高等教育自学考试是个人自学、社会助学、国家考试相结合的高等教育形式,是我国高等教育体系的组成部分。在各级人民政府、教育主管部门和自学考试工作管理机构的积极倡导和组织下,个人自学蔚然成风,社会助学工作的开展亦呈现出主体多类、形式多样、受助地区和人员广泛的良好局面。为了充分发挥自学考试的教育功能,落实《中国教育改革和发展纲要》及其实施意见,推动自学考试社会助学工作的健康发展,现提出如下意见。一、积极发展社会助学个人自学、社会助学是高等教育自学考试系统中的教育活动,是国家考试的基础和重要条件。按照高等教育自学考试专业考试计划和课程自学考试大纲的要求进行自学并参加国家考试者均是自学考试的对象, Self-study examination of higher education is a form of higher education combining self-study by individuals, social aided study, and national examination. It is an integral part of China’s higher education system. Under the active advocacy and organization of the people’s governments at all levels, education authorities and self-study examination and management agencies, self-learning by individuals has become common practice. The work of social aid has also shown a wide range of subjects, diverse forms, well-supported areas and personnel situation. In order to give full play to the educational function of self-study exams, implement the “Outline of Education Reform and Development in China” and its implementation opinions, and promote the healthy development of self-study examinations in society, we hereby put forward the following opinions. I. Active Development of Social Aid Individual self-study and social aid are the educational activities in the self-study examination system of higher education and are the basis and important condition for the national exam. In accordance with the higher education self-study exams and professional self-study exams and self-study exam syllabus requirements for self-study and participate in the national examinations are self-taught examinations,