The Ministry of Education held the first press conference of the "Closing" series of Education 2020, and introduced the positive progress made in China's education reform and development, the construction of teachers, the use of education funds, and information construction during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period. The main objectives and tasks set in the 13 th Five-Year Plan were achieved as scheduled.

Specifically, in 20 19, the enrollment rate of preschool education reached 83.4%, the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 94.8%, the gross enrollment rate of senior high school education reached 89.5%, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached 5 1.6%, realizing a historic leap from popularization to popularization.

The average years of education of the working-age population reached 10.7 years, and the proportion of the newly-added labor force receiving higher education reached 50.9%, and the average years of education reached 13.7 years.

The promotion of popularization level can not be separated from the service guarantee and policy-oriented role of education funds. Liu Jing, deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Education, said: During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council always insisted on education as a basic and strategic investment to support the long-term development of the country, giving priority to protection and key investment, and clearly put forward the requirements of "one is not less than, and two are only increasing without decreasing".

China's investment in education has increased year by year. In 20 19, the national financial expenditure on education exceeded 4 trillion yuan for the first time, accounting for more than 4% of GDP for the eighth consecutive year.

At the same time, the use structure of state financial education funds has been gradually optimized.

Liu Jing introduced that first, it embodies the "guarantee of basics", and compulsory education accounts for the highest proportion in all levels of education;

The second is to reflect the "short board". The annual growth rate of financial funds for preschool education is 15.4%, which is the fastest among all levels of education. The proportion of national financial education funds has increased from less than 4% in 20 15 to 5% in 20 19, which is the largest increase among all levels of education.

Third, it embodies "promoting fairness", and more than 80% of the funds transferred from the central government to local education are used in the central and western regions; Fourth, it embodies "improving quality". The expenditure of teaching staff accounts for 62%, which is nearly 5 percentage points higher than 20 15. The focus of expenditure has gradually shifted from hardware construction to software construction.

In the past five years, the education system has focused on winning the battle against poverty in an all-round way, and achieved the goal of setting up a file for dropouts in the national compulsory education stage from 200,000 people at the beginning of setting up a file to "dynamically clearing". The enrollment of key universities in rural and poverty-stricken areas reached 525,000.

A student financial aid policy system covering the whole school year was established, and a total of 3,965,438+million students were subsidized, with a total amount of 773.9 million yuan. The nutrition improvement plan for compulsory education covers 65,438+0,634 counties, with more than 654,338+0.3 million schools, benefiting more than 37 million students.

The service level of basic public education is directly related to people's sense of happiness and acquisition. In the past five years, two pre-school education action plans have been implemented continuously, and the coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens has reached 76%.

Twenty-three provinces and 95.3% of county-level units in China have achieved a basically balanced development of compulsory education, fully implemented the policy of compulsory education's entrance to the nearest school without examination and citizens attending the same school, and greatly improved the service level of basic public education.