Delegate hails CPC's achievements in improving rural education

Liu Xiuxiang, vice-principal and history teacher at Wangmo Experimental High School in southwest China's Guizhou Province, talks to a student in Wangmo County, China, August, 26, 2022. /Xinhua

 

A delegate to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has spoken highly of what the Party has done to improve education in rural areas across China.

Liu Xiuxiang, from Wangmo County in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Saturday said basic education infrastructure there has been comprehensively improved in the past decade, with the local school having the nicest buildings and the best environment across the county.

Education quality has also been drastically strengthened, Liu, the vice-principal and a history teacher at Wangmo Experimental High School, said at the "Delegates' Corridor" after the conclusion of the 20th CPC National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

In 2012, only 70 students in the county made it to college, while that number reached over 1,300 just 10 years later, he noted. Unlike the old days when he had to make efforts to convince many parents of the importance of education, Liu said most families now appreciate it, and youths from rural areas now have more options.