On September 23, the State Council Information Office held a press conference. At the meeting, Vice Minister of Education Zheng Fuzhi introduced that as of September 15, 2020, the number of students who dropped out of compulsory education has dropped from 600,000 to 2,419.
Among them, the number of drop-out students from poor families with registered cards dropped from 200,000 to 0.
In 2019, the national primary school net enrollment rate was 99.94%, and the junior high school gross enrollment rate was 102.6%.
Reporter Cheng Yu and editor Zeng Chen
Editor in charge: [Li Ji]