Thousands offer opinions on education reforms
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-30 01:05
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BEIJING - Thousands of Chinese have submitted opinions and recommendations on a draft government blueprint for education reform and development since it was published on February 28.
When the document on medium and long-term national educational reform and development was closed to public submissions on Sunday, the Ministry of Education had received 27,855 items, said a statement on the ministry's website.
Of the total, 8,317 came in the form of e-mails, 1,064 in letters, and the remainder in posts on the message board on the website.
The message board listed 23 areas for public comment, but the two topics of pre-primary education and nine-year compulsory education attracted the most posts, each topping 3,000.
The comments covered a variety of concerns, such as a standard curriculum, lack of funding for rural schools and when to start teaching English.
The work office was still processing the su