12 compulsory education looks beautiful. If it can be realized as soon as possible, the flowers of the motherland will be very lucky. According to the representative of Liu Weixing, there are four advantages: avoiding China's economy from falling into a "low-tech trap", relieving the pressure of future employment, and sending "knowledge assets" to children of poor families to help solve the "three rural issues". Some city residents, including Beijing, also cheered loudly, thinking that "China's economy is developing rapidly and people's lives have been greatly improved", and it is logical to gradually implement 12 compulsory education.
However, it seems to me that the proposal made by the representative of Liu Weixing is obviously unrealistic. There is a simple reason. Nine-year compulsory education in China still needs efforts, and 12 is just a castle in the air. The more serious problem is that under the current compulsory education conditions, extending the three-year compulsory education will aggravate the existing educational injustice.
Why do I say that? Because the present "compulsory education" in China is not compulsory in the strict sense. Compulsory education is provided by the government free of charge, and school-age children must receive national basic education. Free and fair are the essential attributes of compulsory education. In addition to providing free compulsory education resources, the government should also ensure that these resources can be shared equally for every child. This is the most basic meaning of educational equity.