중국 농촌지역의 의무교육현황 연구 = A Study on the Compulsory Education Policy in Rural Communities in China

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

China is a big country with population of over 1.3 billion. Such huge population and development-driven policies have brought on a number of problems, among which, three gaps - regional, economic, cultural gaps - have been recognized as stubborn problems in China.
It can be said that the compulsory education in rural communities in China reflects these three gaps intensively, and this education in agricultural districts, especially the compulsory education area, has great possibilities to cause a dilemma to Chinese government. Compared to those of a metropolis, the regional backwardness, income gaps, and disparity in the cultural levels of the socialist state which was established by labors and farmers seem to show the huge gap between reality and ideals. Especially, considering the fact that compulsory education is a right as well as an obligation which is provided to the people by the government, even the principle of equality in education opportunity is now hard to be put into practice.
Now that national competitiveness is emphasized in the 21c, it is true that unstinted educational investment in state-of-the-art technology areas and high-valued industries, centering on higher education, has become a global trend. At this point, the effort made by the Chinese government to show interest in and support for agricultural districts where people go through poverty and educational neglect calls to mind what comprehensive, long-term discernment in terms of education is.
This study, therefore, discusses the condition and problems of the compulsory education in rural communities in China, and examines necessary politic solutions and the effects so as to look ahead at the compulsory education in the future. In the process, this study has taken advantage of interviews, phone-calls, and correspondence with the officials in charge, as well as literature reviews.
It is expected to be a good example that China is going over and conducting an long term educational reform in an effort to overcome the gap between cities and rural districts.