Govt aims to bridge education gap

The Ministry of Education is set to work with other departments to narrow the education gap between urban and rural areas, according to an education official.

The government's goal is to eliminate the gap by 2020, Liu Limin, vice-minister of education, said at a news conference on Tuesday.

Liu said China's urbanization requires co-development of urban and rural areas, while the reform of the household registration system, the adoption of the second-child policy and the mobility of the population, including students, also pose challenges to basic education in the country.