"Numbers" talk about the development of national education in 2023: the expansion of compulsory education and the improvement of quality

　　On March 1, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce the basic situation of national education development in 2023: In 2023, the total number of students in various forms of higher education in my country will be 47.6319 million, an increase of 1.0811 million over the previous year, an increase of 2.32% .

A total of 10.4222 million students were enrolled in general and vocational undergraduate and junior college programs across the country, an increase of 2.73% over the previous year.

A total of 1,301,700 graduate students were enrolled nationwide, an increase of 4.76% over the previous year.

my country's higher education gross enrollment rate is 60.2%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the previous year, completing the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals ahead of schedule.

Preschool education becomes more popular, and compulsory education expands and improves quality

　　In 2023, my country's gross preschool education enrollment rate will be 91.1%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points from the previous year, completing the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals ahead of schedule.

　　There are 274,400 kindergartens in the country.

Among them, there are 236,400 inclusive kindergartens, accounting for 86.16% of the national kindergartens, an increase of 1.2 percentage points over the previous year.

There are 40.9298 million children in preschool education across the country.

　　In 2023, the nine-year compulsory education consolidation rate will be 95.7%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year.

　　At the primary school level, there are 143,500 ordinary primary schools across the country.

The national primary school enrollment was 18.7788 million, an increase of 1.765 million or 10.37% over the previous year; there were 108 million students in school, an increase of 1.0397 million or 0.97% over the previous year.

　　There are 6,656,300 full-time teachers in primary schools across the country, an increase of 26,800 over the previous year; the academic qualification rate of full-time teachers is 99.99%; the proportion of full-time teachers with a bachelor's degree or above is 78.03%, an increase of 3.5 percentage points over the previous year.

　　At the junior high school level, there are 52,300 junior high schools across the country.

The national junior high school enrollment was 17.5463 million, an increase of 232,500 or 1.34% over the previous year; there were 52.4369 million students in school, an increase of 1.231 million or 2.4% over the previous year.

　　Ma Jingbin, deputy director of the Basic Education Department of the Ministry of Education and first-level inspector, said that various localities have expanded the capacity of high-quality schools through tapping the potential and expanding capacity, promoting orderly exchanges and rotations of outstanding principals and key teachers, group-based school running, and the construction of urban and rural school communities. High-quality educational resources, improving the conditions for running weak schools and rural schools, and accelerating the establishment of new high-quality schools "at the doorstep" of the masses.

　　Ma Binbin said: "According to preliminary statistics, there will be 1,736 new high-quality schools for compulsory education in the country in 2023, and 1.999 million new high-quality degrees. There are 16,000 compulsory education education groups and 15,000 urban and rural school communities across the country."

Improvement of school running conditions at the high school level

　　In 2023, my country's high school gross enrollment rate will be 91.8%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year.

　　There are 15,400 general high schools in the country, an increase of 355 over the previous year; enrollment is 9.678 million, an increase of 202,600 or 2.14% over the previous year; there are 28,036,300 students enrolled, an increase of 897,500 or 3.31% over the previous year. .

　　There are 2.2148 million full-time teachers in ordinary high schools, an increase of 81,600 over the previous year; the student-teacher ratio is 12.66:1, showing a continuous improvement trend.

The academic qualification rate of full-time teachers was 99.2%, an increase of 0.17 percentage points over the previous year; the proportion of full-time teachers with postgraduate degrees was 14.01%, an increase of 0.93 percentage points over the previous year.

　　There are a total of 709 million square meters of school buildings in ordinary high schools across the country, an increase of 29.1355 million square meters over the previous year.

The proportion of schools with up-to-standard facilities and equipment is as follows: 95.01% of sports venues (halls) area, 97.11% of sports equipment, 96.57% of music equipment, 96.67% of art equipment, and 96.85% of science experimental equipment.

All proportions increased compared with the previous year.

　　There are 7,085 secondary vocational education schools in the country (excluding technical schools managed by the human resources and social security departments), with an enrollment of 4.5404 million students and 12.9846 million students.

　　In addition, the integrated development of special education has been further strengthened.

In 2023, there were 2,345 special education schools in the country, 31 more than the previous year, an increase of 1.34%.

A total of 155,000 students in various forms of special education were enrolled nationwide, an increase of 8,720 over the previous year.

There are 912,000 special education students in the country, of which 341,200 are students in special education schools, accounting for 37.42%; 570,800 students are studying in other schools, accounting for 62.58%.

　　There are 77,000 full-time special education teachers in the country, an increase of 5.91% over the previous year.

Increased access to higher education

　　In 2023, the gross enrollment rate of higher education will be 60.2%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points from the previous year, completing the "14th Five-Year Plan" goals ahead of schedule.

　　There are 3,074 colleges and universities in the country, an increase of 61 from the previous year.

Among them, there are 1,242 general undergraduate schools (including 164 independent colleges); 33 undergraduate-level vocational schools; 1,547 higher vocational (junior college) schools; and 252 adult colleges and universities.

There are also 233 scientific research institutions that train graduate students.

　　The total number of students enrolled in various forms of higher education was 47.6319 million, an increase of 1.0811 million or 2.32% over the previous year.

　　A total of 10.4222 million students were enrolled in general and vocational undergraduate and junior college programs across the country, an increase of 2.73% over the previous year.

Among them, general undergraduate enrollment was 4.7816 million, an increase of 2.19% over the previous year.

The number of vocational undergraduate students enrolled was 89,900, an increase of 17.82% over the previous year.

The enrollment of higher vocational colleges (junior colleges) was 5.5507 million, an increase of 2.99% over the previous year.

A total of 4.4549 million people were enrolled in adult colleges and universities across the country, an increase of 1.24% over the previous year; 10.0823 million students were enrolled, an increase of 7.99% over the previous year.

There are 1,634,200 online undergraduate and junior college students enrolled; 7,399,700 students are currently enrolled.

　　A total of 1,301,700 graduate students were enrolled nationwide, an increase of 4.76% over the previous year.

Among them, 153,300 doctoral students were enrolled, an increase of 10.29% over the previous year; 1,148,400 master's students were enrolled, an increase of 4.07% over the previous year.

There were 3.8829 million postgraduate students studying, an increase of 6.28% over the previous year.

Among them, there are 612,500 doctoral students, an increase of 10.14% over the previous year; 3,270,500 master's students, an increase of 5.59% over the previous year.

　　"While the scale is growing, the level and structure of talent training within higher education is more important, especially the training of high-level talents." said Guo Peng, director of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education.

　　Guo Peng said: "In the future, first, we must steadily expand the scale of graduate talent training. In recent years, the scale and proportion of graduate students, especially doctoral students, have continued to increase, providing a steady stream of high-level talent support for high-quality economic development. The second is to Continuously optimize the high-level talent training structure. In terms of degree types, we must persist in promoting the classified development of academic innovative talents and practical innovative talents, increase the enrollment scale of professional degree graduate students, and strengthen the training of high-level application-oriented leading talents in the field of engineering technology. The third is to Continue to strengthen the strategic scientific and technological talent pool in key areas."

(Our reporter Chen Peng)