Government to Increase Education Spending

The Chinese government has vowed to increase spending on education. They say they will increase spending to 4% of the country's gross domestic product by 2012, a target previously set in 1993. The outline which addresses everything from the education system and the quality of teaching to school enrollment and is expected to be the leading document on education reform for the next ten years. Although they first pledged to increase spending in 1993 they have yet to meet that target. Education is an issue that has been the target of much criticism from the public, especially education imbalances, the academic workload of students, academic corruption as well as a growing education bureaucracy. China is vowing to change their system to one that is run by "educationalists" or those who love to teach and know how to teach, and those who have been teachers for their entire lives. This seems like an admirable goal for the government, and it is good that they are responding to what the people want.

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