According to Article 2 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the state implements nine-year compulsory education.
Compulsory education is a compulsory education for all school-age children and adolescents and a public welfare undertaking that the state must guarantee. The implementation of compulsory education, free of tuition and fees. The state establishes a mechanism to guarantee the funds for compulsory education to ensure the implementation of the compulsory education system.
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With reference to Article 4 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), all school-age children and adolescents with People's Republic of China (PRC) nationality, regardless of gender, nationality, race, family property status, religious beliefs, etc. , enjoy equal rights to receive compulsory education and fulfill obligations.
Referring to Article 42 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the state has fully included compulsory education in the scope of financial guarantee, and the funds for compulsory education are guaranteed by the State Council and local people's governments at various levels in accordance with the provisions of this law.
The State Council and local people's governments at all levels will include compulsory education funds in their fiscal budgets, and allocate compulsory education funds in full and on time according to the staff establishment standards, salary standards, school construction standards and public funds per student, so as to ensure the normal operation of schools and the safety of school buildings, and ensure the payment of staff salaries in accordance with regulations.
The State Council and local people's governments at all levels should make the growth ratio of financial allocation for compulsory education higher than the growth ratio of recurrent financial revenue, ensure the gradual growth of compulsory education funds according to the average number of students in school, and ensure the gradual growth of teaching staff salaries and public funds per student.
According to Article 44 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the funds for compulsory education are shared by the State Council and local people's governments at all levels according to their responsibilities, and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government are responsible for the overall implementation. The funds needed for compulsory education in rural areas shall be divided by the people's governments at all levels according to the provisions of the State Council and shared in proportion.
People's governments at all levels provide free textbooks for school-age children and adolescents with financial difficulties and subsidize the living expenses of boarders. The specific measures for the guarantee of compulsory education funds shall be formulated by the State Council.
According to Article 56 of the Compulsory Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), if a school collects fees in violation of state regulations, the education administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall order it to refund the fees; The directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law.
If the school seeks benefits by selling goods and services to students or selling goods and services in disguise, the education administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall give informed criticism; Illegal income, confiscate the illegal income; The directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished according to law.
Guangxi Nanning Education Bureau-People's Republic of China (PRC) Compulsory Education Law