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China Education Statistics
 

In 2004 there was a total of 347,000,000 students enrolled in educational institutions throughout China.

2004 there are 12,500,000 teachers in educational institutions throughout China.

Regular institutions of higher learning in China enrolled 2.68 million new students, 480,000 more than those recruited in 2000, with the number of active students totaling 7.19 million.

The adult higher education institutions enrolled 1.96 million new students, having 4.56 million active students.

There were 390,000 graduate stude graduate students in the universities and institutions that offered courses  leading to postgraduate degrees, including 170,000 new entrants, 40,000 more than those enrolled in 2000.

The enrollment of senior secondary schools reached 14.05 million, including 5.58 million new entrants.

There were 11.64 million students in secondary vocational or technical schools of various types, including 3.98 million new entrants.

Junior secondary schools enrolled 65.14 million students, including 22.88 million new entrants.

Pupils enrolled in regular primary schools numbered 125.43 million, with 19.44 million new entrants.

There were 390,000 students in special education schools, with 60,000 new entrants.

There were 20.22 million kids in kindergartens.

Adult technical training schools trained 92.7 million persons.

The tables hereunder are kindly provided by the National Bureau of Statistics, PRC

Student-Teacher Ratio by Level of School

 
 

Year

Institutions of Higher Education

Secondary Schools

Primary Schools

Number of Teachers
(10 000 persons )

Student Teacher Ratio

Number of Teachers
(10 000 persons )

Student Teacher Ratio

Number of Teachers
(10 000 persons )

Student Teacher Ratio

1952

2.7

7.1

13.0

24.2

143.5

35.6

1957

7.0

6.3

29.4

24.1

188.4

34.1

1965

13.8

4.9

70.9

20.2

385.7

30.1

1978

20.6

4.2

328.1

20.2

522.6

28.0

1980

24.7

4.6

317.1

17.9

549.9

26.6

1985

34.4

5.0

296.7

17.2

537.7

24.9

1986

37.2

5.1

311.5

17.1

541.4

24.3

1987

38.5

5.1

326.6

16.5

543.4

23.6

1988

39.3

5.3

338.9

15.5

550.1

22.8

1989

39.7

5.2

342.3

14.8

554.4

22.3

1990

39.5

5.2

349.2

14.6

558.2

21.9

1991

39.1

5.2

355.7

14.7

553.2

22.0

1992

38.8

5.6

362.4

14.8

552.7

22.1

1993

38.8

6.5

366.8

14.7

555.2

22.4

1994

39.6

7.1

375.7

15.2

561.1

22.9

1995

40.1

7.2

388.3

15.9

566.4

23.3

1996

40.3

7.5

404.0

16.4

573.6

23.7

1997

40.5

7.8

418.6

16.7

579.4

24.2

1998

40.7

8.4

431.2

17.0

581.9

23.9

1999

42.6

9.7

459.6

17.4

586.1

23.1

2000

46.3

12.0

458.2

18.0

586.0

22.2

2001

53.2

13.5

472.4

18.5

579.8

21.6


 

Basic Statistics on Education

 
 

Item

1985

1990

1995

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Number of Schools

         

644426

583992

 

Regular Institutions of Higher Education

1016

1075

1054

1022

1071

1041

1225

 

Secondary Schools

104848

100777

95216

92071

95255

89763

91494

 

Specialized Secondary Schools

3557

3982

4049

4109

3962

3646

3260

 

Technical Secondary Schools

2529

2956

3135

3234

3147

2963

   

Teacher Secondary Schools

1028

1026

897

875

815

683

   

Regular Secondary Schools

93221

87631

81020

77888

77213

77268

80432

 

Senior Secondary Schools

17318

15678

13991

13948

14127

14564

   

Junior Secondary Schools

75903

71953

67029

63940

63086

62704

   

Vocational Secondary Schools

 

9164

10147

10074

9636

8849

   

Primary Schools

832309

766072

668685

609626

582291

553622

491273

 

Kindergartens

172262

172322

180438

181368

181136

175836

   

Special Schools

375

746

1379

1535

1520

1539

   

Number of Full-time Teachers (10 000 persons)

         

1090.5

1105.4

 

Regular Institutions of Higher Education

34.4

39.5

40.1

40.7

42.6

46.3

53.2

 

Secondary Schools

296.7

349.2

388.3

431.2

459.6

458.2

472.4

 

Specialized Secondary Schools

17.4

23.4

25.7

27.9

27.4

25.6

23.0

 

Technical Secondary Schools

12.8

17.6

19.5

21.5

21.2

20.4

   

Teacher Secondary Schools

4.6

5.9

6.2

6.4

6.2

5.3

   

Regular Secondary Schools

265.2

303.3

333.4

369.7

384.1

400.5

418.8

 

Vocational Secondary Schools

 

22.4

29.2

33.4

33.6

32.0

   

Primary Schools

537.7

558.2

566.4

581.9

586.1

586.0

579.8

 

Kindergartens

55.0

75.0

87.5

87.5

87.2

85.6

   

Special Schools

0.7

1.4

2.5

3.0

3.1

3.2

   

New Student Enrollment (10 000 persons)


 


 


 


 


 

5218.4

5341.1

 

Regular Institutions of Higher Education

61.9

60.9

92.6

108.4

159.7

220.6

268.3

 

Secondary Schools

1789.8

1815.8

2354.1

2705.4

2963.3

3051.3

3128.6

 

Specialized Secondary Schools

66.8

73.0

138.1

166.8

163.4

132.6

127.7

 

Technical Secondary Schools

45.4

50.3

107.3

134.9

134.3

111.6

   

Teacher Secondary Schools

21.5

22.7

30.8

31.9

29.1

21.0

   

Regular Secondary Schools

1606.9

1619.6

2025.9

2321.0

2546.0

2736

2815.9

 

Senior Secondary Schools

257.5

249.8

273.7

359.6

396.3

     

Junior Secondary Schools

1349.4

1369.9

1752.3

1961.4

2149.7

     

Vocational Secondary Schools

 

123.2

190.0

217.6

194.1

     

Primary Schools

2298.2

2064.0

2531.8

2201.4

2029.5

1946.5

1944.2

 

Kindergartens

   

1972.4

1720.0

1617.5

1531.1

   

Special Schools

0.9

1.6

5.6

4.9

5.0

5.3

   

Student Enrollment
(10 000 persons)


 


 


 


 


 

21931.0

22023.0

 

Regular Institutions of Higher Education

170.3

206.3

290.6

340.9

413.4

556.1

719.1

 

Secondary Schools

5092.6

5105.4

6191.5

7340.7

8002.7

8361.6

8760.4

 

Specialized Secondary Schools

157.1

224.4

372.2

498.1

515.5

489.5

458.0

 

Technical Secondary Schools

101.3

156.7

287.4

406.0

425.0

412.5

   

Teacher Secondary Schools

55.8

67.7

84.8

92.1

90.5

77.0

   

Regular Secondary Schools

4706.0

4586.0

5371.0

6301.0

6771.3

7368.9

7836.0

 

Senior Secondary Schools

741.1

717.3

713.2

938.0

1049.7

1201.3

   

Junior Secondary Schools

3964.8

3868.7

4657.8

5363.0

5721.6

6176.6

   

Vocational Secondary Schools

 

295.0

448.3

541.6

533.9

503.2