Legal Analysis: The Basic Standards for Running Conditions of Compulsory Education Schools in Henan Province (Trial) (hereinafter referred to as the standards) is an important basis for governments at all levels and relevant departments to plan, build and manage schools. The conditions for running a school stipulated in the Standards are the basic standards that must be strictly implemented in newly-built compulsory education schools. If the existing conditions for running a school fail to meet the requirements of the standard, the conditions for running a school should be improved and gradually reach the standard.

Legal basis: the basic standards for running compulsory education schools in Henan Province.

Article 1 The establishment of compulsory education schools should be based on the principle of facilitating students to enter the school nearby, combining the urbanization construction, new rural construction and the changing trend of school-age population, and comprehensively considering the factors such as traffic and environment, so as to scientifically and reasonably set up schools to meet the future development of schools, education and teaching needs, and make them have moderate scale and sustainable development space.

Article 2 In rural areas, in principle, a complete primary school should be set up for every 5,000 people or more, and a junior high school should be set up for every 20,000-30,000 people. When necessary, teaching points can be set up in remote mountainous areas, inaccessible areas and areas with less than 30 first-grade school-age children. Township (town) central primary schools should gradually build boarding primary schools. In principle, rural junior high schools are located in the seat of the township (town) government and meet the boarding needs of students. Urban compulsory education schools should set a reasonable service radius according to the regional population density, ensure that school-age children are enrolled nearby, and give full consideration to factors such as the enrollment of children of floating population.