgraded to the Mbeya Electric Power University. The merged schools were concentrated in the old industrial cities in East Africa. As for the abolition, there were very few. In fact, the abolition and merger echoed each other, and the more accurate name should be reorganization.
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"This time, our Ministry of Education and other departments listed a total of 172 colleges and universities, basically covering all industries, agriculture and other fields."
According to Ernst's requirements, the East African government determined the new situation of higher education in East Africa after detailed discussions and research.
However, the number of 172 universities still scared Ernst. After all, according to his original idea, it would be a lot if the number of higher education institutions in East Africa exceeded 100, but the list provided by the government obviously exceeded expectations by a large margin, and it was almost close to 200.
Of course, after carefully reading the government plan, Ernst believed that this list was not only reasonable, but it could not meet all the needs of East Africa. The demand for education in various departments and cities was relatively strong. If we look at the East African government departments and provincial administrative regions, 172 universities seem to be a lot, but in fact they are not enough.
Of course, it is impossible for East Africa to become rich overnight. If the number is increased, it will obviously exceed the capacity of the current East African government. After all, the education funding in East Africa is limited.
East Africa’s investment in education has actually exceeded that of other countries in the same period. If this reform is carried out, it may even exceed the military expenditure of the National Defense Forces and the Army in 1890. After all, East Africa’s education covers a wide range of areas, including primary and secondary compulsory education. If it continues Coupled with universities, it is definitely a heavy burden for East African governments.
Of course, the current military expenditures of the East African Army are growing at a high rate. Especially after the formulation of the strategy of strengthening the military through motorization, the East African Army is in a period of transformation. However, this process is relatively long and is expected to be completed within the first decade of the next century.
Therefore, the East African government is now in a state of relatively short of money. It has to spend money on industrial and agricultural construction, military construction, and educational construction. It would like to spend a Rhine shield in half.
At present, East Africa can support the construction of 172 universities, which has given full play to the advantages of East Africa's social system.
Of course, although one hundred and seventy-two universities are many, they include the original forty-three universities in East Africa. Therefore, the number of newly established universities in East Africa should be one hundred and twenty-nine, and higher education funding has directly quadrupled.
"Okay, let's implement it according to this list! After all, education is a long-term investment. You may not see any benefits now, but you must pay attention to it. Moreover, our external military pressure in East Africa is weak, so when the financial situation is tight, we can To appropriately slow down the development of the military, there is no need to invest all in mechanization. After all, the speed of technological update is not slow, and the same is true for the navy. In a few years, there may be new warships that surpass the current battleships, so the military reform must have certain limits. "
According to Ernst, the development of the military basically gave way to education. After all, the East African Army was not backward to begin with, and the Navy waited until the era of dreadnoughts came. Now these advanced warships are basically no different from scrap metal.
Furthermore, East Africa's geographical location is difficult to be threatened by military forces, so the dream of a strong military can be slowed down a little. It is better to give up more military expenditures to support the future development of East Africa's scientific, technological and cultural undertakings.