澳门自2007/2008学年开始在亚太地区率先实施15年免费教育,这是澳门回归20年来最重要的一项教育成就。该政策以澳门回归前的十年免费教育为基础,在澳门教育制度的检讨与修订过程中经广泛讨论而推出;在实施过程中与加大教育经费的投入以及推行小班教学等政策相配合。实施十余年来,成效得到社会公众及学生国际性测试成绩的高度肯定。15年免费教育不仅有效减轻了家长的经济负担,使特区下一代全面享有接受教育的权利,而且提高了澳门居民的教育预期,为澳门优质教育的发展提供了有力保障,也从根本上强化了社会长远发展所需的整体文化知识基础。
<<Macau has pioneered a 15-year free education policy in the Asia-Pacific region since the 2007/2008 school year,which is one of the most important educational achievements of since its Reunification with China. The policy is based on the 10-year free education prior to Reunification,which was widely discussed in the course of the review and revision of Macau’s education system. This policy is carried out in conjunction with other policies such as increasing investment in education funds and implementing small-class teaching. For more than a decade,the result have been highly recognised by the public and is reflected by the students’ excellent performance in varies international comparative studies. This policy not only effectively reduces the financial burden on parents,so that the next generation of the Special Administrative Region can fully enjoy the right to education,but also enhances the educational expectations of the Macau residents,providing a strong guarantee for the development of quality education in Macau,and fundamentally strengthens the overall cultural and knowledge foundation needed for the long-term development of society.
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