China Central Organization Department (CCOD) has recently chosen outstanding courseware programmes through a comparison of teaching courseware for modern distance education for national Party members and cadres which were presented for airing during 2013. On behalf of the Ministry of Education (MOE), China Liaoyuan Radio and TV University (RTVU) submitted 10 programmes for appraisal.
In order to promote a sense of responsibility among the teaching staff, and to encourage all teachers to take the initiative in participating in the management of the university, Ninghai School of Ningbo RTVU initiated a weekly teacher review programme. In the four years since the launching of the activity, a great number of teachers have positively participated in it and have played an important role in the transitional development of the school.
On May 15th of 2014, a “Rural RTVU Bookstore” of the Heilongjiang Branch of the OUC was inaugurated in the Mongolian School in Tailai County of Heilongjiang Province, becoming the first of its kind in the province. The OUC also opened an “electronic periodicals reading room for teenagers” for the school at the same time.
On May 13th, Xi’an RTVU launched the 2014 online training for cadre education in Xi’an. The first spring session demonstration class for cadres supervised by Xi’an municipal government also opened at the same time.
There were more than 60 trainees in the demonstration class. They were mainly cadres from relative departments at the municipal level or from subordinate districts and counties. It was the first time for them to take part in online training for cadre education.
On May 5th 2014, Yin Yulong, an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) and Chief Scientist of the Institute of Subtropical Agriculture at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was invited to give a series of lectures on “Healthy Cultivation and Food Safety” by Hunan Radio and TV University (RTVU).
On May 6, 2014, a fascinating awards party honouring the work of graduating seniors was held in the Department of Literature and Law at Ningbo Radio and TV University (Ningbo RTVU). The productions were created by graduating News Editing majors and by the Department itself. In all, more than 20 microfilms were independently edited and directed, each explaining an aspect of Ningbo culture from multiple perspectives.
In recent years, in order to recruit various types of excellent talents from diverse corners of society to settle down in Guangdong and participate in socio-economic development efforts, the Guangdong provincial government has gradually implemented a “Credit Accumulation for Household Registration” policy in cities under its jurisdiction. Based upon the policy and relying on Guangzhou’s digital learning system, Guangzhou RTVU integrated its impressive resources and launched the vocational skills accreditation training programme.
The computer training class for the elderly, organized by the Experimental School of Zhejiang RTVU for the Elderly and the Training School (Zhejiang Instruction Centre for Community Education), reopened again recently. This training class is adopting a small-class format, introducing courses at the “RTVU’s Tea Centre,” which were developed independently by the Zhejiang RTVU Training School. The class has already had five sessions.