Since the founding of the People‘s Republic of China in 1949, an important governmental effort has been to eliminate illiteracy and popularize compulsory education. At present, the national net enrollment rate in elementary schools is 98.58 percent, and the gross enrollment rate in junior high schools has reached 90 percent. This compares to 1949 when [...]

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China has adopted a nine-year compulsory schooling system, which means all children are required to attend school for at least nine years. Students have to complete both the primary school program and the junior middle-school program. Higher education is only for those students [...]

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BEIJING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — China plans to set up a language training center in Australia to meet the growing demand for Mandarin instructors.
The Office of Chinese Language Council International (OCLCI) and the State Government of Victoria of Australia signed a letter of intent here Monday.
Bronwyn Pike, Minister for Education of the Victoria State, said [...]

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BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) — China’s ministries of Public Security and Education are urging districts across the country to enforce school bus safety rules strictly.
A jointly issued circular said the registration system of school buses and drivers must be strictly implemented across the country.
For example, schools must register vehicles they own or rent for student [...]

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By Zhan Yan
BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) — Wang He heads to the fields in the morning with the peasants. He knows how to work the crops: watering, fertilizing, weeding. But when he graduated from Beijing University of Agriculture two years ago, the law and politics major had dreamed of becoming a lawyer.
He’s an assistant to [...]

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