At that time, school teachers all needed quotas from the commune.
Their wages were paid by the commune.
If the commune disagrees, they have no way to recruit.
However, Gu Yunyang laughed and said, "The commune doesn't give us quotas because we have few people and few children to send to school. But we must fully recognize that it's beneficial for children to go to school. What do you think, Brigade Leader?"
Even just looking at Gu Yunyang, we can see that reading has its benefits.
Besides, reading and learning to read and write helps one understand principles.
Gu Hanping nodded: "If the commune is recruiting workers, they will definitely need to have a certain level of education."
Gu Hanbin was incredibly lucky in this respect.
If it weren't for Gu Yunyang's good relationship with Xie Weijie and the fact that he created a work quota, Gu Hanbin wouldn't have been able to get in at all.
He hadn't received much formal education and only knew a few characters.
Gu Yunyang smiled: "Look, even you, the brigade leader, know that education has its benefits. Regardless of anything else, at least the children should be able to read and write. The commune doesn't have quotas, but our brigade can hire our own. We can just treat them as privately-run teachers, right?"
The emergence and development of private school teachers are closely related to the country's education policies.
In the early days of the new nation, due to limited national economic conditions, the country could not fully afford education costs. Therefore, the government encouraged private schools to be established, and private teachers emerged as a result.
In the 1950s, the number of privately-run teachers increased rapidly, but with the development of the national economy and the improvement of the education system, the number of privately-run teachers also decreased.
By the 1960s, due to population growth and an increase in school-age children, the number of privately-run teachers expanded again, becoming an important force in the education system at that time.
Private school teachers are not on the official payroll and do not receive their salaries from the commune; they receive their salaries from the production brigade.
“But…” Gu Hanping was about to say instinctively that the brigade had no money.
Upon seeing Gu Yunyang, Gu Hanping realized that the Red Flag Brigade was different from what it used to be.
The sugar workshop brought the Hongqi Brigade an income of more than fifty yuan every day.
They can afford to pay a mere private school teacher eighteen yuan a month.
"That's good. But how much do we pay each teacher per month? And how many should we hire?"
See, Gu Hanping has changed his mind and started having different ideas, hasn't he?
I didn't want to do it before.
Now just ask how many teachers you want to hire.
Money emboldens people, indeed.
Gu Yunyang saw that the water had boiled and poured in the chestnuts and sweet potatoes that he had washed and saved earlier.
Daya asked curiously, "Uncle, aren't we going to steam sweet potatoes?"
She also wants to eat dried sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato chips are delicious and are one of the few snacks that children get during the Lunar New Year.
Gu Yunyang chuckled. Actually, he had only said that to bring Gu Honglan and the others over.
To avoid being laughed at by Shi Junyao and Gu Changhong when they return to the educated youth settlement.
"To steam sweet potatoes, you first need to place them in a well-ventilated place to dry for 5-7 days to allow them to caramelize. This will make the finished product taste better and sweeter."
Gu Yunyang smiled and gently pinched Da Ya's nose: "This process requires several steamings and will take some time."
After saying that, he turned to Gu Hanping and said, "I know that none of the primary school teachers in our brigade have much formal education. My plan is to have them retire and do logistics work, and replace the school teachers with educated youth."
"Let's choose two for now, one to be in charge of Chinese and the other to be in charge of math. As for the other subjects, we don't have any other subjects, so we'll have them do it part-time for now. We'll decide later based on the situation of the educated youth."
From the perspective of national policy, the sending of educated youth to the countryside was unstoppable.
Even though the Red Flag Brigade is located deep in the mountains, it's impossible to stop them forever.
After Gu Yunyang arrived, the Red Flag Brigade could no longer refuse educated youth.
Even without his arrival, the Red Flag Brigade wouldn't be able to hold on for long; they would eventually have to take in educated youth.
The rural production brigades didn't like hiring educated youth; they kept pushing them back and forth.
Commune cadres had to consider fairness, but also how to promote the sending of educated youth to the countryside.
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