A Study On The Education Of Anhui Anti-Japanese Democratic Base Area

After overcoming various difficulties, the Anhui anti-Japanese democratic base area party committee and government finally established a comparatively complete education system including cadre education, social education and universal education under the guidance of the ideology of"Anti-Japanese Education"put forward by the Party Central Committee during the anti-Japanese war.Proceeding from the need of the anti-Japanese war and the actual conditions of the base areas, the democratic government, together with the army and civilians, reformed and innovated the education and teaching system, which gradually developed into a new type of education with characteristics of the period of the anti-Japanese war and local features. The education system not only met the needs of the war and gave service to the full-scale resistance against Japan, but also manifested distinctive characteristics in various aspects, such as the students educated, the education system, the line for running schools, the model of education, education management, the reinforcement of uniting front in education and the emphasis of the leadership of the Party. To a certain extent, the education in Anhui base area is a great and successful practice of the new democratic education theory of the Central Party Committee. The undertaking of education in Anhui base area enjoyed enormous success and exerted positive and profound influences. The education improved the educational as well as the ideological level of the party members, the cadres as well as the masses and cultivated numerous qualified personnel for the war and the construction of the bases; it gave impetus to the development of the New Culture and initiated the great revolution of the culture; it accelerated the progress of the society and ensured the smooth commencement of all undertakings; it also speeded up the transformation of the ideology, the transmutation of the social customs and the relative harmonious development of the society and as a result of the education, the Party's policies won over the masses.A serious review and thorough discussion of the education in Anhui anti-Japanese democratic base area will provide beneficial inspirations and references for our present-day education. Admittedly, there exist shortcomings and defects of the education in Anhui due to the limits of history and the times, therefore, a correct and objective understanding and evaluation of its value and significance is much desired.