The meeting to determine the prevention and control of compulsory education, students drop out measures to ensure that by 2020 the national compulsory education consolidation rate of 95% of the goal of nine.
Li Keqiang pointed out that since the reform and opening up, China has made great achievements in compulsory education and become an important force to promote economic development and social progress. Whether in the present or in the long run, education, especially basic education, will continue to play a supporting role in the development of national economy and society, and the development of education must be highly valued.
"We must have a clear understanding, in some areas, especially in poor areas still exist in varying degrees of school dropouts, if not addressed and allowed to spread, will not only make the family out of school dropout is difficult to get rid of poverty and destiny, will greatly influence the development of the nation's future." Li Keqiang emphasized the tone.
The prime minister talked about what he had learned in his recent visit to Shaanxi: a pupil from a poor family told him that he had gone to school 20 kilometers a day, so he is now boarding at school.
"We must speed up the transformation of the uneven rural education, avoid poverty, drop out of school, drop out of school and go to school because of difficulties."." Li Keqiang says.
He pointed out at the meeting that some places reflected that one of the important reasons for compulsory education for students to drop out of school was financial difficulties, which led to difficulties in running schools and the loss of teachers.
"This should be seriously addressed as a major issue! The mode of our educational expenditure should be adjusted accordingly." Li Keqiang immediately asked the relevant departments to optimize the structure of educational expenditure, and strengthen investment in compulsory education to protect, "government departments squeeze money tight days, but also to protect compulsory education."."
According to the students for learning difficulties or weariness dropout, Li Keqiang clearly put forward, to improve school conditions, increase the difficulties of learning efforts to enrich the teaching contents and methods included in the junior middle school occupation technology course, let students more attractive.
"Our relevant departments should think of ways to let children from childhood have the will to go to school."." The prime minister said, "most children like being together, and they are easy to influence each other.". To let children drop out of school, children envy the campus learning atmosphere."
Li Keqiang finally stressed: "education equity is an important basis for social equity.". What are the main responsibilities of the government? The first is to keep the bottom line and make up the short board. Strengthen kongchuo Bao, let the children of a poor family have the opportunity through education, especially compulsory education to change their fate, blocking the intergenerational transmission of poverty." (Wang Xiaohan)