Reviving Education In the Countryside.docVIP

Reviving Education In the Countryside 　　The Rongsheng Hope Primary School has witnessed a sharp drop in enrollment， declining from 180 students to only 30 in just three short years. 　　Once upon a time， this school in a remote village in northwest China’s Gansu Province catered to children up to grade six， but today there are only first and second grades. The other four merged into a larger township primary school. 　　Since 2001， dropout rates have risen as rural school districts have been indiscriminately re-zoned and amalgamated into mass institutions. According to a National Audit Office （N