Revolutionary Competition

It cannot be denied that K'angta's educational objective is to cultivate a great number of resolute military and political cadres for the anti-Japanese war. Its educational policy is based on resistance to Japan and is revolutionary; it combines theory and reality and links the front lines with the rear areas. In order to ensure that within the short space of a few months students can achieve fully a solid grasp of theory and polished technical competence, and in order to train rapidly a large number of strong, robust fighters, the slogan "study as though in battle" is promulgated among teachers and students. This great novel slogan must rely on the method of "revolutionary competition" for its realization. "Revolutionary competition" is the consistent style of K'angta and is a glorious tradition of the Chinese Communist revolution as well. There must be competition in study, in work, and in battle; competition is necessary for driving out the Japanese imperialist now, and great competition will be even more necessary in the future for building an independent, free, and happy new China. The The scope of its application is extremely broad, but in the case of K'angta its main function is to ensure the success of studies. We may state the significance of this competition in terms of the following points: (1) It is to ensure that the educational plan is rapidly and one hundred percent completed. (2) Because the cultural and political levels of K'angta students are not uniform, it is necessary to use competition to elevate the students and to ensure that studies progress evenly. (3) It cultivates a collective study spirit in which classmates assist each other, urge each other on, and progress together. Revolutionary competition is not ordinary competition of individualism, championism and heroics - it is of a generalized, egalitarian nature, a source of motivation and a force for promoting collective progress; therefore we say it is "revolutionary" competition.