Education

The development of education in Ningbo shall focus on the tasks set out in the Tenth Five-year Plan period:

One objective: By 2005, basically realize the modernization of education so that the overall standard of its education reaches the intermediately developed countries of the world.

Three systems: Basically establish a life-long education system, an education innovation system and an industry-integrated education system.

Five leaps forward:

1. Achieve the leap from the nine-year compulsory education to universal senior high school education. Popularise the nine-year education of high standard and quality. Ensure the compulsory education coverage is above 95% and that the rate of admission of junior high students to senior high schools is above 90% (over 95% in urban area). Ensure that senior high school education covers all student population of the city, with a rational structure of regular senior high schools and vocational schools.
2. Achieve the leap from talent-oriented higher education to masses-oriented higher education. Ensure the city's gross rate of student admission to institutions of higher learning is above 30%, that number of students attending regular full-time institutions of higher learning is above 90,000 and that attending adult institutions of higher learning is above 40,000. Basically complete the High Education Park and set up three institutions of higher learning with enrolment of above 10,000 students each, making the city a sub-centre of higher education in the Province.
3. Achieve the leap from the school age education to life-long education. Perfect the systems of life-long education. Promote the integration of the nursery school with the kindergarten and strive for a nursery school admission rate of over 96%. Strengthen on-the-job training for employees and community education in urban and rural area. Establish a fairly complete network of life-long education and develop an open education system that covers all urban and rural area of the city. Ensure education is extended to cover both the pre-school and post-school population. Ensure all people are provided with various opportunities to receive education and that those aged between 15 and 59 receive an education of over ten years.
4. Achieve the leap from knowledge-imparting education to creative education. Promote the quality-oriented education, restructure the teaching curriculum and approaches and optimise the teaching process. Emphasize creative and student-centred education to provide good conditions for producing talents. Implement a flexible system in various institutions of higher learning and vocational schools to promote the exchange and interfacing between regular institutions of higher learning and vocational schools. Expand the channels of producing talents.
5. Achieve the leap from block-style education to open-style education. Actively build up a structure of integrating classroom education with network education. Set up an education and scientific research network covering all parts of the city by 2005 where the informatization in education is regarded as the overriding strategy and important breakthrough. Basically develop a computerized information network between all the schools so that all urban and rural primary schools and middle schools are interconnected. Open all educational resources to public and encourage the open-type education. Speed up the opening up of education and intensify cooperation and exchanges with domestic and overseas educational facilities.

Educational Institutions

Type	Quantity	Students Enrolled
Institutes of higher learning	13	97,400
Secondary technical schools	55	50,900
Senior middle schools	79	73,200
Junior middle schools	226	235,400
Primary schools	901	445,500
Schools for Special education	7	685
Kindergartens	1,565	163,200

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