1, the number of schools dropped sharply.
From one primary school in one village to only one primary school in several villages, school buses are basically needed now.
2. Shortage of teachers
A teacher should not only teach two grades at the same time, but also teach Chinese and mathematics, as well as physical education, art and music.
Lack of English teachers is a big problem in rural schools.
In many cases, there are three English teachers in grade three. Only one English teacher graduated from English major seriously and ran away after one year. There is also a geography student, and there is no shortage of geography teachers to teach English. Another one only had a high school education and turned out to be a barefoot teacher.
Of course, children in rural primary schools are much happier than children in urban primary schools. There is no training class and there is not so much homework, but the results are not so good. After reading a report card, only 50 students got double 90 in grade three, but the scores of 7 or 8 subjects did not add up to 100. Sometimes happiness comes at a price.
But now students are much more civilized, and there is no large-scale group fight. Probably because of the school bus, the appointment on the way after school is gone. This was a common occurrence at that time.