Education

1930 Attendence

45% of men

2% of women

1930 Literacy

30% of men

1% of women → (reading single letter)

Growth of Primary Schools

26 mil (1949) → 64 mil (1957)

Growth of Literacy

1949 = 20%

1960 = 50%

1964 = 64%

1976 = 70%

Education Budget

1952 - 6.4%

Adoption of Pinyin

1956

7-16 yr olds in full time education (1956)

Less than ½

1982 Census

Less than 1% of working pop. had a degree

26% received schooling aged 12-16 yrs

1966-70 Education stopped for…

130 million

Young people impacted by "Up to the Mountains” Campaign

12 million

1970s education percentage beyond 16 yrs

6%