ABSTRACT

The education budget has been significantly increased and enrolments are rising dramatically; in many cases they surpass pre-Cultural Revolution numbers. New textbooks, especially in science and technology, from all over the world are being translated and published as quickly as possible. The educational system managed by the Adult Education Department addresses the imperative matter of upgrading skills. It has important consequences also for the motivation and attitudinal changes upon which the new technological revolution will be built. China's broad educational policy and plans were laid out by the Minister of Education in 1978. He stated four guiding principles for educational development in China for the period 1978 to 1985. Four principles include revolutionising education; structuring educational outputs to the needs and capabilities of China's economic development; adjusting the content and methodology of teaching to the demands of modern science and technology; placing greater stress on raising the quality of education, especially higher education's ability to produce skilled personnel.