Learning To Enjoy Study Will Boost School Attendance

State Council move aims to lift student confidence, ensuring more will avail of chance to get on in life

Ensuring compulsory education nationwide, so that all school-age children receive nine years of basic education, has been a key agenda for the government since the 1980s. While the proportion of students dropping out has been reduced over the past three decades, the reason for students taking such a course of action varies along with the country's development.

The State Council, China's Cabinet, recently came out with a slew of measures to ensure the implementation of compulsory education, mainly targeting the new causes for it in recent years.