一、扫除文盲是建设新中国的必要条件『扫除文盲,普及文化,是我国人民教育工作的迫切任务。毛主席在「论联合政府」中已指示我们:「从百分之八十的人口中扫除文盲,是建立新中国的必要条件」』。(四月二十六日人民日报社论)。近二年以来,我们在党和上级的领导之下,执行毛主席的这一伟大指示,曾进行了一些工作,也取得了一些成绩:一方面是工农群众及其斡部踊跃地参加了文化学习(工人六万余人,农民三百万余人,干部三万余人)。另一方面,也取得了一些一开展工农教育的经验。同时在进行这一工作中,我们深深感觉到群众学习文化的要求是异常迫切的,学习的自觉性与 I. Erasing Illiteracy is a Necessary Condition for Building a New China “It is an urgent task of our people's education to eliminate illiteracy and popularize culture. In his book ”On Coalition Government, Chairman Mao has instructed us:“ To eliminate illiteracy from 80% of the population is a necessary condition for establishing a new China. ” (April 26, People's Daily editorial). In the past two years, under the leadership of the party and the higher authorities, we have carried out this great instruction of Chairman Mao, conducted some work and achieved some successes. On the one hand, the masses of workers and peasants and their cadres actively participated in the culture Learning (more than 60,000 workers, more than 3 million peasants, more than 30,000 cadres). On the other hand, we have also made some achievements in developing education for workers and peasants. At the same time, in carrying out this work, we deeply feel that it is extremely urgent for the people to learn the culture and that the awareness of learning and