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SUMMARY:Balanced Development &amp\; Inspection for Compulsory Education in
  China - Dr Xiangrong Wu\, associate professor of the Research Centre for 
 Educational Inspection and Evaluation of National Institute for Educationa
 l Sciences attached to the Chinese Ministry of Education
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:Successive Chinese governments have made long-term contributio
 ns to provide equal schooling opportunities for every child. However\, sev
 ere inequalities still exist between schools. Some schools have better tea
 chers and facilities than others\, which leads to intensive competition be
 tween parents when selecting schools. \n\nCentral government has recently 
 prioritised the balanced development of compulsory education and intends t
 o implement an inspection system to make local governments accountable for
  the disparity between schools. \n\nDr Wu's research project is based both
  on qualitative survey and quantitative data analysis with around 300\,000
  schools to calculate the inequalities of each county and district\, thus 
 generating a specific picture of current situation of imbalanced developme
 nt of compulsory education in China.\n
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room GS5
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