Ministry moves to protect kids' right to school

China's education authority vowed on Tuesday to protect the rights of all children to nine years of education.

The move is designed to prevent incidents such as the recent case in which children were "adopted" by a club and taught to fight rather than go to school.

"The principle guarantees that those children will receive and finish compulsory education," said Wang Dai, an official from the Ministry of Education's Basic education department. "We will correct such cases immediately when we find them."