Shandong commercial newspaper,
provincial city a folk aged University five years four address, losing money to operate
Senior College Students in the vocality class
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Old University Liu Zhili set up his own drama troupe and regularly rehearsed his residence in the provincial capital. He is more than 50 years old and has retired for many years. A few years ago, she and several friends began to discuss the setting up of an old university. But from the beginning of the handling procedures, it was all over the wall. In the five years of operation, the four move to the school site was eventually anchored in Ji'nan old university. The latest law on the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly is officially implemented. Liu Zhili is most concerned about whether there is a substantive policy in the law for the private elderly university. Reporter Chen Xinru
[predicament]
Liu Zhili said, there are a lot of old people like her, not going to college, before retiring from work is family, and the children are old, and they have their own time, " Chatting with a few friends, I first wanted to get old people together to learn to dance, and then decided to run an old university.
in 2008, in the middle of the city, Liu Zhili and his friends found the site, and hired a few professional teachers, "the formalities are not good to do, to the Aging Committee, to the Civil Affairs Bureau, also to the Education Bureau. I heard some people say that formal elderly universities should be included in the Education Bureau, and they may have to pay a deposit of 10000 yuan.
, however, is still holding the framework of the elderly university, "in fact, it is only a platform of old age activities, equipment is not complete, but it needs to have a publicity address, later moved to the calendar and community cooperation, the old university is listed, but the same name at that time there were three." A chance, Liu Zhili met the president of Ji'nan City senior university, "after several discussions, he gave us a letter of employment, let the school be affiliated to the Ji'nan old university, to become the east campus."
the old university has a loss of money
since 2008, the University of old age has held up to the present. At the most, at the most, there are more than 600 people studying at school. There are Latin and tap dancing. Under the efforts of several Lu opera fans, the school also organized a Lu drama troupe, which will go to the community every holiday.
but in the five years of the University's operation, Liu Zhili has encountered difficulties. She looked at the income and expenditure accounts for the last few years for three years. In Liu Zhili's University for the aged, the tuition fee is 4 months per semester according to the semester and the course. An old man's tuition fee is only 100 yuan. "This semester, the student fee is 29000, please pay the teacher to 23000, employee salary 9000, such a calculation, I can not get the salary and the money", the vacant money, Liu Zhili used her pension to fill.
in fact, the most troublesome thing for Liu Zhili is the school grounds, which have been moved four times in five years. "From the middle of the city to the LV theatre, I moved to the jade spring at the beginning of last year, and the rent was too high and moved to Beijing opera house for a while." now, at the Dongfeng Street office in the calendar, two classrooms and an office, "the total is temporarily stable. I used to go to 32 places in order to find the site. Worry about the problem of traffic. "
[atmosphere] the elderly university was very happy with the old people,
Liu Zhili said, she didn't want to give up. "During the time, there was no new field, the school tables, chairs, and instruments had no place, and I went home and thought about closing the door." But the students are constantly receiving the phone, asking the new class place, asking what class is still open, they say there are no people at home, and miss the old sisters who are singing a play. "
on the day of the interview, in a vocal class of Lu opera, Liu Zhili told a student: "Lao Yang is ill and is in hospital now." Immediately, a few people began to discuss the visit to the hospital, "in the school, there are many from my school start to follow the class, a lot of old people live on their own, even if the children are around, but also all day to work, the old people come to me, not only to learn something, but also to find a spiritual home."
Liu Zhili said, "they all call me 'principal Liu,' but they all see me as my sister. They are willing to learn, and I would like to continue the school."
[way] an old university for the elderly is hard to find a policy to support
. In fact, Liu Zhili is not the first attempt at the first private university. President Xu Tongsheng of the Ji'nan senior university told reporters, "there was a private senior university in the five li ditch, and it began to be very red, but two or three After the year, he could not go on and eventually shut down. President Xu also regretted that "the life span of personal investment is not long, because it is necessary to invest money continuously."
reporter learned that in Ji'nan City senior university, every semester is difficult to apply, the principal Xu said: "now the school covers an area of more than 2000 square meters, there are more than 6000 students in the school, some queue up and wait for a quota." The situation now is that the number of enrolments must be severely restricted.
Xu, who hopes to be able to develop more folk old universities, can reduce the pressure. "Although the state has the policy of encouraging the elderly to run the elderly, it is rarely substantial." Now many government funds have been put into nursing homes, such as nursing homes, so the situation of private elderly universities is still rather awkward.
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whether it is possible to try a boarding old university
to let old people learn to live by
a journalist from the old university is also exploring a new model, the boarding old university. In the South and outer ring of Ji'nan, an elderly apartment called Feng - Fu family is a branch of the elderly university in Ji'nan, in addition to receiving old people and teaching the old people at the same time. Ms. Cui, the director of
said, "the purpose is to move the elderly university into the old apartment for four years. Now there are five or six classes, and there are more than 40 elderly people at present." But business is difficult. Teachers who teach are free volunteers.
Liu Zhili also wants to put his old university into a boarding house. "Not only do not have to go back and forth, but also get full care, like young people go to college, and they can learn old."
president Xu of the senior university of Ji'nan, said: "in ordinary nursing homes, every day to see the disease and death, the old people tend to live more oppressive, but in the boarding old university, the mood will be different, can live, and can learn. We can find some like-minded friends and continue to play the role of remaining heat.