Causes and Countermeasures on the Unbalanced Development of Compulsory Education in Urban and Rural Areas in China

Compulsory education as the most basic public goods, balanced supply between urban and rural areas is the basis of social equity and justice. However, the public education policy under the dual social structure of our country leads to the imbalance of the allocation of compulsory education resources, the obstacle of the financial system, the low focus of rural compulsory education, the lack of investment and the backward condition of teachers. To achieve balanced development of compulsory education in urban and rural areas, it is necessary to establish the policy idea of integrating urban and rural economic and social development, further improve the public financial system and transfer payment system of compulsory education, construct a new management system of compulsory education, and establish a system of exchange of teachers in urban and rural compulsory education.