Beijing, July 7 (Reporter Yan Yiqiao) The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education that there are 207,000 schools, 158 million students and 10.57 million teachers in my country's compulsory education stage.
The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to compulsory education, and priority is given to ensuring compulsory education in economic and social development planning, financial capital investment, and public resource allocation. The proportion of financial education funding has always remained above 50%.
- The full realization of compulsory education is guaranteed.
From 2012 to 2021, the national primary school net enrollment rate will increase from 99.85% to over 99.9%, and the junior high school gross enrollment rate will remain above 100%.
During the compulsory education stage, students from poverty-stricken families who have established a file and established a card have dropped out of school to achieve dynamic clearing, and the long-standing problem of drop-out has been historically solved.
At the same time, the special education promotion plan has been continuously implemented to effectively guarantee the equal rights of disabled children and teenagers to receive education. The compulsory education enrollment rate of school-age disabled children exceeds 95%.
In 2021, there will be 920,000 special education students nationwide, an increase of 541,000 or 142.8% over 2012.
——The funding guarantee mechanism has been continuously improved.
From 2012 to 2021, the average expenditure of primary school students will increase from 7,447 yuan per student per year to 14,458 yuan, and the average expenditure of junior high school students will increase from 10,218 yuan to 20,717 yuan per student per year.
"Two exemptions and one subsidy" (exemption of tuition and miscellaneous fees, free textbooks, and living allowances for students from financially disadvantaged families) to achieve full coverage of urban and rural students.
Students from financially disadvantaged families are basically getting all the help they need, and the nutrition improvement program benefits 37 million rural students every year.
At the same time, the central government has invested more than 400 billion yuan in total, driving local investment of more than 1 trillion yuan, focusing on solving the problem of "rural development". Weakness and crowded towns”, and narrow the gap between urban and rural schools in terms of running conditions.
- The quality of the teaching staff has been significantly improved.
In the past 10 years, the total number of full-time teachers in compulsory education has increased from 9.09 million to 10.57 million, an increase of 1.48 million, and the proportion of teachers with a bachelor's degree or above has increased from 47.6% to 77.7%.
Improve the teacher training and replenishment mechanism, and supply a large number of high-quality teachers to rural areas in the central and western regions through various channels.
Establish a teacher exchange and rotation system to promote the flow of outstanding backbone teachers to rural and weak schools.
Strengthened ability and quality training, and the "National Training Program" has trained more than 17 million principals and teachers.