Rich-poor = education gap to be addressed

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Rich-poor education gap to be = addressed=20

2005-11-30

"China is scheduled to offer nine year compulsory education = free to=20 children in rural areas starting from 2006." Premier Wen Jiabao announced yesterday addressing = the=20 "Fifth High Level Group Meeting on Education For All" sponsored by = UNESCO.=20

On the opening day of the three-day UN gathering on education, = Premier=20 Wen listed three tasks top on the nation's education work agenda:=20 spreading compulsory education, vocational education, illiteracy=20 elimination and developing education in rural areas.

Among the three, to further develop the rural education in = China's=20 large rural areas is given an extraordinary priority as shares = light on=20 China's stability and overall sustaining development.

China plans to offer nine-year education free to children in = its rural=20 areas by 2010 and nationwide by 2015.

There are in China more than 200 million primary and middle = school=20 students, among which some 80 per cent live in the large = countryside.=20 Given the harsh reality that a considerable number of rural = children quit=20 school under the economic pressure, they are the preserving force = to shake=20 off a seemingly deep-rooted and ever-broadening wealth gap of the = country.=20

The nation's whole budget earmarked for education mainly goes = to the=20 impoverished rural areas every year establishing new schools and = improving=20 the faculty quality, said Wen at the UN conference, soliciting = help from=20 developed countries "without additional prerequisites."

"The developing countries have experienced plenty of = sufferings. Their=20 people and children urgently need education, development and = peace," said=20 the premier.

Calling for education cooperation among developing countries = the=20 Premier said, "The developing countries themselves should also = strengthen=20 cooperation and help each other,"

Wen pledged that China would increase its education aid to = other=20 developing nations. A sum of US$ one million from China would soon = go to=20 Africa for aid programs, revealed by UNESCO official Peter Smith. =

In 2004, about 94 percent of Chinese had access to free = nine-year=20 compulsory education, nine percent more than in 2000.

China is revising its Compulsory Education Law to promote = compulsory=20 education and offer every child equal access to education. Enditem =

China Daily

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