Historical Survey Of W County Compulsory Education Funds From The Perspective Of Educational Equity From The Year Of1978to2011

From the perspective of educational equity, this thesis conducts the historical research on the case-the funds of compulsory education in W County during over30years after reform and opening up, represents microcosmically the historical changes of the funds of compulsory education in rural areas of China. On the basis of a large number of first-hand data files and oral interviews, this paper, on the one hand, conducts a special study on the funding system of compulsory education, the investment funds for compulsory education system, the origin and evolution of the compulsory education expenditure and its running status during over30years after reform and opening up from the historical to history form in W County; on the other hand, it analyses the funds of compulsory education between urban and rural areas from horizontal view, comparing W County with its same district as well as its neighbor city Tianjin.Therefore, it represents comprehensively, three-dimensionally and detailed the evolution of rural compulsory education funds after reform and opening up.Comprehensively used multi-disciplinary theories and methods including economics of education, educational sociology, educational history,statistics and others, the research examines the historical characteristics and problems of compulsory education funds in W County during over30years after reform and opening up, proposes the countermeasures to improve rural compulsory education funds from educational equity perspective.This paper forms new ideas as the following:First, this study shows that the gap of funds for compulsory education between and Area B in the same city is narrowing,but it is expanding between W County and its neighboring city Tianjin under the new mechanism of "provincial co-ordination".Therefore, while affirming the positive role of the new mechanism, we should understand that it is necessary to enhance the management of the main from provincial level to central planning as soon as possible in order to narrow the gap between urban and rural compulsory education.Second, in order to achieve compulsory education fairness between urban and rural areas, it must be clear that education funding for compulsory education from county governments is mainly used for compulsory education.Third, by comparing the number of students who were admitted to No.l school in W county before and after the new mechanism, the number admitted from township middle schools in rural areas is decreasing, but the number admitted from county "key" junior school is increasing. This phenomenon tells us that, in the process of promoting the balanced development of compulsory school conditions, we must also focus on education effect, that is, try to keep the balanced development of high quality, to provide students with educational conditions for their academic success and equal opportunity.The educational gap between urban and rural compulsory education is a historical issue as well as a practical problems. And it has become an urgent social and educational problem on how to promote the equity of rural compulsory education, educe urban-rural gap and achieve balanced development of urban and rural education after the basic completion of compulsory education in rural areas. In order to improve the situation of rural compulsory education and achieve equitable development of compulsory education in china, it is needed to establish a public finance mechanism characterized with central co-ordination and the integration of urban and rural areas, and increase the investment in public education from central and local finance.