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The report has identified issues in basic education, technical/vocational education, and teacher training that will need to be dealt with during the next 15 years if the Government is to achieve its education policies and goals. Tentative estimates of future recurrent costs and investment needs have been made. The government is introducing a nine-year basic education system. Experience from other countries shows that the introduction of such a system requires much work in curriculum, staff development, and physical planning. The most compelling problem is the erosion of schools' holding power. Technical/vocational education in China compares well with that in many developing countries at the same income level, and the recovery after the damage caused by the Cultural Revolution has been admirable. The system suffers, nevertheless, from weaknesses that make support of the four modernizations difficult and that increase recurrent costs and investment needs more than necessary. Since 1976, progress in developing the system has been uneven. In terms of teacher training, a large percentage of primary teacher stock in unqualified. In secondary education, preservice teacher training progra

Author

Edwin Lim; World Bank.; et al

Publisher

John Hopkins

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780821306031

Subjects

Education, Economics, History