Ministry of Education

2007 is an important year in the development of education in China. Under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the education system has conscientiously implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development, constantly promoted education reform and development, and strived to run a satisfactory education for the people. Through the joint efforts of governments at all levels and all walks of life, education at all levels has made new progress and made new contributions to China's economic and social development.

compulsory education

By the end of 2007, there were 3022 counties (cities, districts) that accepted the "two basics" (including 205 other county-level administrative divisions), accounting for 98.5% of the total number of counties in China, and the population coverage rate of "two basics" reached 99%.

The number of primary school students increased slightly, while the number of schools, graduates and students continued to decrease. In 2007, there were 320 1 10,000 primary schools in China, a decrease of 210.5 million compared with the previous year. Enrollment 17360700, an increase of 67 1000 over the previous year; Students105.64 million, a decrease of1475.30 million over the previous year; Primary school graduates 1870 17000, a decrease of 583 1000 over the previous year. The net enrollment rate of primary school-age children reached 99.49%, of which the net enrollment rates of boys and girls were 99.46% and 99.52% respectively, and girls were 0.06 percentage points higher than boys.

The number of teaching staff and full-time teachers in primary schools increased slightly, and the qualified rate of full-time teachers continued to improve. There are 6133,800 teaching and administrative staff in primary schools nationwide, an increase of 654,380+038,800 over the previous year; Among them, there are 56 1.26 thousand full-time teachers, an increase of 26 thousand over the previous year. The qualified rate of full-time teachers in primary schools was 99. 1%, an increase of 0.23 percentage points over the previous year. The ratio of primary school teachers to teachers is 18.82: 1, which is lower than the previous year's 19. 17: 1.

Due to the decrease of school-age population year by year, the number of junior high schools, enrollment, students and graduates decreased slightly, while the gross enrollment rate and the enrollment rate of junior high school graduates continued to increase. There are 59,400 junior high schools in China (including 0.300 vocational junior high schools), a decrease of 0./kloc-0. 5 million over the previous year. The number of students enrolled was18.685 million, a decrease of 610.06 million over the previous year; The number of students was 5736 1.900, a decrease of 22 1.750 over the previous year; Graduates 1963438+0000, a decrease from the previous year 1078700. The gross enrollment rate of junior high school was 98%, an increase of 1 percentage point over the previous year. The enrollment rate of junior high school graduates was 80.48%, an increase of 4.78 percentage points over the previous year.

There are 3.473 million full-time junior high school teachers nationwide, a decrease of 0.2 million over the previous year. The qualified rate of full-time teachers in junior high schools was 97. 18%, an increase of 0.84 percentage points over the previous year. The ratio of students to teachers is16.52:1,which is lower than last year's17.15:1.

The conditions for running ordinary primary and secondary schools have been further improved. The construction area of ordinary primary and secondary schools in China is 1.3532 million square meters, an increase of 22 1.05 million square meters over the previous year. The proportion of primary school gymnasiums (gymnasiums) is 55.24%, sports equipment is 49.35%, music equipment is 44.68%, art equipment is 43. 12%, and mathematical and natural experimental instruments are 54.27%. The proportion of ordinary junior middle school sports venues (gymnasiums) is 69.23%, sports equipment is 66.40%, music equipment is 59.34%, art equipment is 58.04%, and science experimental equipment is 73.54%. All the indicators have improved compared with the previous year.

Preschool education and special education

Preschool education has been further developed. The number of children in kindergartens, kindergarten directors and teachers have all increased. In 2007, there were 129 1000 kindergartens in China, a decrease of 0 1400 compared with the previous year, and there were 23,488,300 kindergarten children (including preschool classes), an increase of 849,800 compared with the previous year. The number of kindergarten directors and teachers was 9510.9 million, an increase of 53,700 over the previous year.

In 2007, there were 16 18 special education schools in China, an increase of 13 over the previous year. 63,400 disabled children were enrolled, an increase of 1.360 over the previous year; There are 465,438+930,000 disabled children in school, an increase of 56,400 over the previous year. Among them, 44,800 students attended schools for the blind, 65,438+065,438+0,850 students attended schools for the deaf, and 256,000 students attended schools for the mentally handicapped and remedial classes. The number of disabled children attending ordinary schools and special education classes accounts for 67.5438+05438+0% and 64.88% of the total enrollment and students of special education respectively. 50,300 disabled children graduated, an increase of 0.5 1 10,000 over the previous year.

senior high school education

The national high school education has developed rapidly. There are 3 1255 high school education (including ordinary high schools, adult high schools and secondary vocational schools), a decrease of 430 over the previous year; Enrollment 1650 18000, an increase of 3 1 15000 over the previous year; There were 45,274,900 students in school, an increase of1856,300 over the previous year. The gross enrollment rate in senior high school was 66%, an increase of 6.2 percentage points over the previous year. These include:

There are 472 ordinary senior high schools 1568 1 in China, a decrease from the previous year; The enrollment was 840 1.600, a decrease of 3 1.500 or 3.56% compared with the previous year; There were 25.224 million students, an increase of 79,000 over the previous year, with an increase of 0.31%; The number of graduates was 7883 1 10,000, an increase of 6 1.24 over the previous year, with an increase of 8.42%.

There are 1, 443, 1, 000 full-time teachers in ordinary senior high schools, an increase of 55,900 over the previous year. The student-teacher ratio 1 is lower than that of the previous year1.08.1.03:1. The qualified rate of full-time teachers is 89.33. 78.39% of ordinary high school stadiums (gymnasiums) meet the standards; The proportion of schools with sports equipment up to standard is 78.31%; The proportion of schools with music equipment up to standard is 72.61%; The proportion of schools with up-to-standard art equipment is 73.31%; 82.82% scientific experimental instruments meet the standards. The proportion of schools establishing campus network in the total number of ordinary high schools is 67.80%. All the conditions for running schools have improved compared with the previous year.

There are 742 adult high schools nationwide, 97 fewer than the previous year; Students 180800, an increase of 0.6 1000 over the previous year; Graduates 164700, an increase of 40600 over the previous year. There are 7 1000 teaching staff in adult high schools, which is 0. 1 10000 less than the previous year; Among them, there are 4,800 full-time teachers, a decrease of 0.300 over the previous year.

There are 14832 secondary vocational schools in China (including general secondary specialized schools, vocational high schools, technical schools and adult secondary specialized schools), an increase of 139 over the previous year. The enrollment was 8100200, an increase of 622000 over the previous year; Students 1, 987.05438+0,000, an increase of 1, 77438+0.2 million over the previous year. These include:

There are 380 1 general secondary specialized schools nationwide, an increase of 103 over the previous year; Enrolled 2,972,900 students, an increase of184,000 over the previous year; There are 7865438+6300 students in school, an increase of 557900 over the previous year; There were 2,022,700 graduates, an increase of199,000 over the previous year. There are 388,500 faculty members, an increase of 2 1.7 million over the previous year; Among them, there are 249,000 full-time teachers, an increase of 1.98 million over the previous year.

There are 59 16 vocational high schools in China, an increase of 1, 51over the previous year; Enrollment was 302 1.800, an increase of 1.4 1.600 over the previous year; There were 7,252,500 students, an increase of 696,654.38+0.00 over the previous year; Graduates 1908800, an increase of 205700 over the previous year. There are 4 1.73 million teaching staff in vocational high schools, an increase of 1.36 million over the previous year; Among them, there were 308,700 full-time teachers, an increase of 1.28 million over the previous year.

There were 2,995 technical schools nationwide, an increase of 1 15 over the previous year; The number of students enrolled was 6.5438+0.5855 million, an increase of 237,900 over the previous year; 367 1.500, an increase of 463,300 over the previous year; There were 996,600 graduates, an increase of132,300 over the previous year. There are 240,000 faculty members in technical schools, an increase of 24,700 over the previous year; Among them, there are 204,300 full-time teachers, an increase of 27,654,338+0,000 over the previous year.

There are 2 120 adult secondary specialized schools nationwide, 230 fewer than the previous year; 520,000 students were enrolled, an increase of 58,400 over the previous year; Students1129,800, an increase of 53,900 over the previous year; There were 380,900 graduates, a decrease of 1.85 over the previous year. Teaching staff 10.62 million, a decrease of 0.29 million over the previous year; Among them, there are 67,600 full-time teachers, a decrease of 0.27 million over the previous year.

higher education

Higher education has developed steadily. In 2007, there were 232 1 adult colleges and universities in China. Among them, colleges and universities 1908 increased by 4 1 over the previous year, while adult colleges and universities13 decreased by 3 1 over the previous year. There are 740 undergraduate colleges and 68 vocational colleges1/kloc-0. There are 795 postgraduate training institutions in China, including 479 institutions of higher learning and 3 16 scientific research institutions.

The number of students receiving higher education and the number of students in school have continued to increase. In 2007, the total scale of all kinds of higher education in China exceeded 27 million, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached 23%.

The number of graduate students enrolled nationwide was 4 1.86 million, an increase of 20,700 or 5.20% over the previous year. Among them, there are 58,000 doctoral students and 360,600 master students. Graduate students1195,000, an increase of 90,300 over the previous year, with an increase of 817%; Among them, there are 222,500 doctoral students and 972,500 master students. There are 3 1. 1.8 million graduate students, an increase of 55,900 over the previous year, with an increase of 21.84%; Among them, there are 4 1400 doctoral students and 270,400 master students.

General higher education enrolled 5,659,200 students, an increase of 6,543,800+098,700 over the previous year; Students1884,900, an increase of1460,600 over the previous year, an increase of 8.4%; There were 4,477,900 graduates, an increase of 703,200 over the previous year, with an increase of 18.63%. Adult higher education students191.110000, graduates 524 1600. There were 9,562,700 applicants for the national higher education self-study examination, and 542,300 graduation certificates were obtained.

The average size of full-time undergraduate and vocational college students in ordinary colleges and universities (excluding independent colleges and branches) has increased from 8 148 in the previous year to 857 1 person.

There are 1.9745 million staff in ordinary colleges and universities, an increase of 1.0 1.900 over the previous year; Among them, there are full-time teachers 1 168300, an increase of 92300 over the previous year. The teacher-student ratio is17.28:1. The number of teaching staff in adult colleges and universities is136,300, a decrease of 0.37 million over the previous year; Among them, there are 80,200 full-time teachers, a decrease of 0.10.2 million over the previous year.

Adult training and literacy education

In 2007, 2,528,900 students received various non-academic higher education, and 4 1, 2 1, 000 students graduated that year. The number of people receiving all kinds of non-academic secondary education reached 55.5484 million, and 68 108200 people had graduated that year.

National vocational and technical training institutions178,900; There are 528,000 faculty members, including 263,800 full-time teachers.

Adult primary schools 1.600, an increase of 0. 1.500 over the previous year; Graduates 1.3348 million, an increase of 225,500 over the previous year; Students 122 1 1 10,000, an increase of 244,000 over the previous year. There are 22,900 teaching and administrative staff, a decrease of 2,300 over the previous year, including full-time teachers1.654,38+0.700, a decrease of 0.700 over the previous year.

In 2007, a total of 957,800 people were illiterate, a decrease of 688,300 over the previous year. Another 6,543,803,760 people participated in literacy study, a decrease of 637,000 over the previous year. There are 72,300 teachers and staff in literacy education, a decrease of 1.05438+0.000 over the previous year. Among them, there are 27,900 full-time teachers, a decrease of 0.65438+ million over the previous year.

Non-government-funded education

Private education continued to develop. In 2007, there were 95,200 private schools (educational institutions) at all levels in China (excluding 22,300 private training institutions), with 25.835 million students with various academic qualifications. Among them, there are 776 16 private kindergartens with 8,687,500 children; 5,798 private ordinary primary schools with 4,487,900 students; 4,482 private junior high schools with 4125,500 students; 6 private vocational junior high schools with 2250 students; There are 3 10 1 private senior high schools with 2,459,600 students. There are 2,958 private secondary vocational schools with 2,575,400 students and 293,400 non-academic students. There are 297 private colleges and universities with students 1630700, including 2 undergraduates1/200, junior college students 1465438, and 223600 students in other forms of education. There are 3 18 independent colleges with students1866,200, including undergraduates1656,800, junior college students (209,400) and students in other forms of education (87,000). There are also 906 other private higher education institutions with 873,400 registered students.

In addition, there are 22,322 private training institutions, and 8,846,800 people have received training.