A few days ago, "Several Opinions on Promoting the Reform and Development of the Integration of Urban and Rural Compulsory Education in Counties" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions") was issued, which called for narrowing the gap between urban and rural education, promoting education equity and promoting the reform and development of the integration of urban and rural compulsory education in counties as a whole. The opinions put forward ten measures, mainly including: building urban schools at the same time, striving to run rural education well, scientifically promoting school standardization, implementing the plan of eliminating large classes, coordinating the allocation of teachers in urban and rural areas, reforming the treatment guarantee mechanism for rural teachers, reforming the education governance system, reforming the dropout control mechanism, reforming the schooling mechanism for migrant children, and strengthening the care and protection for left-behind children.

The Opinions pointed out that in order to meet the needs of building a well-off society in an all-round way, it is necessary to rationally plan the layout and construction of urban and rural compulsory education schools, improve the funding guarantee mechanism for urban and rural compulsory education, coordinate the allocation of urban and rural educational resources, tilt towards rural and urban-rural fringe areas, vigorously improve the quality of rural education, moderately stabilize rural students, increase the number of urban compulsory education degrees and boarding beds in township schools, and promote the full coverage of permanent residents in urban compulsory education public services. Efforts will be made to solve the problems of "weak rural areas" and "crowded cities and towns", consolidate and balance the development of nine-year compulsory education, accelerate the narrowing of the gap between urban and rural education within the county, and lay a solid foundation for making important progress in educational modernization and building a well-off society in an all-round way by 2020.

The "Opinions" clarify that the standards for the construction of urban and rural compulsory education schools, the standards for the establishment of teachers, the benchmark quota for public funds per student, the standards for the allocation of basic equipment and the policy of "two exemptions and one subsidy" in urban and rural areas should be accelerated. By 2020, the dual structure barriers between urban and rural areas will be basically eliminated, and compulsory education and urbanization will be basically coordinated; The layout of urban and rural schools is more reasonable, the large class size is basically eliminated, the standardization construction of rural complete primary schools, junior high schools or nine-year compulsory schools and boarding schools has made remarkable progress, and rural small-scale schools (including teaching points) have met the corresponding requirements; The allocation of teachers in urban and rural areas is basically balanced, the treatment of rural teachers has been steadily improved, the attractiveness of posts has been greatly enhanced, the quality of rural education has been significantly improved, and the task of getting rid of poverty through education has been fully completed. The popularization level of compulsory education was further consolidated and improved, and the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 95%. Basically, the balanced development of compulsory education in counties and the equalization of basic public education services in urban and rural areas have been realized.

The opinion emphasizes that it is necessary to strengthen the party's leadership, implement responsibilities, clarify departmental responsibilities, strengthen supervision and inspection, create a good atmosphere, and ensure that all reform measures are put in place and work objectives are achieved as scheduled.