Guangdong plans to introduce new rules: elementary and middle schools will carry out no less than 8 lessons for environmental education each year

Recently, the "Regulations on Ecological Environmental Education in Guangdong Province (Draft for Opinions)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") publicly solicited opinions on the website of the Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, which proposed that schools and kindergartens should include ecological environment education into teaching work plans and teachers In continuing education, primary and secondary schools, vocational and technical schools, and colleges and universities shall organize ecological environment education at no less than eight lessons every school year.

Construction of ecological environmental education infrastructure covering the province's urban and rural areas

Guangdong has been brewing for ecological environmental education for many years. Since 2015, the issue of environmental education legislation has attracted the attention of members of the Provincial Political Consultative Conference, representatives of the National People's Congress, and democratic parties. In 2018, the "Guangdong Provincial Environmental Education Regulations" was included in the legislative planning of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress of Guangdong Province; this year, the Provincial People's Congress once again included the "Regulations on Ecological Environmental Education in Guangdong Province" in 2022 legislative preparation projects.

The "Regulations" clearly states that ecological environmental education follows the principles of government -led, unified planning, unit organization, and participation of the whole people. It also provides detailed provisions on how to carry out ecological environment education at all levels, units, schools, families, etc. at all levels.

The provincial ecological and environmental authorities shall work together with the provincial education, civil servant supervisors and other relevant functional departments to work together to build an ecological environment education infrastructure, ecological environment education guidance service system and ecological environment education activity system covering the province's urban and rural areas, and carry out the ecological environment education base , Guide service agencies and personnel and the standardization of courses, organize the preparation of the province's ecological environment education plan, and report to the provincial people's government for approval and announce the implementation.

The competent ecological environment departments at all levels shall work together with relevant functional departments such as the same level of education and civil servants to formulate the annual planning of ecological and environmental education in the region, establish local ecological environmental education teachers and volunteer service teams, and regularly carry out evaluation of ecological civilization in the national ecological civilization.

State organs, public institutions, social organizations, and other organizations shall implement institutions and personnel responsible for ecological environment education in the unit, and adopt ecological civilization education and training, special lectures, theme practical activities, typical promotional videos and other methods. Less than two ecological environmental education activities.

The street office and township people's governments shall carry out community and village ecological environment education activities in accordance with the local ecological environment education plan.

The residents 'committee and the villagers' committees shall assist functional departments or relevant organizations to carry out ecological environmental education activities in the community and village residents.

Enterprises should establish an ecological environment education ledger

It is worth noting that according to the "Regulations", schools and kindergartens should include ecological environment education into the teaching work plan and teachers' continuing education work, and combine the characteristics of the educated people, adopt special education, penetration education and theme practical activities such as themes and other methods. , Carry out ecological environment education. Each year of primary and secondary schools, vocational and technical schools, and colleges and universities shall organize ecological environment education at no less than eight lessons.

Enterprise units shall include ecological environment education into the employee training plan, and adopt green low -carbon production knowledge training, clean production training, ecological environmental protection laws and regulations, and special lectures. The supervisors and other personnel of environmental protection work have carried out ecological environment education and established an ecological environment education ledger. For environmental illegal enterprises punished according to law, their legal representatives, principals, person in charge, and personnel directly responsible and specific responsible persons shall accept no less than less than less than less than six months after being punished. Sixteen hours of ecological environment education.

In the new era of civilized practice center (institute, station), ecological environment education base, environmental protection facilities open to the public, the annual work plan of ecological environment education shall be formulated, special personnel are responsible, and ecological environmental education activities are carried out in combination with actual situation. Conditional public cultural venues, parks, airports, railway stations, bus stations, highway service areas and other public places should play their respective advantages and actively carry out ecological environmental publicity and education activities.

The people's governments at or above the county level shall include the funds required for ecological environmental education in the fiscal budget at the level, and adopt government subsidies, reward incentives, purchase services and other support measures to support urban and rural ecological environmental education guidance services to carry out ecological environmental education services.

Text/Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Reporter: Du Juantu/Guangzhou Daily Information Map Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhao Xiaoman

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