In the west, the origin of education is greatly influenced by religious organizations: priests realize the importance of education and establish a school system. In Europe, many original universities have Catholic backgrounds. After the Reformation in Scotland, a new Scottish National Church was established.

China

Education in China began with China's classic works, not religious organizations. In the early days of China, educated officials were appointed to run the empire. The imperial examination system for selecting officials was established in Sui Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong perfected it.

/kloc-at the end of 0/9, He Ziyuan, Qiu and other sages set up new schools such as Yudong Primary School, Tongren School, Xingmin Middle School and Shima Primary School, which trained a large number of valuable talents for the surging Revolution of 1911 and national construction. Subsequently, China's modern education system was constantly improved and strengthened.

During the period of 1990, great changes have taken place in China's education system, and private capital has re-entered the field of education.

Japan

The origin of Japanese education is closely related to religion. The school is a temple to train young people who want to learn Buddhism and become monks. Later, children who want to learn will go to Tera-koya (meaning temple house) to learn how to read and write Japanese.

India

India has a long history of institutionalized education. According to research, before the rise of Buddhism, India had a perfect education system. Its educational modernization can be divided into two stages: colonial period and post-independence period. Colonial period is the initial stage of India's educational modernization, including: the transitional period from traditional education to modern education (1498 ~1early 9th century); The formation period of Indian education system in colonial period includes three periods: the westernization period of Indian education (from the beginning of 19 to the beginning of 20th century) and the rise and development period of ethnic education (from the beginning of 20th century to the independence of 1947). After independence from 65438 to 0947, Indian education entered a stage of all-round development.

2 1 Century World Education Trends

In the past decades, the proportion of illiterate people without any school education has decreased. From 36% of 1960 to 25% in 2000.

In developing countries, the illiteracy rate in 2000 was only half that of 1970. In developed countries, the illiteracy rate has also dropped from 6% to 1%, and the number of uneducated people has dropped from 5% to 2%.