Education is the foundation of a long-term plan. Popularizing basic education has always been China's basic state policy, but recently there have been some problems in the education industry. First of all, the illustrations in the textbooks for Grades 1 to 6 of the people's Education Edition showed a crooked butt. Various sexual hints, American stars and stripes clothes and Japanese fighter planes caused an uproar among netizens all over the country.
The incident is not over yet. Another netizen found that there is a tablet computer on the official website of the people's education publishing house, and the price is as high as 3680 yuan to 4380 yuan. In the tablet computer market, there are not many Android tablets worth about 4000 yuan. Such a tablet computer immediately attracted the attention of netizens. Go to check the configuration of the tablet.
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I don't know if I don't see it. I'm scared when I see it. This tablet computer processor is the mt8173 released by MediaTek at the mwc2015 conference seven years ago. It has a 1.8GHz dominant frequency, two A72 large cores and two A53 small cores. Based on the 28nm process, its performance is not as good as the entry-level smart phone chip Xiaolong 660 a few years ago. Plus 2gb+32gb and 4gb+64gb memory combinations, parents can rest assured that this tablet can't play games.
The screen of the flat panel is 10.1 inches, with a resolution of 1920*1200, a front 5MP camera and a rear 8mp camera. Bluetooth is still in version 4.1. The battery is OK, with a capacity of 7000mah. The system is still Android version 6.0.
Tablet, why don't you choose these?
Maybe some people don't know enough about the configuration of the tablet computer and don't understand what the price of this tablet computer is. Xiao Lei found a tablet computer with a very similar configuration on the e-commerce platform and compared it with the computer of the people's education press.
The following tablet computer comes from a domestic third tier tablet computer manufacturer. Its screen size and resolution are the same as those of the people's education press. It is also a 4gb+64gb storage combination. The front camera has 2million pixels, the rear camera has 5million pixels, and the battery capacity is 6000mAh. It supports 10W charging, dual band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, and runs the Android 11 system.
Figure source: screenshot of Kubi Rubik's cube product page
The tablet is equipped with Huben T610 processor, two A75 large cores and six A55 small cores. Based on the 12NM process, the performance is equivalent to that of Xiaolong 660. The performance is really not very strong, but it must be enough to play the king's glory. You don't have to worry about getting stuck in daily use. Most importantly, this tablet is only 699 yuan.
There are two products in the tablet market. One is ipad , one is other products. IPad prices will be more expensive. Android tablets are usually very cheap, even if they come from first-line manufacturers. Xiaolei gives another example. Huawei's matepad 11, 6gb+64gb version sells for only 2299 yuan, Xiaomi tablet 5, 6gb+128gb sells for only 1899 yuan, and oppo and vivo tablets also sell for about the same price.
These tablets are already flagship Android products, and the price is only about half of that of the people's education press. Of course, we can't ignore that the product of people's education press is an educational tablet computer. Xiao Lei gives examples of several professional products, such as Xiaodu intelligent learning tablet S16, Zhuangyuanlang learning machine y105, Bubugao tutor machine x1, which have much better performance and storage space than the tablet computer of people's education press, but the price is about 2000 yuan. There are also many professional teaching functions, such as textbook and test question recognition, Intelligent voice assisted education, etc.
Anyone who knows a little about digital will not choose this product with a premium of 3000 yuan when choosing tablet computers. However, since there are manufacturers, there must be someone who needs it. The people's education press is very smart. These tablets are not sold to individual consumers. They only accept unified orders from schools
Educational tablet, the water is really deep
Xiao Lei's two younger brothers went to school in their hometown. When they were in junior high school three years ago, they were also asked to "rent" a tablet computer. The tablet computer opened a wechat metropolis card, not to mention playing games, but the rent was more than 2000 yuan. Most importantly, when it came time to return the tablet computer, the school refused to return the money on the grounds of excessive loss.
This kind of thing is not uncommon. Last year, a news broke out in Sichuan. Liushu middle school in Shehong City advocated "tablet teaching" and asked students to buy a tablet computer of 5998 yuan. In the face of a reporter's question, the principal of the school said that the price included the use fee of the software, allowing the parents of the students to purchase it separately, which had been discussed openly with the parents. However, the parents said that the meeting was just the introduction of the tablet by the school, which said that it was allowed to purchase another tablet, but it should also specify the model and operating system.
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When parents inquired about the tablet computer, they found that the products that met the requirements of the school had already been delisted. Obviously, the school helped manufacturers clean up the inventory of old products and made a lot of money at the same time. This kind of tablet computer is basically an outdated old product, which not only has low performance, but also has poor screen material. Long term use is not good for the eyes.
On March 1 this year, lvyugang, director of the Department of basic education of the Ministry of education, said that it was strictly prohibited to force parents and students to purchase terminal equipment and digital services to prevent increasing the economic burden of the masses The Ministry of Education said that this kind of behavior has been very common, which has brought a lot of economic pressure to the parents of students.
Far from it, on May 26, the office of the national inter ministerial Joint Conference on combating education arbitrary charges also reported the phenomenon of arbitrary charges in multiple schools in five provinces in China. Among them, the problem of Baoding No. 7 middle school in Hebei Province is that in the name of information education, students are forced to buy tablet computers and course resources, and the accumulated amount charged is as high as 6.0147 million yuan.
Tablet education is imperative, but the industry needs to be standardized
Compared with physical teaching materials, online teaching, homework writing and correction are more convenient, which can reduce the use of paper and achieve energy conservation and emission reduction. In the early years, online teaching began to develop in China, but the speed was not fast until the outbreak of COVID-19.
Affected by the epidemic, in 2020 and 2021, domestic schools have suspended classes and switched to online teaching. Since it is online teaching, it must have some equipment to receive information. Considering the learning efficiency, price and other issues, tablet computer has become the best choice.
The PC screen is large, but the price of genuine products is usually more expensive, and the portability is not as good as tablet computers. The portability of the mobile phone is high, but the screen is too small. The smaller the screen, the higher the damage to the eyes. Staring at the small screen of the mobile phone for a long time will increase the probability of myopia.
As a result, tablet sales soared all the way during the epidemic. Seeing this, Xiaomi, which has suspended the tablet computer production line for several years, restarted the production line and launched the Xiaomi tablet 5 series. Oppo and vivo also quickly entered the tablet computer industry. The tablet computer market is expanding and the competition is becoming more and more fierce. Therefore, manufacturers have tried their best to improve the competitiveness of products through characteristic functions and hardware configuration.
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However, due to the high price and low configuration, relying on the "learning tablet" that the school forces to purchase, instead of playing the role of the learning tablet, it is affecting the healthy development of the tablet computer industry. The demand for online teaching is still increasing, and there is still a high demand for tablet computers. Now there is an urgent need for strict management to make the tablet computer industry develop healthily
Although relevant departments have taken note of this and prohibited schools from forcing students to buy tablet computers, driven by interests, some schools still take risks. It is believed that relevant laws and regulations will be more perfect in the future. Parents and students will be able to freely choose ordinary tablets or learning tablets designed for students. Students can thrive and the tablet computer industry will also develop healthily.