Chapter 562 Focus on Education

As time entered December 1921, Arthur also realized that the economic crisis was not far away.

Compared with external territorial expansion and power expansion, the most important thing at present is to stabilize the order of Australasia and ensure that Australasia can survive this economic crisis safely.

You know, the serious consequences of this economic crisis are no less than a super war, and the destruction of the economies of various countries is even far greater than that of the world war.

If Arthur remembers correctly, this historic world economic crisis has caused the economy and industry around the world to regress by decades and return to the level of the early 20th century.

During the crisis, industrial production in the capitalist world fell by 37.2%, of which the United States fell by 40.6%, France fell by 28.4%, Britain fell by 16%, and Japan fell by 8.4%.

This is a huge crisis for the powers around the world, but for Australasia, it is also an opportunity for the economy to surpass European countries.

The United States was the most affected in this economic crisis, with 140,000 companies and 10,000 banks bankrupted.

What an exaggerated number! At present, the total number of registered companies in Australasia is less than 10,000, and the number of banks is less than 100, which is enough to show the serious gap between the United States and Australasia.

As long as Australasia can seize this opportunity, it will be no problem to build the second economic power under the United States, not to mention surpassing the United States.

By then, Australasia will become the world's third pole that is not weaker than Britain and the United States, and can truly become a chess player who dominates the world, rather than a chess piece dominated by a chess player.

How to survive the economic crisis safely?

First of all, the economic crisis is facing a very serious unemployment population.

At this time, it is necessary to formulate relevant stimulus economic policies to ensure that these unemployed people have a certain economic income to ensure the income source and living materials of more families behind these unemployed people.

Secondly, it is necessary to prevent and improve the protection of financial institutions and financial markets as soon as possible. Only when the losses of financial institutions and markets are not too serious, can we resume production and restore the economy faster when and after the economic crisis comes.

In addition, increase assistance to small and medium-sized enterprises to ensure that these small and medium-sized enterprises with weaker foundations can survive the economic crisis and avoid the economic crisis from causing too serious harm to the middle and lower-level enterprises in Australasia.

Arthur has thought about these plans many times in the letter, which also requires the government to deal with various economic crises that have occurred before and make a sufficient response plan.

As long as they are well prepared, even if the economic crisis really comes and sweeps Australasia, Arthur and the government can face it calmly without being in a hurry.

After deciding to start farming down-to-earth and develop steadily for a period of time, they will focus on education and medical care, which are the most fundamental aspects of national development.

First of all, education. Australasia is exploring a higher level of compulsory education to ensure that more people can enjoy the status improvement brought by higher education.

In the previous Australasia policy, all citizens of school age need to receive education from primary school to junior high school, which is also an important means to raise the per capita education level to junior high school.

But the junior high school education obviously cannot meet the needs of national development. Only when more college students and high school students are born can the country have enough talent reserves.

However, the cost and time cost of realizing universal high school education are immeasurable.

Therefore, the current high school compulsory education is still in the exploration stage. Arthur chose a more compromise solution, which is to vigorously develop vocational education.

After nearly 22 years of development, Australasia has achieved certain results in education.

First of all, there are 9 internationally renowned universities in Australasia. In addition to famous universities, there are 17 ordinary universities established by state governments and municipal governments.

This also means that the total number of universities in Australasia has reached 26, which can train more than 13,000 college students for the country every year.

According to the summary data of fiscal affairs in 1921, the government's annual investment in education was as high as 31.93 million Australian dollars, accounting for 16% of the total fiscal expenditure for the year.

In Arthur's further plan, increasing the number of universities and increasing the scale of universities are still important topics.

At present, according to the situation in various industries, the college students produced by Australasia are undoubtedly capable. There are even many college students who have graduated for several years and have entered the senior management of various industries and become the mainstay of various industries in Australasia.

In particular, a small number of scientific research talents with good talents have joined the research laboratories of their respective universities and even got the opportunity to join the Royal Academy of Sciences.

You should know that the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences currently has less than a thousand scientists, to be exact, only 772.

These 772 people are all top experts in Australasian and even world-renowned. In any country, they are worth the government's efforts to win over.

And a considerable number of technical employees educated in technical schools have entered the middle and senior management of factories and enterprises.

In any era, it is still good to have an ability. Especially in the development background of Australasian, which is very suitable for workers, it is not a problem to have a skill to maintain food and clothing.

Compared to the annual number of university graduates of only 13,000, the number of technical schools in Australasia is quite exaggerated, with more than 400,000 people trained each year.

Of course, there are also a large number of immigrants among these people. After all, it is impossible for immigrants to find a job in Australasia without learning English and a skill.

For these technical schools, the support should be given. They not only provide a large number of skilled workers for Australasia, but also serve as institutions for training immigrants' skills, which is a great contribution to the development of Australasia.

However, Arthur also decided to make some changes to the current education methods.

The first thing to do is to strengthen the training of the younger generation.

What should be trained specifically? The most important thing is to cultivate the recognition of the Australasia nation among these young generations.

From the beginning of the education of the young generation in Australasia, they have been taught that the Australians are a united nation, and they are all glorious Australians.

When these people grow up, they will naturally regard themselves as Australasians, and the original immigrant nation will no longer exist, and Australasia will become a single-ethnic country.

Of course, such a change is very long, and only a small part has been carried out so far.

But the effect is still good. Under the influence of various industries and education in Australasia, more than half of the citizens of Australasia have recognized the national concept of Australasia, and the number is still increasing.

Especially those born in Australasia, they have the strongest recognition of Australasia and are the most determined Australians.

At this time, even if someone tells them that their parents are not Australians, but immigrants from abroad, they will never admit it.

Because compared to their hometowns where they have no impression, Australasia is their home and the place where they have lived since they were born.

In addition to strengthening the cultivation of national concepts, there is also a deepening of the impression of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism to reduce the possibility of participating in the revolution in the future.

As the saying goes, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest. Even a piece of pure white paper will be covered with dust that is invisible to the naked eye.

The same is true for the governance of a country. Although Arthur can ensure that most Australasians love him, he cannot guarantee that all Australasians are like this.

There are always a few people whose brain circuits are not normal, and it is not impossible to resist Arthur's rule.

In order to be on the safe side, it is enough to prepare in education in advance to ensure that the vast majority of people are loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

At any time, a revolution that cannot gain public support will basically be suppressed, not to mention that Arthur also controls the military power.

Of course, there is another very important point in the reform of education, that is, to strengthen the coverage of education for small cities and towns.

There is no need to worry about the education situation in big cities like Sydney and Melbourne. Even if the government's energy is not focused on these cities, their state and municipal governments will vigorously develop education.

Especially Sydney, a city with three well-known universities, the National University of Australia, the Royal Military College of Sydney, and the Royal College, as well as ordinary universities such as the City of Sydney University and the Sydney College of Arts. The educational resources should be the richest among all cities in Australia and Australia.

This is also the reason why some Sydney people are unwilling to move the capital. If the capital is moved, will the National University and the Royal Military College also move with it? This is the most worrying issue for Sydney people.

If Arthur had not promised that even if the university moved the capital, the current school would be retained as a branch, I am afraid Sydney people would still be unwilling to move the capital.

After all, education represents the importance of a city and the development potential of the city, which is the most concerned issue for Sydney people.

Of course, Sydney, as the second largest city in Australia and Australia, is not far behind.

The four universities of Melbourne Royal Military College, Melbourne City University, Melbourne Medical University, and Melbourne Biological University also represent Melbourne's educational resources.

Many universities gather in large cities, which also means that there are almost no universities in other small and medium-sized cities except state and provincial capitals.

This is a point that Australasia needs to change now. Popularizing higher education, including high school, to small and medium-sized cities as much as possible will not only make it easier for Australasiaans to receive education, but also cover more cities and populations.

However, it is unrealistic to open universities in small cities. Because even if small cities are eager for universities, the number of university admissions they can provide each year is limited.

Other populations that are farther away will not give priority to these universities. Doing so will not have any benefits except facing high financial losses.

A more compromise solution is to popularize high schools and technical schools with lower costs in small and medium-sized cities as much as possible.

Although it is not as good as a university degree, a high school degree is still considered high in Australasia at present, and finding a job is not a problem.

This is not the era of college students everywhere in the future. For a country, high school students are also qualified talents who have received education.

The good news is that the church has also opened some large and small schools in various places, and also undertakes the responsibility of education.

Although the Australasia church has opened more language schools, there are also corresponding other subjects, and they are officially recognized.

After all, the Protestant Church in Australasia is considered to be Arthur's own people and is under his strict control.

In addition to the educational environment, the medical environment also needs to be changed.

The changes in the medical environment are not only about building universities and clinics, but also about strictly controlling the medical environment to avoid charging money indiscriminately and making it difficult to see a doctor.

This kind of problem exists in any era, especially in the era of capitalism. Things controlled by capital are easy to cheat people, and even more likely to cheat civilians.

Fortunately, Arthur controls the largest pharmaceutical group in Australasia and controls most of the pharmaceutical production in Australasia.

Under Arthur's order, the Ministry of Health has formulated a supervision policy for major hospitals to strictly control the selling prices of drugs and the popular counterfeit drugs on the market.

It is not surprising that counterfeit drugs appear. After all, some drugs are really expensive, and the cost of counterfeiting is not high, but they can bring huge income, which is something that capitalists cannot refuse at all.

At present, the Ministry of Health has investigated and dealt with more than 100 counterfeit drug incidents and sealed more than 20 manufacturers, which has brought a certain degree of convergence of counterfeit drugs circulating in Australasia.

This also means that the pharmaceutical industry must be supervised to ensure that pharmaceutical companies produce truly effective drugs, rather than qualified commercial drugs.

If Arthur remembers correctly, there is a famous saying about the pharmaceutical industry in later generations, that is, "drugs that can cure diseases are not good commodities."

This sentence has a huge impact on people, and it also represents a terrible fact, that is, the pharmaceutical industry, which is very important to the people, has been corrupted by capital.

Perhaps a certain disease is not without drug treatment, or there is no better drug treatment. But the problem is that these drugs may not be good commodities, so they are buried in safes by those capitalists and are unwilling to take them out to treat diseases and save lives.

Although doing so will bring higher profits to the pharmaceutical industry, it is not a good thing for the development of a country.

As the ruler of Australasia, Arthur should avoid this kind of thing as much as possible to ensure that effective drugs are circulated in the market, rather than those good commodities that make profits.

When establishing the pharmaceutical group, Arthur never thought about how much profit the pharmaceutical group would bring to him.

Compared to making profits, which is a more superficial thing that only capitalists would do, Arthur hopes to develop more effective drugs to contribute to Australasia and all Australians.

Such events also made Arthur reflect deeply. In addition to the state and the government, any company that monopolizes an industry will definitely become a sickle to harvest the people.

In order to avoid this situation, in addition to stricter supervision of major companies, a complete and reasonable antitrust law is also necessary.

The good news is that there are currently no private monopoly companies in Australasia in various industries, and more are monopolies caused by royal and government companies.

Under Arthur's supervision, the government will not do stupid things, and Arthur will not harm his country. This also ensures that the current business environment in Australasia is still good, and the people's life happiness index is also guaranteed.

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