BIZCHINA / Education & HR
10th Five-Year Plan
Updated: 2006-04-18 16:50
Higher education:
There were 1,911 colleges and universities in China in 2001. Of the 728
units qualified to offer postgraduate courses, 411 are colleges and
universities and 317 are research institutes. China enrolled 165,200
postgraduates in 2001 of which 32,100 are doctoral students and 133,100
are masters candidates. The total number of postgraduates in schools
reached 393,300 in 2001, including 85,900 doctoral students and 307,400
masters candidates. Some 67,800 postgraduates graduated in 2001, with
12,900 obtaining a doctor's degree and 54,900 a master's degree.
Colleges and universities had a combined enrollment of 4.6421 million
students in 2001 -- 2.6828 million in ordinary college education and
1.9593 million in adult higher education. The total number of students in
colleges and universities reached 11.7505 million in 2001 and the number
of student graduates that year was 1.9669 million. Meanwhile, 13.3943
million people took part in the higher-education exams for the
self-taught people and 641,000 obtained a diploma that year.
Administrative and teaching staff at colleges and universities numbered
1.3882 million in 2001, including 619,900 full-time teachers.
Adult training and literacy education:
Some 2.5769 million adults completed courses offered by colleges and
universities in 2001. Although there are many technical training courses
for adults, the quality and level of such courses must be improved.
China's educational capacity is falling short of the increasing social
demand. This is a key problem that China's education industry will face
in the future.
By 2002 there were 111,800 nursery schools in China with 20.3602 million
enrolled infants and 659,300 nursery teachers. Meanwhile, there were
1,540 special-education schools with a total 374,500 disabled students in
2002. There were 456,900 primary schools nationwide with 121.5671 million
primary students -- 98.58 percent of children at the primary-level school
age. The rate of students entering junior high schools was 97.02 percent.
As for junior middle schools, the number of students reached 65,600; the
entrance rate for senior high school students was 58.3 percent with a
gross enrollment of 90 percent. The total number of junior students
amounted to 66.8743 million.
There were 33,200 high schools in China in 2002, including ordinary,
professional and adult high schools, secondary specialized schools, adult
specialized schools and technical schools, with a total number of 29.1385
million students. The gross enrollment for senior high schools was 42.8
percent.
There were 2,003 colleges and universities in China in 2002. The total
number of students receiving education reached 16 million with a gross
enrollment of 15 percent. In 2002, the number of undergraduates and
higher vocational students (professional training) was 5.4282 million. In
2002 China registered 202,600 postgraduates; the total number of
postgraduates in schools reached 501,000 in 2002.
By 2002 the number of schools run by locals was 61,200 with 11.1597
million students.
[Source: Ministry of Education]
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