Speech at the Second Conference of the Xiangtan Education Promotion Association
(December 19, 1920)
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Currently, the challenges facing teacher training programs extend beyond mere logistical difficulties; a deeper issue lies in the widespread lack of awareness regarding their importance.
Xiangtan aims to universalize education, but based on our present methods of cultivating teachers, even after another thousand years, we would still have no prospect of success. It is imperative that we proactively raise public awareness and shape public opinion on this matter.

[1] This excerpt is part of Mao Zedong’s address at the second conference of the Xiangtan Education Promotion Association.