China News Service, Beijing, December 1 (Reporter Ma Haiyan) The Ministry of Education of China held a press conference on December 1 to introduce the country's education reform and development during the 13th Five-Year Plan.
The reporter learned from the meeting that China's education penetration at all levels has reached or exceeded the average level of middle- and high-income countries.
In 2019, the gross enrollment rate of preschool education reached 83.4%, the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education reached 94.8%, the gross enrollment rate of high school education reached 89.5%, and the gross enrollment rate of higher education reached 51.6%, realizing the transition from popularization to universalization. Historic leap.
The average number of years of education of the working-age population reached 10.7 years, the proportion of new laborers who had received higher education reached 50.9%, and the average number of years of education reached 13.7 years.
Liu Changya, Director of the Department of Development Planning of the Ministry of Education, said that at the same time, the development of fairness in education has taken a new level, and the national compulsory education stage has been registered for dropout students from 200,000 at the beginning of the establishment of the ledger to "dynamic clearing". Key colleges and universities enrolled a total of 525,000 students from rural and poor areas.
The student funding policy system covering the entire school period has funded a total of 391 million poor students, with a total of 773.9 billion yuan.
The coverage rate of inclusive kindergartens reached 76%.
Full implementation of compulsory education exemption from nearby enrollment and the same enrollment policy for citizens (referring to public schools and private schools). The proportion of nearby enrollment in 24 major cities is 98.6%, and 85.3% of children with migrants enter public schools or enjoy government-purchased degrees .
The construction of modern vocational education system is accelerated.
In 2019, the goal of expanding higher vocational education to 1.16 million people will be completed, and vocational colleges at all levels will send about 10 million technical and skilled talents to various industries every year.
Since the "13th Five-Year Plan", the total number of college graduates has reached 40.88 million, and the initial employment rate has remained above 77% for many years.
The state actively guides and encourages graduates to work at the grass-roots level. The proportion of 2019 graduates to work in the central and western regions reached 59%, and the proportion of grass-roots jobs at the prefectural level and below reached 69%.
A new pattern of China's education opening to the outside world has accelerated.
Signed 19 cooperation agreements with 14 international organizations such as UNESCO, realized mutual recognition of degrees and qualifications with 25 countries along the “Belt and Road”, and promoted the implementation of 2,331 Chinese-foreign cooperative education institutions and projects.
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