Benefits of pay rise for rural teachers outweigh the cost

AS THE NEW SEMESTER begins, many primary and secondary schools in rural regions are facing the now all too frequent problem of a lack of professional teaching staff. People's Daily commented on Tuesday:

Why is there a lack of teachers in rural schools? The most direct cause is that teachers in rural schools have fewer opportunities for progress compared with their urban counterparts, while their payment is not high enough to be attractive. That's why many rural teachers quit from their jobs and rush to the cities to find a job, and also why many teachers from small and medium-sized cities rush to metropolises.

As a result, quality education resources have become increasingly concentrated in major cities, and the gap between metropolises and small cities is growing. The authorities have taken measures in the past, but they failed to curb this.