Author(s)

Xiaoyi Yang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Management, Dalhousie University, 6299 South St, Halifax, Canada

Corresponding Author

Xiaoyi Yang

ABSTRACT

The urban-rural education gap remains a critical issue in China's basic education reform. Unequal resource distribution, disparities in teacher quality, and insufficient educational infrastructure in rural areas severely affect students' development opportunities and educational equity. This paper analyzes the impact of the urban-rural education gap on China's basic education system through data analysis and international comparisons and offers policy recommendations for improvement.

KEYWORDS

Resource distribution, infrastructure, data analysis

CITE THIS PAPER

Xiaoyi Yang, The Impact of the Urban-Rural Education Gap on Basic Education Reform in China. Transactions on Comparative Education (2024) Vol. 6: 147-151. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2024.060620.

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