On Regional Unbalance in Educational Development
[00:13.01]Although education in China has been greatly developed in the past decades,
[00:19.59]there is a big gap of education qualities between coastal and interior regions.
[00:25.99]Why is education in our country so unbalanced?
[00:30.17]There are two major reasons.
[00:32.80]From a general perspective,
[00:35.54]economic condition affects the regional education development.
[00:40.02]Poor regions can't afford advanced teaching facilities
[00:44.29]or attract excellent teachers.
[00:46.66]Besides, people in those poor areas don't think education is very important
[00:53.29]and tend to send their children to work rather than study.
[00:57.32]In light of the seriousness of this problem,
[01:00.82]effective measures should be taken immediately.
[01:04.38]First of all, it is crucial that our government should allocate more budgets
[01:10.04]to develop education in those interior regions.
[01:13.98]Second, it is necessary to greatly publicize the advantages
[01:19.03]of receiving good education.