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"Teaching facilities in my village school lag 20 years behind those in a township, and 50 years compared with those in Beijing."

Guo Changju, headmaster of a village primary school in Guizhou province, said at a recent forum on rural education in Beijing.

Education authorities are trying to provide students in rural areas with the same learning resources as those in urban areas by equipping classrooms with Internet connections and multimedia facilities, and providing quality classroom materials from big cities.