Chapter 928 The Army Gives Way
Rogans: “This time our city has just launched five new key schools, namely the new Frankfurt University of Technology, the new Frankfurt Institute of Light Industry, and the new Frankfurt Institute of Electric Power Engineering. , New Frankfurt Textile Industry College, New Frankfurt Automobile Repair College”
At the beginning of the education reform, New Frankfurt was overwhelmed by the central government’s pie. As a relatively young East African city, The city of New Frankfurt did not have even one university before, but this time four more were opened at once. As the mayor, Rogers was very excited.
The reason why there are four is because the fifth New Frankfurt Automobile Repair College does not belong to the category of higher education, but its appearance in the list at least shows that it is of the same type as Mbeya Electric Power Technical School Key schools.
“Our city of New Frankfurt has not been developing slowly in recent years, but it is much worse than cities of the same level in terms of education. Now that the national policy is in place, this problem will be solved immediately, in terms of the number of colleges and universities to be built. In terms of urbanization, it has reached the forefront of East African cities,” said Logans.
You must know that Soga City and First Town City, which have the highest concentration of higher education in East Africa, only have ten universities combined. Mbeya City has only three universities, but its laboratories and research institutions are among the best in East Africa.
Of course, being able to obtain such generous treatment is inseparable from New Frankfurt’s own advantages. The most important point is that the city is the heart of the East African Railway. Students from all directions study here. convenient.
The second influencing factor is the rise of Rhine City. As the future capital of East Africa, educational resources are definitely the most intensive.
Because this time Ernst does not plan to build a specialized academic city like Soga City, but directly let the Rhine City act as an education, scientific research and academic center in East Africa.
However, as the capital of a country, it is not best for all universities to be concentrated in the Rhineland. Especially for some engineering majors, it is better to place them in cities with corresponding industrial distribution.
Among them, New Frankfurt City will undertake some light industrial projects or educational resources corresponding to advantageous industries.
First of all, it goes without saying that the Polytechnic University is self-evident. Although the industry in New Frankfurt is biased towards light industry, this does not hinder its status as an important industrial city in East Africa.
New Frankfurt is also one of the power equipment manufacturing centers and automobile assembly industry centers in East Africa. At the same time, benefiting from its status as a transportation hub, New Frankfurt is also the national cotton distribution center in East Africa. In the field of textile industry Coming from behind, it is already second only to Nairobi and Bulawayo.
The only disadvantage of New Frankfurt City is that it is relatively lacking in mineral resources. However, with the copper belt to the north, the industrial base of East Africa to the south, and the scientific research center of Mbeya City to the east, its geographical location is very To be clever.
Of course, compared to New Frankfurt, other cities in East Africa have also gained a lot from this education reform. According to the content of this education reform, every provincial capital city in East Africa must have at least three in the next three years. Higher education institutions, and in addition to provincial capitals, there are a number of key cities in East Africa that can all get a share of the pie.
The most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the new capital of East Africa, Rhine City. There are as many as 20 colleges and universities planned to be built in the first batch. At the same time, it also has the most comprehensive types of universities in East Africa.
As we all know, East African education emphasizes liberal arts and neglects science, so in the past, liberal arts higher education in East Africa basically did not exist. Of course, this does not explain how good science and engineering higher education is in East Africa. At least before this education reform, East Africa’s higher education Higher education resources are extremely scarce. In the past, the 43 universities had more wolves than meat.
However, there is no way around this. East African education has a long history of development. It took decades of continuous international students to accumulate enough talents for higher education teaching.
In the new round of educational resource allocation in New Frankfurt, if you compare it with the previous higher education in East Africa, it will definitely be very dazzling, but when other regions and departments are setting up higher education, it will not be. So prominent.
In addition to allocating educational resources according to cities and industries, this school-running trend actually involves the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture, Energy... and the Ministry of National Defense, etc. At the same time, a number of original quasi-higher education schools were also upgraded, merged, and abolished during this reform. Among them, the Mbeya Electric Power Technical School was upgraded to the Mbeya Electric Power University. The merged schools were concentrated in the old industries in East Africa. As for cities, there are very few abolitions. In fact, abolitions and mergers echo each other. A more accurate name should be reorganization.
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“This time our Ministry of Education and other departments have listed a total of 172 institutions, covering basically all industry, agriculture and other fields.”
According to Ernst's request, the East African government determined a new situation for higher education in East Africa after detailed discussions and research.
However, the number of 172 universities still shocked Ernst. After all, according to his original idea, it would be a lot if the number of colleges and universities in East Africa exceeded 100, but The list provided by the government obviously far exceeded expectations and was close to 200.
Of course, after carefully reading the government plan, Ernst believed that this list was not only reasonable, but could not meet all the needs of East Africa. The demand for education in various departments and cities was relatively strong. If according to the East African government departments and provinces, From the perspective of administrative districts, one hundred and seventy-two universities may seem like a lot, but in fact it is simply not enough.
Of course, East Africa cannot become fat in one bite. No matter how large the number is, it will obviously exceed the capabilities of the current East African government. After all, education funds in East Africa are limited.
East Africa’s investment in education has actually exceeded that of other countries in the same period. After this reform, it may even exceed the military expenditure of the National Defense Forces in 1890. After all, East Africa’s education covers a wide range of areas, including primary schools. Compulsory secondary education, if coupled with universities, is definitely a heavy burden for East African governments.
Of course, the current military expenditures of the East African Army are growing at a high rate. Especially after the formulation of the strategy of strengthening the army with motorization, the East African Army is in a period of transformation. However, this process is relatively long. It is estimated that in the next century It can only be completed within the first ten years.
So, the East African government is now in a state of relatively short of money. It has to spend money on industrial and agricultural construction, military construction, and educational construction. It would like to spend a Rhine shield in half.
At present, East Africa can support the construction of 172 universities, which has given full play to the advantages of East Africa's social system.
Of course, although one hundred and seventy-two universities are many, they include the original forty-three universities in East Africa. Therefore, the number of newly established universities in East Africa should be one hundred and twenty-nine, and the funding for higher education has directly increased. Four times.
“Okay, let’s implement it according to this list! After all, education is a long-term investment. You may not see any benefits now, but you must pay attention to it. Moreover, our external military pressure in East Africa is weak, so the financial situation is In the case of shortage, the development of the army can be appropriately slowed down, and there is no need to invest all in mechanization. After all, the speed of technological update is not slow. The same is true for the navy. In a few years, there may be new warships that surpass the current battleships, so the military reform must have certain limits. "
In Ernst's words, the development of the military basically gives way to education, after all. The East African Army was not backward to begin with, and the Navy waited until the era of dreadnoughts came. Now these advanced warships are basically no different from scrap metal.
Furthermore, East Africa's geographical location is difficult to be threatened by military forces, so the dream of a strong military can be slowed down a little. It is better to give up more military expenditures to support the future development of science and technology and cultural undertakings in East Africa.
(End of this chapter)