Nanking, Sept. 2.
A. detailed report on the progress of Chinese education since the estab-Iishment of the Republican regime was made by Dr. Wang Shih-chieh, Minister of Education, in a radio bbroadeast speech delivered at the request of the Nanking Association for the Promotion of the New Life Movement.
In the course of his address, Dr. Wang made a statistical comparison between the present educational situa-than including higher, secondary and primary education) and that obtain-Ing in the frst year of the Republic 2), with special reference to the number of schools, the number of students andthe amount of educa tion appropriations.
Chinese education during the past two decades, he continued, has forged ahead both with regard to qual-and quantity. While the number of schools and students hao been considerably increased, the standards of Chinese education, despite adverse eritielsm from many quarters, have, on the whole, also been raised.
He pointed out, however, that the present education system still leaves much tobe desired, In fact, the system does not yet meet all the social needs of the people, and cannot be considered adequate for ing with the exigencies of the sit tion brought about by the acute tional emergency.
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