Buildings located on Hanhuan Road, near to the Christian and Missionary Alliance Womens' Bible School, were also bombed. A bomb fell on the central section of the Continues Despite the hostilities, China has Shanghai, Sept. 1 been able during the past two years to wipe out illiteracy among at least 20,000,000 people, says Chinese correspondent writing from Chungking. The anti-illiteracy campaign was started by educational authorities in 1936 and it was first Secided to carry out a six-year plan in order to do away with Iillteracy among the 202,000,000 {literate people in this country.
According to the original plan in each district or municipality, 20 or eoaracterearning schools "must established yearly. Bach such School must graduate two classes of Shout. 200. students each. year. 'The {aching time was arranged between three aod six "months. "All instruct tors" were. asked to pay more atien-{fon Hest to those' filferte people fed between 16. and 80. in other words, a" compulsory educational Speen on lttoduced ud cried The war has upset the programme a litle but according fo the Chinese report. in. 1000 alone when the Eiinese Government dedoed. to Sway with iltersey among 12000000 people' the Anal report from prow: Tres indicated that fe educators haa exceeded their goal by 2000000 fore people. in ies, the author ties acolded to give. "a. character telucation to" 200000000 people bat we ation 020000000" people fen the Hosllfes stared.
'The programme was therefore not garriea' out to the fullest extent but the correspondent states that at least 10,000,000 "people' have. received an education "in. character schools, the efficiency of which "1s said to have even been' greatly accelerated during the hostilities, Most of the " diMieulties were en countered in war areas but the cor. respondent estimates that educational authorities were hair way from their geal during 1037. "There mention about the same work done {in the past year but previous Chinese reports "indicated" that the allthorities then decided to carry Out an educational programme to ft. with the resistance policy giving people an elementary knowledge of war and ce-related subjects,
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