自学考试的建立是我国的一个创造。在十几年里,自学考试培育和选拔了一大批的人才,促进了社会主义建设事业的发展,功不可没。自学考试在今后还会有很强的生命力。我国是社会主义国家要尽可能满足人民日益增长的教育需要;但限于经济实力又不能大规模发展中等和高等教育,无法充分满足人民的教育需要。自学考试为有强烈受教育要求而又不能升学者开辟了一条自学成才的渠道,既满足人民受教育的需要又能推动社会主义建设,是利国利民的事。要巩固和发展自学考试,必须研究自学考试的规律,既要研究考试方面的问题也要研究考生的自学问题。考生的自学在自学考试中占着十分重要的位置。自学考试是由自学、社会助学和考试三部分组成的。它们各有其功能:自 The establishment of self-study exam is a creation of our country. In more than a decade, self-study examinations have fostered and selected a large number of qualified personnel and promoted the development of the socialist construction. Self-study exam in the future there will be a strong vitality. Our country is a socialist country that needs to meet people’s growing educational needs to the extent possible. However, due to its economic strength, it is impossible to develop secondary and higher education on a large scale and to fully meet people’s educational needs. Self-study exams have opened up a channel for self-taught talents who have a strong demand for education but can not further their studies. It is not only satisfying the needs of people’s education but also promoting socialism. To consolidate and develop self-study exams, we must study the law of self-study examinations, it is necessary to study exam questions as well as study candidates self-learning problems. Candidates self-study in self-study exams occupy a very important position. Self-study exam is self-study, social studies and examinations of three parts. They each have their own function: since