Multiple Parties' Coordination Promotes Action Research of Preschool Education Development in the Rural Areas of Western Region—— with Early Education and Development Program for Children in the Rural Areas of Guangxi Province as an Example

In recent years, due to the great importance attached to the national level, the western regions have carried out rural kindergarten construction work. The regions have also incorporated preschool education into the people's... [ view full abstract ]

In recent years, due to the great importance attached to the national level, the western regions have carried out rural kindergarten construction work. The regions have also incorporated preschool education into the people's livelihood projects. Therefore, pre-school education in rural areas in the western regions, which have been left in the corner for so long and to which few people pay attention to, have been injected with driving force of development. Pre-school education in rural areas have experienced an unprecedented development. However, due to the limited government support, management strength and experience, China’s kindergartens in rural areas are still in the "coverage first and quality improvement later" stage. There is still a great gap to meet the national planning goal of "popularization of preschool education", that is, to improve the enrollment rate of the pre-school children to kindergartens and popularizing the quality of pre-school education. Based on this, under the premise of limited public quality resources, exploring and building a diversified model of pre-school education in rural areas has become an important task to promote the current pre-school education in rural areas. In this context, we launched the Early Childhood Education and Development Program in Rural Areas of Guangxi. The program research team tried to explore a way of cooperation between the government and the society in the construction of pre-school education in rural areas - namely, under the premise of governmental guidance, we formed a tripartite collaborative action mechanism of “government-led co-ordination, support and guidance of technical team and non-governmental organizations to participate in communication”. The project provides a useful exploration of experience for the development of pre-school education in rural areas.