A: Compulsory education is a national education that school-age children and adolescents must accept according to law and is guaranteed by the state, society and family. At present, China has made great achievements in popularizing compulsory education, but there are also some problems, which are analyzed as follows:

(1) Main Problems of Popularizing Nine-year Compulsory Education in China

① The development of compulsory education in different regions is unbalanced, with obvious regional differences and urban-rural differences. In recent years, with the rapid development of local economy, society and education, compulsory education has been generally improved and developed, but the differences in development are further highlighted, which further widens the gap between the existing regions, urban and rural areas and schools of compulsory education in the new situation, especially in terms of school conditions, funding investment, teacher level and education quality.

② The total investment in education is insufficient, and the funds for compulsory education are in short supply. Although most areas have achieved "two increases" in investment in education funds, due to unreasonable internal distribution of education funds, low compulsory education funds, long-term arrears of basic education funds, poor management and serious waste of funds, compulsory education funds are very tight. The problem of "food and clothing" has not been solved in a few poor areas, let alone compulsory education.

③ The dropout rate of students in compulsory education is high. The problem of dropping out of junior middle schools in rural areas is more prominent. The number of classes in rural junior high schools is generally too large, and some places have no junior high schools at all. Coupled with other factors, the dropout rate of junior high school remains high, especially in senior grades. At the same time, due to the influence of feudal tradition, the development of compulsory education for boys and girls is unbalanced, and the education of girls is affected to some extent.

(4) The quality of compulsory education teachers is not high, the treatment is low, and the team is unstable. The quality of compulsory education teachers is not high, and the loss is serious. Teachers' academic qualifications are not up to standard, and they lack strict professional training. Coupled with the low economic status of teachers, the teaching staff is unstable.

(2) Solutions

① Education investment should be appropriately tilted to rural areas and economically underdeveloped areas, and the implementation of universal compulsory education in rural areas and economically backward areas should be accelerated. At the same time, it is necessary to implement various policies to effectively ensure that disadvantaged students receive compulsory education.

② Further increase investment in compulsory education and steadily promote free compulsory education. At the same time, we should continue to reform and improve the input system of compulsory education, and gradually improve the financing mechanism of compulsory education, which is mainly invested by the state, supplemented by collecting education taxes and fees, school-run industrial income, social donations and other channels.

(3) coordinating teachers' resources and strengthening the construction of teachers in rural schools and weak schools in cities and towns; Carry out teachers' continuing education and training in a planned and systematic way, solve the problem of teachers' training funds and improve the overall quality of teachers.