"The popularization here should be further improved on the basis of the gross enrollment rate of 86.5%, reaching more than 90%." Wang Feng, director of the Education System Reform Research Office of the Education Development Research Center of the Ministry of Education, told the Beijing News that at present, the gross enrollment rate of senior high schools in China has reached 86.5%. According to the requirements of the Outline of the National Medium and Long-term Education Reform and Development Plan (20 10-2020), by 2020, high school education will be popularized to fully meet the needs of junior high school graduates to receive high school education. According to the outline, the gross enrollment rate of senior high schools in 2020 is 90%.

165438+1October 24th, Chen Shun, Assistant Minister of Education165438+1October 20th, in response to "whether compulsory education should be extended to 12", pointed out that popularizing high school education does not mean that high schools also implement compulsory education.

? 1October 20th, the State Council held a routine briefing on the State Council policy at 165438+, and invited Yu Weiping, Vice Minister of Finance, and Chen Shun, Minister of Education, to introduce the Notice on Further Improving the Funding Guarantee Mechanism for Compulsory Education in Urban and Rural Areas, and to answer reporters' questions.

? Some media asked that the Fifth Plenary Session also proposed to popularize high school education. Does this mean that our compulsory education will be extended to 12, or that the finance will increase the expenditure responsibility for high school education?

? Chen Shun responded that the society is now highly concerned about this issue. Is it necessary to popularize high school education in high schools? The answer is clear, no, the so-called compulsory education has the word "obligation", which means that it is not only universal, but also compulsory, that is, compulsory school-age children must go to school, and if they don't go to school, they will bear legal responsibility.

? Popularizing high school education means that the vast majority of school-age students receive high school education, and the state provides sufficient conditions to meet their needs, but popularization does not mean obligation and is not mandatory. For example, it is not illegal for a child to choose a job and temporarily stop attending high school when he reaches the age of employment. But if high school education is compulsory, you can't go to work, so you must study. There are many dimensional differences between the concepts of "popularization" and "obligation", and the biggest difference lies in this. At the present stage of national development, it is an appropriate goal to popularize ordinary high school education.