Recently, the Ministry of Education identified 301 counties (cities, districts) as universal counties for preschool education. Among them, six cities (prefectures) including Huzhou City and Quzhou City in Zhejiang Province, Qingdao City and Dongying City in Shandong Province, Xiamen City in Fujian Province, and Bortala Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have passed the national assessment and certification throughout the region.
According to the requirements of the Ministry of Education, all localities should conduct in-depth research and judgment on the new challenges and requirements raised by changes in the pre-school population size structure, coordinate the short-term and medium-term, coordinate the optimization of stocks and reasonable adjustment of variables, distinguish priorities, strengthen forward-looking layout, and establish a basic public education service supply mechanism that coordinates the population changes in pre-school population. Further strengthen the quality awareness of pre-education, insist on strengthening connotation construction, guide kindergartens to adhere to the combination of childcare and education, implement games as the basic activities, create a rich educational environment, support children to actively explore and learn, promote children to grow up healthy and happy in games and life, and continuously improve the quality of scientific education and people's satisfaction.
The list of counties (cities, districts) recognized by the Ministry of Education for popularization of preschool education in 2024
(CCTV reporter Gao Chenyuan)
