Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee.
Its essence is a system of compulsory education for school-age children and adolescents for a certain period of time in accordance with the provisions of the law. Compulsory education is also called compulsory education and free compulsory education. Compulsory education has the basic characteristics of compulsory, free, universal and secular.
During the Republic of China, it was generally believed that the illiteracy rate was 80%. For example, Chairman Mao put forward in his report 1945 "On Coalition Government": "It is an important task for the new China to eliminate illiteracy among 80% of the population." Just after the founding of New China, the central leadership has reached the education level of developed countries in one step, which reflects the firm belief that no matter how poor the country is, it cannot be poor in education.
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Exemption from book fees:
1. The tuition fee waiver for students in compulsory education in Beijing starts from 200 1. This year, the city exempted the miscellaneous fees for students with disabilities and students from disabled families in compulsory education. Since 2002, the scope of exemption from miscellaneous fees has been extended to 10 low-income students in suburban counties and urban suburbs.
Since 2003, students from urban low-income families and students studying in special education schools have been exempted from textbook fees; Boarding students in special education schools are exempted from accommodation fees, and food subsidies of 100 yuan per person per month are given.
Starting from 2008, Shanghai will cancel the "one-fee system" for compulsory education public schools. Not only do students not have to pay tuition and miscellaneous fees, but the textbooks and homework fees for primary and junior high school students will also be "free", which means that compulsory education in public schools in Shanghai is basically free. According to the original regulations,
Primary and middle school students studying in public schools near compulsory education in Shanghai are exempt from tuition and miscellaneous fees, but they still have to pay textbooks and homework fees.
Follow the "one-fee system" charging standard, specifically: primary school 1 to grade 5, "the first phase of curriculum reform" for each student in 95 yuan, and "the second phase of curriculum reform" (experimental book) for each student 150 yuan; The "one-phase curriculum reform" for junior middle school students in grades six to nine every semester 150 yuan. The second phase of curriculum reform (experimental book) per student per semester 185 yuan.
3. Starting from the autumn school year of 2007, children in rural compulsory education in Guangdong will be further exempted from book fees on the basis of free miscellaneous fees this autumn, and truly realize "free" schooling. This is good news for/kloc-0.025 million rural compulsory education children and their families in the province. For Guangdong education,
This is a milestone-since then, the "fee-based" compulsory education in rural areas of Guangdong has officially come to an end. In the future, the books and miscellaneous fees originally borne by students' families will be shared by governments at all levels, of which the provincial finance will pay 654.38+065.438+0 billion yuan for book fee reduction and exemption next year. Guangdong is once again at the forefront of the country.
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Baidu encyclopedia-compulsory education
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Baidu encyclopedia-book fee