On September 10, 1994, the teacher took a group photo as a souvenir, and Yuan Fuchun was the third from the left in the back row.

Cover journalist Luo Tianyi Intern Xiao Handan Yang Xinke

In 1994, Yuan Fuchun, who had been a private teacher for 12 years in Fuwo Township Patriotic Primary School in Lijin County, Dongying City, Shandong Province, received a notice from the principal Zhang that he was dismissed. However, as early as August of the same year, Yuan Fuchun had successfully selected a teacher position in a local primary school. Why did he say that he was dismissed when he went to work? Yuan Fuchun doesn’t understand.

In 1995, by chance, Yuan Fuchun got a hiring list signed and sealed by the township and the school that year. His name was impressively listed, which made him wonder: Was he replaced by someone?

For the next 25 years, Yuan Fuchun has been looking for an answer-the truth about his dismissal. So in 25 years, he went to the county education bureau, also went to the county letters and calls bureau, and sought opinions from the relevant departments of the township, county and city countless times. He also went through legal channels, but in the end he went nowhere.

Recently, Yuan Fuchun’s experience attracted the attention of netizens on the Internet. The reporter talked about Yuan Fuchun himself and Zhang, then the principal of patriotic primary school, trying to restore the truth of the whole thing.

Yuan Fuchun’s honorary certificate (Photo courtesy of the interviewee)

Is the school "reneging"?

After being hired, he was dismissed by the principal verbally.

In 1982, after graduating from high school, Yuan Fuchun came to Lijin County to become a private teacher. Around 1991, Yuan Fuchun was transferred to a town as a middle school teacher. Due to the long distance and other reasons, Yuan Fuchun applied to be transferred back to the patriotic primary school near his home in 1994.

Although he is a private teacher, Yuan Fuchun has been conscientious. During his tenure as a middle school teacher, Yuan Fuchun’s class was rated as an excellent class, and he himself was rated as an excellent head teacher and teaching expert. From 1990 to 1993, Yuan Fuchun took part in the adult college entrance examination in Shandong Province, obtained the correspondence college of Shandong Institute of Education, and obtained all the relevant certificates that private teachers should obtain.

In 1994, Lijin County held an employment examination. According to previous media reports, on July 17, 1994, the Implementation Plan of Implementing School Internal Management Reform in Lijin County (namely Lifa (1994) No.32) was issued. According to the plan, Lijin County will implement the reform of school internal personnel system and distribution system. According to the plan, the local government will adopt the method of making posts by auditing, requiring rural primary schools to take townships as units and uniformly determine the preparation according to the teacher-student ratio of 1:20. In terms of the scope of employment, all public and private teachers (including part-time teachers) and temporary private teachers on the job must take the business examination, which is organized and implemented by the county education commission, and "based on the teachers’ business examination results and assessment scores, they are selected in the order from high score to low score."

"After taking the relevant exams, I passed smoothly. At the beginning of August, Zhang, the principal of the patriotic primary school at that time, told me that the selection was successful and informed me to start school on August 10. " Yuan Fuchun told reporters that he remembered it very clearly, because a month later, on the day of Teacher’s Day on September 10th, all the teachers also took a photo of Teacher’s Day.

What surprised Yuan Fuchun was that after he officially went to work, he was verbally announced to be laid off by the principal Zhang in the office. "I asked him why. At that time, he didn’t explain the reason to me. He just asked me to go to a director of the township education Committee, Li, and said that he could tell me the reason for dismissal." Yuan Fuchun said.

After being dismissed, Yuan Fuchun went to Li, then the director of Fuwo Township Education Committee, many times. "But at that time, he was also unable to explain clearly. He just said that he inquired. At that time, I didn’t get any explanation, and then it went away." Yuan Fuchun said.

Usually, his teaching performance is good, but now he has been brushed off, which makes Yuan Fuchun somewhat unable to lift his head. So in that year, Yuan Fuchun took his wife and daughter to Dongying Port, more than 100 kilometers away, to find a livelihood and prepare to open a kindergarten in the local area, so as to live on.

Original List of Teachers Employed in Patriotic School District

Accidentally obtained a "employment list"

It is speculated that the suspected quota has been replaced.

Around the Spring Festival in 1995, when Yuan Fuchun was chatting with a friend, he accidentally got a handwritten document named "List of Teachers Employed in Patriotic School District" from a friend. The document showed that according to the spirit of Document No.32 in Lijin County and the local reality, more than ten teachers, including Yuan Fuchun, were selected and hired, and Yuan Fuchun’s name was impressively listed.

According to the documents, the Fuwo Township Education Committee and Zhang, the headmaster of Aiguo Primary School, agreed to the signing of the hiring results and stamped with the official seal of the school. This is an official document with an official seal, but why was he announced to be dismissed three months later? Have you been replaced by others? Yuan Fuchun didn’t understand, so he started a long road of investigation.

According to the photos provided by Yuan Fuchun, for the handwritten list, both Li, then director of the township education commission, and Zhang, president of patriotic primary school, signed the copy of the list to show that the document was true.

After 1995, Yuan Fuchun went to Lijin County Education Bureau, Bureau of Letters and Calls, and Township to report the situation. However, according to Yuan Fuchun’s own description, due to the long history of the incident, the relevant departments either prevaricated for various reasons or promised to solve it, but in the end they all went away.

"Later, I was given a reason, saying that I later conducted a hiring with the township as the unit, and I lost the election. But I have not participated in it, and my colleagues have said no before. " Yuan Fuchun told reporters, but this reason was later overturned.

Why did Yuan Fuchun decide that he had been replaced? Around the 28th of the twelfth lunar month in 2001, Yuan Fuchun went to look for the director of the township education committee, Li. According to Yuan Fuchun’s own recollection, at that time, the person personally admitted that in 1994, he was found by relatives who had left behind a teacher. Later, after a series of operations, Yuan Fuchun’s quota was won and he became a victim.

"At that time, there was no mobile phone or tape recorder, leaving no evidence. But the second time I went to him with a tape recorder, he denied the statement of’ replacement’ and said that he couldn’t remember anything. " Because of what Li said, Yuan Fuchun has never given up looking for the truth of the matter. Unfortunately, when the reporter asked if he could contact and interview the person, Yuan Fuchun said that according to the information he obtained, the retired leader had passed away in 2020.

The two parties wrote "this photocopy is true" and signed and sealed it.

Since then, the road to safeguarding rights has been opened for 25 years.

Send a message online for help, hoping to get a reasonable explanation

It has been 25 years since 1995. During this period, Yuan Fuchun did a lot of work. He fished, carried pipes and even worked as a dung digger. Over half a hundred years old, I have reached the age of knowing my destiny. Now, my daughter has got married, and my son has taken part in the work and is getting married soon.

Yuan Fuchun told reporters that in addition to reporting the situation to the relevant units, Yuan Fuchun also sought a lawyer and hoped to take legal channels. However, according to the judgment, the court said that the case was inadmissible. So he began to post on the internet for help, and his experience also attracted many people’s attention.

According to previous media reports, as of 1998, all private teachers in Dongying City had turned into public teachers except those who violated national laws, regulations and policies. "If I hadn’t been replaced at that time, then I should be a public teacher now." Yuan Fuchun guessed that this was one of the reasons why his quota was replaced, but the reason was not confirmed.

According to Yuan Fuchun’s memory, when he was a class teacher in a middle school, his monthly salary was only over 100, while the monthly salary of public teachers at the same level could reach more than 300 yuan, with a significant gap. For all private teachers, including Yuan Fuchun, it was a dream of all private teachers at that time to be able to become public teachers.

Yuan Fuchun told reporters that his biggest appeal at present is to know the truth about his dismissal that year, and then sit down with relevant parties to talk about it and get reasonable compensation.

Regarding Yuan Fuchun’s experience, the reporter called the Lijin County Education Bureau to verify the relevant situation and did not get an effective reply. Since then, the reporter also called the Propaganda Department of Lijin County. The staff who received the electricity said that they had communicated with the parties before, and communicated and handled the matter. Regarding the demands of the reporter’s interview, the staff suggested that the official notification should prevail.

On the evening of July 6, after the official bulletin was issued, Yuan Fuchun was interviewed by reporters again and talked about the response to the contents of the bulletin. He said that "Yuan Fuchun’s comprehensive score is 124.03 points" mentioned in the official report, and he hoped that the investigation team could issue the original test paper to prove it. As for the notification that the "List of Teachers Employed in Patriotic School District" held by him is invalid, I also hope that the relevant units can issue relevant certificates and legal basis for the invalidity of the materials. As for the question about the teaching time after employment, Yuan Fuchun responded: "Because of the time, I only remember about October or November, but it must have been a month, and there are photos to prove it."

As for his status as a sanitation worker, Yuan Fuchun said that there is no conflict between the registered company and his sanitation work. At present, he is indeed completing the cleaning business in the company.

The principal of the party responded to the reporter:

I sympathize with Yuan Fuchun’s experience.

But the situation he reflected is not entirely true.

On July 6, the reporter contacted Zhang (a pseudonym), the principal of patriotic primary school who was in charge of the matter at that time, and interviewed him about the explanation.

"At that time, in my school, Yuan Fuchun was a very good teacher. I was also very sympathetic to this matter, but there was no way. After I hired him, I received a notice from the township education Committee, so I dismissed him again. There is a reason for this. " Zhang said.

Zhang told reporters that in 1994, private teachers were renewed. There was a cultural examination before dismissal, including a Chinese examination and a math examination. "Teacher Yuan teaches Chinese, so he signed up for the Chinese exam. The Chinese exam questions are difficult, and the math exam questions are relatively easy. Teacher Yuan’s test scores are relatively low, only 70 points. Some teachers who signed up for the math exam scored quite high, with more than 90 points, so he was more disadvantaged."

Zhang said that at that time, the comprehensive ranking was calculated by dividing the three-year teaching score by 3 times 40% and multiplying the personal score by 60%. According to the ranking, the school district was initially used as the scope as required, and Yuan Fuchun was just within the scope of employment, and he was qualified to apply.

"But later, someone objected to this decision of the township education committee, which later held a meeting. I went to the meeting and received a notice to dismiss the last 25 teachers. Yuan Fuchun was in this range, so he was dismissed." Zhang told reporters that he was just a messenger in the process.

"It’s a pity that he was fired, but the replacement doesn’t exist." Zhang said.

Official response: There is no "impostor"

On the afternoon of July 6, the investigation team of Lijin County, Dongying City, Shandong Province released the results of the investigation, saying that Lijin County established an investigation team composed of the county commission for discipline inspection, the propaganda department of the county party Committee, the county education bureau, the county public security bureau, and the party Committee and government of Chen Zhuang Town. After further investigation, the following explanation is made:

1. About the problem of being dismissed and being "impersonated". In 1994, the selection and employment of civil teachers was carried out in villages and towns, and they were hired from high scores to low scores according to their comprehensive scores. The minimum selection score of the original Fuwo Township was 125.72, and Yuan Fuchun’s comprehensive score was 124.03, which did not reach the selection score (as evidenced by the original file).

At that time, 25 people were employed in the original Fuwo Township, and Yuan Fuchun ranked 23rd from the bottom, so there was no problem of being "impersonated".

2. About the problem of being hired after the recruitment. According to the spirit of documents No.32 and No.33 issued by Lifa [1994], "Rural schools take townships (towns) as the unit, and according to the requirements of higher-level preparation, carry out the allocation of posts and posts, and select the best teaching staff".

At that time, in the process of hiring, the original Fuwo Township had an error in implementing the documents of the county party committee and county government, and the school district was selected as the unit. After being corrected by the county education commission, the township was selected as the unit, and the school district selection was invalid. The materials originally selected by the school district have been corrected by the materials selected by the township. Now Yuan Fuchun’s List of Teachers Employed in Patriotic School District is selected by the school district and is invalid.

3. On the issue of being detained by Lijin County Education Bureau. Yuan Fuchun refused to recognize his dismissal. Over the years, he repeatedly went to all levels and relevant departments to petition and complain, disrupting the office order. Especially on January 31, 2012, he broke into the central state organs with others, causing adverse effects. In February 2012, he was detained by the public security organs of Lijin County according to law, not by the Education Bureau.

4. About reflecting the problem of continuing teaching until November after being hired.

After investigation, at the beginning of the fall semester in 1994, the dismissed teachers from Fuwo Township reported the wrong practices of Fuwo Township to the county education commission. According to the spirit of documents No.32 and No.33 issued by Lifa [1994], the county education commission instructed the party committee and government of Fuwo Township to correct the practice of selecting and hiring by school district, and unified selection and employment was carried out throughout the township. Yuan Fuchun, the former patriotic school district, and other three people were hired because of low grades, and Yuan Fuchun continued to teach in the school for less than one month.

5. About his status as a sanitation worker. Yuan Fuchun said that he is now a sanitation worker. It is understood that Yuan Fuchun registered and established "Dongying Hai Shun Property Service Co., Ltd." in Dongying Port, and contracted the cleaning business of related enterprises. Yuan Fuchun is the actual controller of the company.

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