What is a silver-haired old teacher?

Silver-aged teachers refer to retired teachers in primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, further education institutions, vocational colleges and teaching and research institutions. 20 18 the Ministry of education launched the silver age lecture program for basic education, and in 2020, it launched the silver age teacher support program for western regions in higher education. More than 20,000 retired teachers from primary and secondary schools and 1400 retired teachers from colleges and universities were recruited to support teaching and scientific research. On July 4th, 2023, the National Action Plan for Teachers in the Silver Age was studied and formulated. In August, the Ministry of Education and other ten departments jointly issued the National Action Plan for Teachers in the Silver Age. On March 4th, 2023, the award ceremony of "Touching China 2022 Person of the Year" was held in Beijing. At the award ceremony, a collective award-"Yinfa Zhibo" was awarded to pay tribute to "retired teachers who passed on knowledge through the Internet". It was awarded to 13 people composed of academicians of the two academies, university professors and old teachers of primary and secondary schools, including 7 knowledge creators including Academician Wang and Professor Wu.