Ministry of Education： The consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education is 95.5%, with 107 million primary school students.

　　Cctv newsOn March 23rd, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce the basic situation of national education development in 2022.

　　In 2022, the consolidation rate of nine-year compulsory education was 95.5%, an increase of 0.1 percentage points over the previous year.

　　There are 149,100 ordinary primary schools in China. The national primary school enrollment was 17.0139 million; There are 107 million students in school. There are 6,629,400 full-time teachers in primary education in China; The qualification rate of full-time teachers is 99.99%; The proportion of full-time teachers with college education or above is 98.90%. There are 889,618,000 square meters of ordinary primary schools in China, an increase of 18,328,200 square meters over the previous year. The proportion of schools with up-to-standard facilities and equipment in ordinary primary schools in China is as follows: the area of sports venues (gymnasiums) is 93.52%, sports equipment is 97.07%, music equipment is 96.81%, art equipment is 96.79%, and mathematical and natural experimental equipment is 96.62%. The proportion has increased over the previous year. There are 13,800 large classes with 56 or more students in primary education in China, a decrease of 0.72 million over the previous year, and the proportion of large classes in the total number of classes is 0.48%, a decrease of 0.25 percentage points over the previous year.

　　There are 52,500 junior high schools in China. The national junior high school enrollment was 17.3138 million; There are 51.206 million students in school. There are 4,025,200 full-time teachers in junior middle school education in China; The qualification rate of full-time teachers is 99.94%; The proportion of full-time teachers with bachelor degree or above is 91.71%. There are 786,483,500 square meters of school buildings in junior high schools nationwide, an increase of 30,546,500 square meters over the previous year. The proportion of junior middle schools in China with up-to-standard facilities and equipment is as follows: the area of sports ground (gymnasium) is 95.68%, sports equipment is 98.08%, music equipment is 97.88%, art equipment is 97.88%, and science experimental equipment is 97.75%. The proportion has increased compared with the previous year. There are 4,522 large classes with 56 students or above in junior middle schools nationwide, a decrease of 2,703 over the previous year, and the proportion of large classes in the total number of classes is 0.40%, a decrease of 0.25 percentage points over the previous year.