They are at a disadvantage from the starting line (Reflections and Strategies on Basic Education Issues in Rural Western China)

Author: Ren Yuanchang, Lin Jian, Gu Shenghua
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Western China, including Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, a total of 12 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions. The land area is 6.897 million square kilometers, accounting for 71.5% of the country's total land area; the population is 364.47 million, accounting for 28.7% of the country's total population; it is home to 50 ethnic minorities, accounting for approximately 80% of the country's ethnic minority population. The rural population is close to 300 million, accounting for about 31% of the country's rural population. Children in Western rural areas will inevitably participate in future social competition, and the purpose of competition is naturally to strive to become the best. So, can the current basic education in Western rural areas of our country cultivate the talents who will excel in future social competition? Based on our extensive investigations, we have sufficient reasons to believe: in the fierce competition of future society, children in Western rural areas are at a disadvantage from the starting line!