Educational Reform, 1949-58

Question 1

1. The number of primary school students increased from ___ to ___ between 1949 and 57.
2. What did the party plan to establish in every village?
3. How many peasants did the party claim attended the Winter School short courses in 1951-52?
4. However, what % of the population remained illiterate?
   - What % of school age children were attending primary schools?

Answer 1

1. 26m to 64m. (Approx. 20-60m)
2. Min-pan ‘run by the people’ schools.
3. 40 million.
4. 80%.
   - 50%.

Question 2

1. Uni enrolments almost __________ from ___ to ____.
2. How many Russians taught in Chinese colleges and unis from 1952-58?
   - How many Chinese had been taught in Russian unis by 1959?
3. How many Polytechnics and new engineering institutes were created?
4. What % of students studied engineering, medicine or agriculture in 1953?

Answer 2

1. Quadrupled from 117k to 441k. (Approx. 120-440k).
2. 600 Russians.
   - Just under 40,000.
3. 20 Polytechnics.
   26 new engineering institutes.
4. 60%.

Question 3

1. What was the handicap to creating a singular national identity in China?
2. What was the new written language the govt introduced based on?
   - When did they introduce it?
3. The words in Mandarin could be pronounced _________.

Answer 3

1. Communication.
2. Latin alphabet.
   - 1955.
3. Phonetically.