Home>News Center>China
       
 

City teachers will work in rural schools
By Zhu Zhe (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-03-08 05:55

Rural children are expected to enjoy quality education with the introduction of a rotation system by which teachers from cities will work in rural schools nationwide, the Ministry of Education announced yesterday.

As part of a drive to build a new countryside, college graduates will also be encouraged to teach in rural areas, ministry spokesman Wang Xuming told a press briefing in Beijing.

Graduates who apply for the project could be granted a master's degree in education after working in a rural school for four years.

Wang said the policies are in line with the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10), which emphasizes strengthening the quality of teaching in the countryside.

He said mere access to schools would no longer be the main problem in rural education, as basic school fees for rural children will be abolished in 2007.

"Instead, improving the quality of rural education will become the focus and is a key to building a new socialist countryside," he said.

Ministry officials admitted that the huge gap between urban and rural education has been holding back the development of the countryside, and low pay and poor working conditions have resulted in a serious shortage of qualified teachers in poor areas.

"Qualified teachers in poor rural areas have been scrambling to leave for township or county schools," said Guan Peijun, director of the ministry's teaching staff department. "English, computer science, music, art and physical education curricula are facing very serious teacher shortages."

Currently, a large number of temporary teachers work at rural schools. Ministry figures show that at least 500,000 teachers who do not have certificates taught at primary and middle rural schools in 2004, accounting for 10 per cent of the total rural teachers.

To ease the shortage, Education Minister Zhou Ji said last Wednesday rural teachers' pay might be brought into line with that of civil servants, and the Compulsory Education Law, which is being revised, is expected to make it mandatory for urban teachers to teach for some time in rural areas before they are promoted.

The project to encourage college graduates to teach in rural areas, which has been experimented in 19 provinces and autonomous regions since 2004, will be carried out nationwide later this year.

About 1,125 college graduates have applied for the project, in which one year of study in college will follow the four years of teaching.

Ji Baocheng, president of the Renmin University, said that China's current education spending, at about 3 per cent of its GDP, is not compatible with its social and economic development.

China has mapped out a plan to gradually increase its education budget to 4 per cent of GDP by 2010. But Ji said that the goal was still "much lower" than the world average, which is 4.4 per cent.

(China Daily 03/08/2006 page2)



Reception marks International Women's Day
Billions of dollars poured for rural revival
Women's Day is coming
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

Foreign minister: China exports helping US

 

   
 

Trade zone proposed on Taiwan Straits shore

 

   
 

Japan leaders must correct mistakes: FM

 

   
 

India bombs leave 21 dead, 62 wounded

 

   
 

China faces realities of manned spaceflight

 

   
 

Concern raised at overseas listings of SOEs

 

   
  China tries to cut trade surplus with US
   
  East China Sea consultation "constructive": Chinese FM
   
  Guangdong: no further bird flu cases detected
   
  China praises Ang Lee for winning Oscar
   
  Shanghai is planning a Disneyland: Mayor
   
  China, Japan gas talks end with no agreement
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 4444在线观看片| 中文字幕永久视频| 欧美精品国产综合久久| 午夜爽爽试看5分钟| 视频一区精品自拍| 国产激情电影综合在线看| 91精品成人福利在线播放| 好吊视频一区二区三区| 中文字幕成人免费高清在线| 色欲国产麻豆一精品一AV一免费| 国产精品久久久久久 | 亚洲av无码欧洲av无码网站| 武则天一边上朝一边做h| 国产做无码视频在线观看浪潮| 手机在线看片国产| 国产麻豆videoxxxx实拍| av在线播放日韩亚洲欧| 妞干网在线视频观看| 中文字幕丰满乱孑伦无码专区| 日本免费网站在线观看| 久久综合久久美利坚合众国| 欧美三级免费观看| 亚洲成a人片77777群色| 毛茸茸bbw亚洲人| 亚洲视频在线免费看| 男女一边摸一边做爽爽| 再深点灬舒服了灬太大了在线观看| 美女视频黄a视频全免费网站色| 国产乡下三级全黄三级bd| 顶级欧美色妇xxxxx| 国产成人h片视频在线观看| 久久久噜久噜久久gif动图| 女人十八进入一及黄特别片| 中文字幕av一区乱码| 日本午夜精品一区二区三区电影 | 国产无遮挡又黄又爽高清视| 天堂资源在线中文| 国产精品国产三级国产a| 3d动漫精品一区视频在线观看| 国产色欲AV一区二区三区| 91区国产福利在线观看午夜|