On November 28th, People's Daily published an article titled "Next Education Committed to Cultivating Outstanding Talents with Comprehensive Development - Teaching and Learning, Morality First," reporting on a series of patriotic themed courses launched by brands such as Xueersi and XRS Online School under the Next Education Group, and highlighting the party building and staff ideological and political education work of the Next Education Group.

"People's Daily" (November 28, 2019, page 16)

The following is the original report

Next Education Committed to Cultivating Outstanding Talents with Comprehensive Development

Teaching and Learning, Morality First

By Dong Siyu, Reporter for People's Daily

At the beginning of the new semester, a course called "Strong Country Class" has become the "favorite" of many Xueersi elementary students. Wu Ximing, the chief designer of Z-10 and Z-19 armed helicopters, Xing Ji, the chief designer of China's self-developed nuclear power "Hualong One," Lin Ming, the chief engineer of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge island and tunnel project, Xie Xiaoyao, the director of the early data center laboratory of "Chinese Sky Eye" FAST, and Fan Jinshi, the honorary director of the Dunhuang Research Institute known as "the daughter of Dunhuang," have shared their dream-chasing journeys and life ideals with their classmates.

"These scientists, engineers, and craftsmen are my idols. When I grow up, I also want to be like them," said a Xueersi elementary student after the class.

Zhang Bangxin, the founder and CEO of the Next Education Group, introduced that in recent years, brands under the Next Education Group, such as Xueersi and XRS Online School, have launched a series of patriotic themed courses, which have a strong role model power and incentive effect on teenagers in shaping their lofty ideals and inspiring patriotism and the spirit of serving the country.

"Teacher, please show us another episode!" In the teaching points of Xueersi, children's enthusiastic requests can often be heard. The children are referring to the series of animated short films such as "The Fireworks Egg and My Motherland" and "General Grandpa Tells Stories" launched by Xueersi for student groups. The short films, with vivid and colorful content and form, allow more children to receive patriotic education amidst joy and laughter.

Such patriotic themed courses are also available on various platforms of Xueersi, where students can watch related content for free through the Xueersi APP, new media matrix, and various branch teaching points. Courses like "The Fireworks Egg" and "Strong Country Class" have also been included in the Study Strong China APP.

Yang Fuguang, Vice Secretary of the Party Committee of the Next Education Group and the Principal of the National School of Xueersi, said that Xueersi innovatively creates patriotic themed courses, using the ways and means that are popular and appealing to primary and secondary school students, to build patriotism education themed courses. "We hope that Xueersi does not only teach children knowledge, but more importantly, helps them to cultivate good character."

In May of this year, Xueersi released the "Xueersi Moral Education Series," inviting many well-known experts to teach the school's teachers. It is understood that the "Xueersi Moral Education Series" will continue to be further promoted, setting up courses around the national new era educational direction, and the mental health of young people, deeply rooted in faith for the teachers.

"Xueersi regards the building of teacher morality as the primary task in the construction of the teacher force, and has always strengthened the time, energy, and resources invested in the building of teacher morality. We hope that what Xueersi teaches the children is not only knowledge, but more importantly helps them to cultivate good character," said Yang Fuguang.

Since the approval of the establishment of its first party branch in May 2014 and the upgrade to a group party committee in August 2017, the Next Education Group has always adhered to the core idea that party building work is the "red engine" of enterprise development. It has deeply integrated party building work with actual business, technological channels, and ideological and political education, and has made party building work practical and effective, exploring a new model of party building for non-public enterprises in the new era.

The Next Education Group has established 24 party organizations in 22 cities across the country, with 1674 party members serving in various leadership positions, achieving resonance between party building and corporate management, and fully exerting the exemplary role of party members. The Next Education Group fully utilizes technological means to conduct live broadcast meetings, party classes, moral education courses, etc. in different locations, achieves course sharing, and breaks through the challenge of organizing activities for more than 40,000 employees, deeply integrating party building work with technological channels.

In addition, the Next Education Group is actively carrying out ideological and political education for its employees. Currently, grassroots party organizations of the Next Education Group cover 22 cities such as Tianjin, Shanghai, and Wuhan, with 7299 party members, accounting for 19% of the total number of employees.

"We will actively give full play to the advantages of party organizations, keep in mind the fundamental task of cultivating people with high morality, actively practice the core socialist values, and strive to enhance the ideal beliefs and moral sentiments of teachers," said Zhang Bangxin.