Two Decades of Basic Education in Rural China

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2:1 to 1.25:1. This has made it easier to finance near universal levels of participa-
tion at junior secondary level, which would have been much more difficult at a
ratio of cost per student of 2:1. It should be noted that the average cost per student

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Fig. 1.5 Expenditure per student 1993–2006. Source State Education Commission

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Fig. 1.4 Expenditure on basic education 1993–2006. Source State Education Commission

1.1 Introduction