According to authoritative surveys, there are more than 58 million "left-behind children" in rural areas of China. 57.2% of left-behind children go out with one parent, and 42.8% go out with their parents at the same time. Among the left-behind children, 79.7% were raised by grandparents, 13% were entrusted to relatives and friends, and 7.3% were uncertain or unsupervised.
Most left-behind children are taken care of by grandparents, and the lack of parental supervision and education has a negative impact on the all-round healthy growth of left-behind children. The problem of "intergenerational education" is the most prominent among the "left-behind children" groups. The problem of left-behind children is a unique social problem in China's modernization process and another obstacle to the construction of a new socialist countryside, which seriously affects the healthy growth of left-behind children and has attracted the attention of the whole society.
Article 29 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Minors. Schools should care about and care for underage students, and should not discriminate against students for reasons such as family, body, psychology and learning ability. Students with family difficulties and physical and mental disabilities should be taken care of; Students with abnormal behavior and learning difficulties should be patiently helped.
Schools should cooperate with relevant government departments to establish information files of left-behind underage students and disadvantaged underage students, and carry out care and assistance work.
Article 43 Residents' committees and villagers' committees shall set up special personnel to be responsible for the protection of minors, assist relevant government departments to publicize laws and regulations on the protection of minors, guide, help and supervise parents or other guardians of minors to perform their guardianship duties according to law, establish information files of left-behind minors and minors in distress, and give them care and help.