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Yangjiagou incomplete primary school there were 12 students and one teacher by
- In this school a preschool was added and this enrolled 10 of the 12 students
and still left the school very small.
8.3.3 Demographic Change and School Enrolment
in Zhaojue, Sichuan Province
But as an ethnic minority area, the one child policy is not applicable in Zhaojue. Yi
nationality family can have 2 or three children. The number of school age children
has been growing. See Table 8.1.
8.4 School Location Layout in Rural Areas: Policy
and the Merger Process
8.4.1 One Village One School Stage
China has undertaken several major realignments of school location since the
funding of the New China in 1949. The earlier reforms occurred under the frame-
work of the planned economy that shaped China during this time. The political
characterization of the 1950s was “revolution for the common people (communi-
tisation)”, with the goal of promoting the work of illiteracy elimination and the
Table 8.1 Number of school age children in Zhaojue (2000–2013)
Year No. of school-age children (7–12) No. of school-age children (13–15)
2000 24,412 11,399
2001 25,605 11,971
2002 24,217 12,263
2003 23,709 12,009
2004 24,122 11,484
2005 25,401 11,318
2006 27,681 10,603
2007 30,666 11,927
2008 31,366 11,871
2009 31,273 12,028
2010 33,696 12,294
2011 34,594 11,071
2012 34,019 14,702
2013 33,984 14,792
2014 34,186 14,654