职工業余教育是整个人民教育体系中的一个重要組成部分。早在1950年6月,前政务院就發布了关於开展职工業余教育的指示。1951年,前政务院發布的关於改革学制的决定中也明确規定了工农業余教育的地位。几年來职工業余教育在各級党委和政府的领導下,在工会組織、厂礦企業、机关学校的直接管理协助配合下,在全体干部、教师和职工的積極努力下,已經有了相当的發展並取得了一定的成績。全國现在已有职工業余学校一万多所,参加学習的职工約有400万人,其中約有150多万人在学習業余小学和業余中学的課程;已經約有200万人脫离了文盲狀态,並約有40多万人学完了業余小学或業余初中的课程。此外,業余中等專業学校和業余高等学校也有了一些發展。毫無疑問,通过業余教育,广大职工文化水平已逐渐提高,对於学習技術和提高生產具有極大的帮助;並且还为国家培养了一定数量的中級和 Staff amateur education is an important part of the entire people’s education system. As early as June 1950, the former State Council issued instructions on amateur education for staff. In 1951, the decision of the former State Council on reforming the school system also clearly stipulated the status of spare-work education for workers and peasants. Under the leadership of party committees and governments at all levels and with the direct management and assistance of trade unions, factories and mines and institutions and schools, the spare time education of staff and workers has made considerable progress under the active efforts of all cadres, teachers and staff and workers And made some achievements. There are now over 10,000 amateur schools in the country, with about 4 million employees participating in the study, of whom about 1.5 million are studying amateur and amateur secondary schools; about 2 million have left the illiterate State, and about 400000 people have finished the amateur elementary school or amateur junior high school curriculum. In addition, there are some developments in amateur secondary schools and amateur colleges. Undoubtedly, through amateur education, the broad literacy level of staff and workers has been gradually raised, which is of great help in learning technology and improving production. It has also cultivated a certain number of mid-level