China United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific creator United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific text technical report xxu Washington, D.C.] Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse 1984 monographic eng

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48 p. : ill; 22 cm. This publication discusses the provision of primary education to children in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Chapter 1 offers a general survey, focusing on the historical background of education since the 1949 revolution, the new school system, educational administration, primary education, and educational finance. Chapter 2 reports state policy for making elementary education universal. Particular attention is given to special purpose schools, controlled population growth, and educational policy concerning regulations for full-time schools, reform of the school system, textbook production, and training primary school teachers. Chapter 3 briefly describes the PRC's project and plan of universal primary education. Chapter 4 presents census data on enrollment, discusses educational problems, and reports proposals for raising the quality of primary education. (RH) general United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. Availability: UNIPUB, 10033/F, Martin Luther King Jr. Highway, Lanham, MD 20706-4391 (Complete volume $52.50 in U. S. funds). ERIC Note: In: "Towards Universalization of Primary Education in Asia and the Pacific: Country Studies"; see PS 016 069. Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive. Educational Change Educational History Educational Objectives Educational Policy Elementary Education Equal Education Foreign Countries Population Growth Special Schools China 372.95 UNT 1984 http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED274448 http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED274448 ericd 080220 20181210004955.0 eng