TY - BOOK ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. ED - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. TI - Towards Universalization of Primary Education in Asia and the Pacific: Country Studies: China U1 - 372.95 PY - 1984/// CY - [Washington, D.C.] PB - Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse KW - Educational Change KW - ericd KW - Educational History KW - Educational Objectives KW - Educational Policy KW - Elementary Education KW - Equal Education KW - Foreign Countries KW - Population Growth KW - Special Schools KW - China N1 - 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 N2 - 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) UR - http://www.eric.ed.gov/contentdelivery/servlet/ERICServlet?accno=ED274448 ER -