Chinese authorities to take measures to raise level of basic education

China intends to take measures to modernise basic education and improve its quality. This was announced by Chinese Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng during a press conference on the sidelines of the 2nd session of the 14th National People's Congress.

He noted that the government planned to further optimise the location of educational institutions, work out the rational distribution of educational resources in urban and rural areas, and improve conditions in rural schools.

The Education Minister added that the authorities will contribute to narrowing the gap in the quality of education between different schools. In addition, the government intends to continue improving teacher training. This is reported by Xinhua News Agency a partner of TV BRICS.

According to Huai Jinpeng, China's basic education system is the largest in the world, with some 487,900 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens.

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