论西部民族地区教育的发展与人力资源的开发

The Development of Education and Manpower Resources in West National Areas

教育的发展、人力资源的开发是决定西部民族地区未来发展的关键因素之一 ,是实施西部大开发战略 ,提高其经济竞争力和综合实力的重要保障。本文从西部民族地区教育发展的现状入手 ,指出中华人民共和国成立 5 0多年来 ,西部民族地区教育发展取得了显著成就 ,但与全国平均水平相比 ,差距仍然较大 ,表现在基础教育薄弱 ,高等教育发展滞后 ,劳动者受教育水平低等 ;低下的经济发展水平、恶劣的自然环境、不合理的教育结构及教育体制改革的滞后是制约西部民族地区教育发展的主要因素 ;认为加快西部民族地区教育发展首先要从思想上认识到教育是人力资源开发和地区经济发展的核心途径 ,要把教育发展纳入基础设施建设的范畴、纳入市场机制运行的轨道 ,提出加强基础教育发展是关键、加快职业技术教育是重点 ,积极发展高等教育的政策取向 ,并从教育投资、教育结构、教育体制、人才引进等方面提出了加快西部民族地区教育发展的对策。

The development of education and manpower resources is one of the key factors that decide the future development of west national areas and the important guarantee of the improvement of its economic competition and comprehensive strength. This paper points out that although education in the west areas develops quickly, comparing with that of the whole country, it is still in a relatively backward state, such as the poor basic education, the lagged higher education and the low educational level of the laborers. The author considers that to quicken the education development in west national areas, we should first take education as the key way to develop human resources and regional economy. The paper also affords the policy of strengthening primary education, speeding up professional and technical education and developing higher education actively and presents countermeasures to accelerate the education development in west national areas from eduation investment, education structure and education system.