Yichang has 996 schools of all levels and types, with 570,000 students and 42,000 faculty members. Among them, there are 424 primary schools with 6.5438+0.78 million students; There are 155 junior high schools with students 12 10000; Special education schools 10, with students 1 180; There are 325 kindergartens with 62,000 children in the park; There are 43 ordinary high schools with 75,000 students; There are 25 secondary vocational schools with 60,000 students; 8 technical schools, 1 10,000 students; Two ordinary undergraduate universities (Three Gorges University, College of Science and Technology of Three Gorges University) with 3 1 10,000 students; There are 3 higher vocational colleges (hubei three gorges polytechnic, three gorges vocational college of electric power and Three Gorges Tourism Vocational and Technical College) with students10.5 million; Adult colleges 1 Institute (Yichang Radio and TV University), with students 1.7 million.

Under the correct leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, Yichang's education system has made great efforts to run a satisfactory education for the people and achieved a sound and rapid development of Yichang's education. In 2008, there were eight "zero dropout" counties and cities in the city, with the enrollment rate and consolidation rate of primary school-age children reaching 100%, the enrollment rate of junior middle school-age adolescents reaching 99.9%, and the completion rate of nine-year compulsory education reaching 98.9%. For the fourth consecutive year, the proportion of junior high school graduates entering senior high school has remained stable at over 95%, and the enrollment scale of general vocational education has remained basically the same, initially achieving the goal of fully popularizing senior high school education. The establishment of standardized schools has achieved initial results, with 250 rural boarding qualified primary schools and 68 standardized junior high schools in the city. For seven years in a row, the month of teachers' morality education with clear theme, full participation and outstanding results has been carried out, and an outstanding group of teachers represented by Zheng Qi, the national model of teachers' morality, has emerged. Comprehensively promote the reform of basic education curriculum, examination and evaluation system and high school enrollment system, which has a positive response throughout the country. 0/3 counties (county-level cities and districts) in the whole city/KLOC-have all become "model counties and cities for regulating education fees", and Yichang has become the first fully covered city in the province.