Check drop in rural students

The decline in the percentage of rural college students may cause more social inequality, says an article in China Youth Daily. The following is an excerpt:

According to reports, urban youths account for 82.3 percent of the total number of college students while rural students only 17.7. Compared with the 1980s, the number of rural college students has not decreased but their percentage has seen a 50 percent drop.

The shrinking percentage of rural college students is due to two reasons: One is the poor rural education quality, especially the quality of teachers and teaching facilities; the other is the gloomy job market, which makes many college graduates unable to find jobs after graduation.