The sources of regional educational gap in China: Unbalanced development and income inequality

The sources of regional educational gap in China: Unbalanced development and income inequality

Weixuan Li, University of Edinburgh, no date, 2021

In recent decades, China has experienced dramatic economic growth. As every coin has two sides, this is followed by more severe social stratification division and significant regional education disparity between rural and urban areas as the result of the divisive economic structure, increasing income inequality and unbalanced development. Therefore, it is not surprising to find children from most deprived areas in China are lack of access to basic education or higher education while their peers living in big cities can attend private school, take part in all kinds of fancy extracurricular activities and get the best education.

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