Programs
The Commission established the Seven Mandarin Sound Promotion Programs (《國音推行方法七條》 Guoyu Tuixing Fangfa Qi Tiao):
- Proclaimed Zhuyin Zimu.
- All provinces were to establish places to promote and study the 6500 standardized Mandarin sounds (國音傳習所), where the county representatives would gather and return to their counties to spread the words.
- Using the gramophone to record the exact pronunciation.
- Having Mandarin be a compulsory subject in all elementary school.
- All teachers were to speak solely in Mandarin in elementary and middle schools.
- All textbooks and some official documents were to be annotated by Zhuyin.
Read more about this topic: Commission On The Unification Of Pronunciation
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