Mao edu

• What was the number one feature of education under Mao?

  Mass literacy campaigns
• What was the success rate of mass literacy campaigns from 1949 to 1976?

  Increased from 30% to 80%
• How many adults learned to read in the literacy campaigns?

  More than 150 million
• What percentage of primary school age children were enrolled in school in the 1970s?

  90%
• What was the second feature of education under Mao?

  Rural focus with barefoot teacher campaigns
• What were barefoot teacher campaigns aimed at?

  Training rural teachers
• What was the third feature of education under Mao?

  The Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 76
• What percentage of students graduated from university during the Cultural Revolution?

  1%
• What happened to traditional schools during the Cultural Revolution?

  They were dismantled by the Red Guards
• What percentage of universities were shut down or destroyed during the Cultural Revolution?

  30%
• What replaced traditional education during Mao's regime?

  Ideological indoctrination
• What were the criticisms of education during Mao's regime?

  Ideological focus and higher education collapse
• What was the impact of the closure of universities during Mao's regime?

  Generational skills gap
• What was a notable example of education under Mao?

  Speak bitterness campaigns
• What did speak bitterness campaigns combine?

  Illiteracy education with revolutionary ideology
• What was the barefoot doctor programme aimed at?

  Integrating health and illiteracy education
• What does the barefoot doctor programme indicate about educational resources during the Cultural Revolution?

  Scarcity of educational resources