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Why put education first?
Because education is the cornerstone of national development, education is related to national prosperity, people's well-being and the future of the country, and education involves thousands of families. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council have always attached great importance to the development of education. According to the overall arrangement of the central government and the reality of current education development, it is very necessary to formulate a medium-and long-term education reform and development plan.

This is the first education plan in China since the beginning of 2 1 century. It is of great significance to formulate a plan that satisfies the people and conforms to China's national conditions and the characteristics of the times.

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Development situation

Education in New China started on the basis of extreme backwardness. 1949, 80% of the population in China was illiterate, and there were only 1 17000 college students. After 70 years of unremitting efforts, China has formed a modern education system with perfect system and reasonable structure.

In 20 18, there were 518,800 schools of all levels and types in China, with 276 million students in all levels and types of education. China's overall education level ranks first in the world. There are 2 152 special education schools in China, more than 30 times more than the 64 schools in 1953.

The number of full-time teachers at all levels increased from 65,438+934,000 in 0949 to16,738,300. In terms of academic qualifications, the proportion of teachers with bachelor degree or above in primary schools and junior high schools increased by 6 1.59 percentage points and 80.59 percentage points respectively compared with 1985. ?