Rise of Australia

Chapter 27 Education
Seeing Minister Pierre resolutely agreed to his request, Arthur nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile: "Minister Pierre, as long as you can successfully complete the three-year plan, you will definitely be credited. But there are Don't forget at the same time that while developing our steel industry, don't forget to build other industries that we need to use."

"Yes! Your Highness." Pierre nodded solemnly.

"Industrial development burns money very quickly, Minister Pierre, I will allocate 1000 and [-] million pounds to you and pay it in three years. All the industrial equipment will also be handed over to you. I look forward to seeing your achievements. said Arthur, laughing.

In the case of having sufficient industrial equipment, the funds of 1000 to 400 million pounds for three years are also [-] million pounds per year, which is definitely not low.

"Yes, Your Highness! I promise to complete the task!" Minister Pierre stood up suddenly, and said to Arthur very solemnly.

"Okay, now that the plan for the industrial sector has been confirmed for the time being, it's time for the education sector, right? As the saying goes, education rejuvenates the country. Only when a large number of talents are invested in the development and construction of the country can Australia really have the hope of rising " Arthur looked at the Minister of Education, Richard Noble Chapman, and asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, the education situation in our country is currently very backward. The literacy rate of the population is only a little over 60.00%. On the one hand, this is because our country’s per capita income is relatively low, and some people cannot afford education. On the other hand, it is also because the current education environment in Australia as a whole is very poor, and we do not have enough schools to accommodate all school-age children.” Education Secretary Richard Noble Chapman stood up and said with a wry smile.

Although Minister Richard has done a good job in education in Tasmania, after all, Tasmania has a relatively small population and the difficulty of developing education has been greatly reduced.

Looking at Australia as a whole, in order to completely solve the education problem, in addition to building enough schools to accommodate students, there is also a worrying fee reduction, so that most Australian families can afford tuition fees.

"Does the Ministry of Education have any good solutions?" Arthur asked.

Arthur also knows something about the education situation in Australia.

Logically speaking, most of Australia's population is European immigrants and should be highly educated.

But in fact, most of these people are gold diggers attracted by gold mines and the gold rush. Most of these people in Europe are also poor people who can’t afford food. They travel across the ocean to Australia to find opportunities to survive or even get rich. .

Under such circumstances, it is an unexpected result that Australia's population literacy rate and primary school completion rate can both be maintained at more than half.

"Your Highness, I think our current education policy should give priority to the development of basic education, and rapidly increase the literacy rate of the population and the popularization rate of basic education. According to the general trend, with the various constructions and developments of our country, a large number of people will be born. High-income jobs. These jobs generally have one thing in common, that is, they involve some professional knowledge and fields. Although our basic education cannot allow workers to learn these knowledge, at least they can adapt better when exposed to them.” Reason Minister Chad said.

A person with a knowledge and cultural reserve will most likely learn new things faster than a person without a knowledge and cultural reserve.

Australia will inevitably create a large number of technical jobs in the future, and these jobs will naturally be filled by Australians.

This also means that the government must now quickly improve the knowledge and cultural level of Australians, at least to increase the literacy rate of the population significantly, so that Australians can quickly adapt to these positions in the future.

"Well, keep talking." Arthur nodded in satisfaction, motioning for Minister Richard to continue.

"His Royal Highness, there is another advantage of giving priority to the development of basic education, that is, we are not so eager for scientific research equipment and teacher reserves. I think our first task is to quickly popularize basic education in Australia, and at the same time, concentrate part of the funds to build a key university, that is, Satisfying the vacancies of domestic universities can also become the cradle of our future talents. If this university has a lot of research funds, it may also make some contributions to our talent introduction work in Europe." Minister Richard said with a smile .

The education in European countries is doing very well, and each university can train a large number of talents every year.

But it is precisely because of this that there will always be some depressed people who are dissatisfied with their treatment and seek another way out for their dreams.

If Australian universities provide a large amount of research funding to all talents, it will definitely attract some scientists who are obsessed with research but can't get much research funding to come to Australia for research.

After these talents come to Australia, it becomes very easy to control them.

This is also the purpose of Minister Richard's unlimited research funding for universities, which is to attract talents to Australia through huge research funding.

"Well, the proposal is good. How much money does the Ministry of Education need in total? How long will it take for the construction of basic education to see results?" Arthur asked.

Richard's proposal is very good. It can not only save the government money to the greatest extent, but also improve the education situation in Australia, and even attract talents for Australia in the future.

But before seeing the real results, all this is just talk on paper after all.

"Your Highness, if we only want to popularize basic education, we only need to build urban and township primary schools in every state and city. Because the scales vary, the funds needed are also different. According to my conservative estimate, universal basic education requires The funds used are about 200 million pounds. The construction of the primary school will be put into use in half a year, and our educational environment will be improved in one year." Minister Richard thought for a while and said slowly.

"What about the colleges and universities to be built?" Arthur asked.

In any case, universities, the cradle for cultivating high-level talents, must be built, no matter how high the price is.

Therefore, the construction cost of the university must also be included in it, and even implemented as soon as possible.

"Your Highness, the cost of building an advanced university alone may cost millions of pounds. If you include the funds needed to purchase scientific research equipment and introduce talents, it is conservatively estimated to be 200 million pounds." Minister Richard thought for a while It took a long time to give a surprising answer.

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