Equitable education

Education Minister Zhou Ji presented a rather rosy picture of public education in China at a press conference on Friday. That assessment was more or less at odds with the general perception.

Education, from the pre-school to the college level, has been a subject of public discontent for years. And there is no sign of the situation changing in the years to come.

We have little ground to challenge Minister Zhou's claims because he spent most of the time hovering at the macro level, where one has little to complain about. There is no denying lots of changes have taken place over the past few years, ranging from compulsory education to life on college campuses. Most of these changes have created new opportunities for students.