Director Liu Changya of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education said at the meeting that the popularization of education at all levels in China has reached or exceeded the average level of middle-and high-income countries, among which the popularization of compulsory education has reached the average level of high-income countries in the world, and higher education has achieved a historic leap from popularization to popularization.
"Education is a national plan as well as a party plan." Liu Changya said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's education has made historic achievements and undergone historic changes. According to the data, China's view on education is changing.
According to reports, in the past ten years, the level of education popularization in China has been continuously improved, the opportunities for citizens to receive education have been further expanded, and the level of education has been further improved. Statistics show that in 20021year, there were 529,300 schools of all levels and types in China, with 29 1 10,000 students; Compared with 20 12, there are more than 6,300 schools and more than 28 million students.
In terms of early childhood education, Liu Changya revealed that there are currently 295,000 kindergartens in China, with 48.052 million preschool children, and the gross enrollment rate has reached 88 1%, which has increased by 23.6 percentage points in ten years and achieved basic popularization.
In addition, there are 207,000 compulsory education schools with 65.438+600 million students. From 20 12 to 20021year, the net enrollment rate of primary schools in China increased from 99.85% to over 99.9%, and the gross enrollment rate of junior middle schools remained above 100%, which has been fully popularized.