Research on Educational Inequality in China

Abstract

Education in China has been more or less unequal since ancient times. However, in recent decades, the issue of educational inequality has become more and more serious. A great educational gap exists between the rich and the poor, the majority group and the minority groups, and the well-developed regions and the underdeveloped regions. This paper, by using the document analysis method, aims to research Chinese educational inequality, including the phenomenon, the reasons and the solutions. From the research, it can be learned that reasons that cause educational inequality vary and that achieving the goal of educational equality requires the efforts of the whole society and what’s more, the awareness of the importance of educational equality should be aroused. Even though China still has a long way from achieving equality in education, however, the government is still taking measures to narrow down the educational gap between different students and China will achieve educational equality and Chinese education will be at the forefront of the world.