According to the suggestion made by the Municipal Education Bureau to the Municipal People's Congress, Shenzhen will explore the implementation of free education on the basis of the current nine-year compulsory education, and strive to gradually promote free education in 12 years by 2025. This also means that 12 free education will be fully implemented in Shenzhen in 2025.

It is reported that "12 compulsory education" has already been implemented in developed countries in Europe and America, and even in economically underdeveloped countries like Cuba, "12 compulsory education" has also been implemented. China's fiscal expenditure on education accounts for only 3.4 1% of GDP, while the world average is 5.2% (3.6% in low-income countries and 5.5% in high-income countries).

If the proportion of education funds in China can reach the world average level, then the implementation of "12 compulsory education" will be guaranteed and completely possible.

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Free high school education can enable more students with financial difficulties to receive high school education;

The implementation of free high school education essentially follows the spirit of "no matter how bad the education is", which will broaden the exposure of high school enrollment and allow more students with financial difficulties to receive high school education.

Of course, in the process of formulating education policies, local governments need to scientifically evaluate and choose the best model suitable for local education development in combination with local economic and educational development. Whether it is free or not, we should take the development of high-quality high school education as the main line of educational reform and cannot shake it.