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Educational Problems in Rural Areas

Expensive tuition is still the decisive reason behind rebound of discontinuation rate of primary and middle school students in many poverty-stricken areas. Though it is so called compulsory education, only several yuan of tuition are exempted. Incidentals and textbook expense over 100 yuan per term for primary school students and 200 yuan per term for junior middle school students mean too much for peasant families in mountainous areas, remote areas and areas with poorly-developed economy in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The problem of unauthorized charges by schools in rural areas is still significant. As declared by departments of disciplinary inspection and supervision affiliated with the Ministry of Education, the unauthorized charges in primary and middle schools nationwide amounted to RMB238 million in 1999 and a total of RMB 148 million was returned. At the same time, in order to reduce peasant's burden, the central government blocks the education surtax source from peasants and stipulates that no fund raising for education is permitted in any regions. As a result, the important economic source supporting basic education in rural areas in the past several years is blocked. Under such circumstance, problems such as how to develop basic education and how to reinforce compulsory education in rural area are becoming more obvious.

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